Apparently Concordia University can't have Israeli speakers because "they can't guarantee their security". Go read the whole thing.
In case you've forgotten, Concordia was the site of the pro-Palestinian riot in 2002, when Benjamin Netanyahu was prevented from speaking by the actions of a mob.
Who was it who was talking about the horrible suppression of free speech post 9/11??
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Instead of Ehud Barak, Concordia students will get Professor Mark R. Cohen (See? See? We're not anti-Semites!) giving the inaugural lecture of the "Saleh Sassoon Mahlab Lecture Series on the History of Jewish-Muslim Relations."
Prof. Cohen will tell the earnest young anarchists of Concordia what they already know: That they cannot possibly be anti-Semites; why, they are the very opposite of anti-Semites:
Mahlab is funding the lecture series to tell the Montreal public, and the student body in particular, that there is a long history of Muslim-Jewish co-operation. He is shocked by the “deep anti-Semitism” of some Christian Canadians. “Anti-Semitism is a creation of Christianity and not Islam,” he says. “Although the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict is creating anti-Jewish feelings among Muslims, the Muslim religion, unlike Christianity, does not foster anti-Semitism.” [Concordia press release]
In spite of the anti-Semitic Christian mobs that are apparently rampaging through Canada, the university seems to be confident that they will not disrupt Prof. Cohen's lecture.
This is a glaring example of the left's totalitarianism and blatant dishonesty -- and of course, these days, everyone has learned from them, be it "palestinians" or islamic extremists. I remember a while ago a Canadian journalist (I heard it on NPR here) interviewing some activist, a "Palestinian" on one of the Canadian universities' campuses over a similar issue (might have even been this event in 2002, but I'm not positive.) She asked, but don't you think that everyone should be allowed to speak even if you disagree with them? Yes, the "activist" goes, of course! But! (:-)) it doesn't mean that blah-blah-blah, basically we won't allow this guy to speak and that's it. Words, words, words, and more words -- all dishonest and pharisaic. Amazing. It seems that only the machine gun can stop blathering and impudent, crude, nonsensical brainwash. The older I get the more I respect Augusto Pinochet.
I wrote this up on my blog:
http://tomgrey.motime.com/1097005306#351508
Violent intimidation is how terrorists win. Note the Jewish student is just Sick of it All.
Don't get too excited about "the left" and anti-semitism here.
This is nothing but the usual lack of regard for free speech and the usual lack of balls in Canada.
They don't want anybody to say anything which might offend anyone in Canada, whether it's Ehud Barak, Howard Stern, or excessive ejaculation and bootlicking.