One of Australia’s most prestigious universities has cancelled a speech by an Israeli engineering academic after it had been advised the event would be “severely disrupted”.
Professor Tal Shima, an aerospace engineer, had been scheduled to speak to a small gathering of staff and students at Melbourne’s University’s engineering faculty on Thursday, but the lecture was abruptly cancelled.
Tal Shima
Professor Tal Shima ’92, Ph.D.’01 is the Dean of the Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and head of the Cooperative Autonomous Systems Laboratory (CASY).
The pro-Palestinian group UniMelbforPalestine demanded the event be cancelled, citing Professor Shima’s position at the Israeli Institute of Technology. The professor has, among other roles, been dean of aerospace engineering, which the group claimed involved “researching weapons” used by Israel and which meant he had been “directly involved in the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza”.
The pro-Palestinian group UniMelbforPalestine demanded the event be cancelled, citing Professor Shima’s position at the Israeli Institute of Technology. The professor has, among other roles, been dean of aerospace engineering, which the group claimed involved “researching weapons” used by Israel and which meant he had been “directly involved in the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza”.
