- The British Museum has postponed a lecture on ancient Israel, which was part of the UK's first Jewish Culture Month, due to security concerns.
- Dr Paul Collins was scheduled to deliver the talk, intended to share information on objects illustrating the political and cultural forces that shaped the region over 2,000 years ago.
- The museum said that a "significant proportion" of registered attendees were intending to deliberately disrupt the event, preventing others from participating.
- This decision comes amidst ongoing tensions over Israel's actions in the Middle East and regular pro-Palestine marches in London.
- George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, shared the museum's statement, while BBC historian Simon Schama criticised the postponement as "absolutely the wrong decision".
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