WAS TUTU SMEARED?

School drops Tutu speech, but ADL says let him speak
NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League is urging the president of a Minnesota university to invite Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak just days after it was revealed that he had been disinvited because of fears he might offend Jews.

Tutu had been slated to visit the University of St. Thomas next spring as part of a program that brings Nobel laureates to teach youth about peace and justice. But university administrators, after consulting with Minnesota Jewish leaders, concluded that Tutu has made hurtful comments about Israel and the Jewish people that rendered him inappropriate as a speaker.

"Tutu has certainly been an outspoken, sometimes very harsh critic of Israel and Israeli policies, and has sometimes also used ex ... Full Story

ZOA defends Tutu news release (JTA)
The president of the Zionist Organization of America is defending his organization's use of a news release that incorrectly quotes Archbishop Desmond Tutu as comparing Israel to Hitler and apartheid.

School reinvites Tutu (JTA)
A Minnesota university has reinvited Archbishop Desmond Tutu just days after it became known that the school had nixed a planned appearance by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian.