BOOKISH BOYCOTT
Literary icons fight back against growing antisemitism in their midst
A petition by high-profile Jewish writers comes in response to one organized by The Palestinian Festival of Literature, which states that ‘We cannot in good conscience engage with Israeli institutions without interrogating their relationship to apartheid and displacement’
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The writer Bernard-Henri Levy during the presentation of his book 'The Loneliness of Israel', at the Centro Sefarad-Israel, on 17 October, 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
The latest chapter in the emerging story of the literary world’s boycott of Israeli cultural institutions took a new twist this week with high-profile Jewish writers like Bernard Henri-Lévy, Howard Jacobson and David Mamet punching back.
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