Free Speech Or Cheap Talk?

The BBC is airing the Doha Debates, billed as “a public forum for dialogue and freedom of speech in Qatar.” The topic of the next debate?

“This House believes the pro-Israeli lobby has successfully stifled Western debate about Israel’s actions.”

Of course, if we mount campaign against this, we will ensure that the motion is true….

UPDATE: Judith Klinghoffer notes that this particular Doha debate takes place at Oxford.