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Australian writers’ festival collapses — and apologizes — after boycott over disinvited Palestinian activist
The organizers of an Australian literary festival pulled the plug on this year’s event on Tuesday, after nearly 200 authors said they would boycott over the disinvitation of a Palestinian-Australian author and activist who has justified “armed struggle.” The board of the Adelaide Writers’ Week announced last week that they had disinvited Randa Abdel-Fattah, saying they […]
As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?
SYDNEY — “As a Holocaust survivor, I want my Australia back!” This was the impassioned plea that garnered rapturous applause from several thousand mourners who converged in the pouring rain at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark shloshim — the 30 days of mourning since the Hanukkah massacre that claimed 15 lives on Dec. […]
