...The head of the Walid Shoebat Foundation and a donor then met with a Dean Dunne who is responsible for student activities at Princeton. He advised them that there was no way such an event would ever take place on the Princeton campus and that it was cancelled. Given Princeton’s background for Arab sponsored fellowships against the existence of Israel, and a Middle East Studies department that invites lecturers and fellows who always speak of terrorism as “legitimate resistance” that they claim is “legal” under “international law,” this abrupt cancellation, while a denial of freedom of speech, is really no surprise. Having former terrorists speaking out against the murder of Israelis was sure to get the hackles up of the Middle East scholars at Princeton who are funded by Arab interests.

I was informed my first day there by the Foundation that Princeton was not allowing the event to go forward on campus. Furthermore, pressure had been placed on the PIPAC students to toe the party line for Princeton—or else. While PIPAC students have tried to deny this, one of them finally broke ranks and admitted this was the case. The students were intimidated by Princeton’s administration. And Princeton, in order to spin the situation more, stated the event was not really cancelled just a few days from occurring, but only “postponed.” When asked if the college had received threats from Arab interest groups, Ms. Liatt replied that she had received “some calls.” She also made clear she did not want national media attention for the event...