Ted Honderich, Persona Non Grata

Ted Honderich, now emeritus at University College London, is best-known to philosophers for his work on free will and determinism.  More recently, his views on the moral right of Palestinians to utilize terrorism against Israel have attracted considerable attention and controversy.  Professor Honderich here describes a curious series of events involving conference invitations that were withdrawn, relocated, protested, and so on.  One involves the LSE.  I'm opening comments, in case anyone has first-hand knowledge of these matters.  No anonymous postings, of course.  (By the way, the Counterpunch bio describes Honderich as Britain's "outstanding progressive philosopher."  Thoughts on this welcome, also.)