The British Museum has artifacts testifying that modern Israel sits on the same land as ancient Israel

In Bournemouth and Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, Jewish events were postponed or cancelled  because of anti-Semitic threats. To counter what critic Dominic Green calls criminal intimidating and institutional weakness, the UK decided to host its first ever Jewish Culture Month.

Turns out, intimidation and weakness on Jewish issues plague the UKjust the same. A key event of Jewish Culture Month was a lecture at the British Museum by the head of the museum’s Middle East department. The museum postponed the May 28 lecture less than a day before it was to be delivered. The reason? Advance museum intelligence on protesters who intended to disrupt the event.

Note: The British Museum is a repository of the artifacts of history. Middle East artifacts testify that Jews are indigenous to the Middle East, and that the modern State of Israel sits on the same land as the ancient states of Israel.

The museum bent to the deniers of history. Hatred of Jews today tries to cleave living Jews from ancient Judaism, a key element of which was Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel.

What alternative did the British Museum have but to postpone the lecture? An obvious one: Invite the British police to attend and to expel or arrest any disrupter.

The museum has now rescheduled the lecture by Paul Collins, keeper of the British Museum’s Dept. of the Middle East. His lecture is titled, “Ancient Israel and Judah in the British Museum.”

“We expect a strong demand and will also offer a livestream to make the event accessible to a wider audience,” the museum stated.

Perhaps they can livestream it to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the plethora of his like-minded anti-intellectuals who deny history, who believe, against fact, that Jews have no history in the Land of Israel and no right to be there.

“Exploring and understanding history lies at the heart of the British Museum’s mission,” the museum now says.

Better late than never.

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