A panel discussion examining "Israel criminality in the wake of the Goldstone Retract" was due to be held in a rented room at the university on Tuesday, but was called off last week.
The event was organised by jazz musician Mr Atzmon, who hasfrequently been accused of antisemitic statements and Holocaust denial.
He has written essays questioning what he called "the Auschwitz narrative", and said burning down a synagogue could be seen as "a rational act".
A university spokeswoman said that the event had been cancelled because "necessary processes were not followed". It is believed the university was unaware of Mr Atzmon's previous controversial statements, and may have been misled about the exact nature of the event when the booking was taken.
Speakers due to appear alongside Mr Atzmon on the panel included Ghada Karmi, lecturer at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, author John Rose, and former journalist Alan Hart.
Dr Karmi and Mr Rose had already signalled their intention to pull out after learning they would be expected to appear alongside Mr Atzmon.
The event had been promoted by groups including the Stop the War Coalition, the white nationalist Stormfront movement, and the Real IRA.
In 2005, left-wing Jewish and anti-Zionist groups rowed with the Socialist Workers' Party over an invitation to Mr Atzmon to appear at SWP conferences.
A panel discussion entitled "Zionism, Jewishness and Israel" featuring Mr Atzmon, Mr Hart, Palestine Telegraph founder Sameh Habeeb and writer Karl Sabbagh, instead took place off campus on Tuesday.
Earlier this month Westminster Union elected two men linked to the extreme Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir to lead the union.
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Slanted Hasbara reporting from Marcus Dysch after University of Westminster, caved in to threats of disturbance from UK-based Zionists. The panelists discussed why some of the Jews who claim to be the most sincere supporters of Palestine’ are always amongst the first to stifle debate on such crucial issues?
ReplyDeleteGhada Karmi wrote to Gilad and asked him to quote her:
"I'm delayed here (in Jordan) and will not be back in time for the event, and that is the reason for my not attending."
John Rose made it clear to Gilad that he would attend a panel discussion with him anytime. His reason to pullout was due to a disagreement with organizers of the panel event regarding the title of the event.
'Green Engage', a Zionist anti-BDS campaign group launched an immediate campaign and within hours they were joined by Tony Greenstein and the so called Jewish ‘anti Zionist’ network.
The Zionist propaganda machine has been busily disseminating disinformation and misinformation and it can be found here on Intercept.