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UCL is second university to cancel Israel Apartheid Week event

Authorities say Palestine Society failed to follow "proper process" in arranging discussion to highlight "racial tension in Israel"

February 23, 2017 15:44
University College London
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A second UK university has cancelled an event scheduled to take place as part of Israel Apartheid Week.

University College London confirmed that an event planned by the campus Palestine Society will not be allowed to take place because the group advertised it "without having gone through proper process".

The event was due to take place next Tuesday as part of a week-long series of anti-Israel activities.

Entitled "Quad Under Occupation", it was promoted by the Palestine Society as highlighting "practices with sow the seeds of racial tension in Israel" by erecting a mock checkpoint on the campus.