A Columbia University conference on the Middle East, which Israel’s ambassador refused to attend, is being postponed. The Second Annual Forum on International Conflict Resolution: Revisiting the Middle East Peace Process, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed after Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Danny Ayalon, canceled his appearance due to controversy surrounding charges of faculty intimidation toward pro-Israel students at Columbia.
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