Original sentence: Hillel, on the other hand, decried what they perceived as an attack on freedom of speech.However, it was decided to proceed despite the possible intimidation because of freedom of speech concerns.In 2003, a slate of moderates won control of the Concordia Student Union from the left-wing activist slate that previously controlled the union and was actively involved in the anti-Israel protests.The Hall building (the main building of Sir George Williams campus) was shut down on September 9th, 2002 in response to a protest by pro-Palestinian students.The immediate result of the protest was the cancellation of the talk.The organizers were warned by campus security against allowing the talk to proceed because of the politically charge climate at the university.The protest itself lasted several hours, and some protesters broke several windows of the main building and physically harrassed people attempting to attend the talk.The protestors were ecstatic at having prevented Netanyahu from speaking.The protestors were especially concerned since they said that they were not given adequate opportunity to attend the meeting themselves.There were indications prior to September 9th that the speech would face opposition.They were opposed to the visit by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; who they felt was a war criminal.While the tickets were freely available, the protesters said that the organizing group had largely confined their publicity to the Montreal Jewish community
Edited sentence: A few months later, the CSU banned Hillel (the group that represents Jewish students) from campus.Before September 11th, the CSU released a handbook which featured a picture of planes crashing into an office building, instructed students to steal and suggested burning the Canadian flag.Evolution was re-elected to office in 2004 and 2005.In 2001, the Concordia Student Union (CSU) stole $200,000 from Concordia students as the CSU was taken over by radicals who didn’t care about student issues but used the CSU to further their own political and financial agendas.In the March 2003 CSU general election, the radicals were kicked out of office by a moderate slate called “Evolution not Revolution” who promised to “put students first” and clean up the CSU.On September 9th 2002 the CSU led a demonstration which degenerated into violence to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from delivering a speech on campus