https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-writers-festival-faces-backlash-over-israel-palestine-programming/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-writers-festival-faces-backlash-over-israel-palestine-programming/#comment-632735 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:27:12 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=167278#comment-632735 How fatuous and disingenuous can Yiu be? Not politically motivated? As they used to say.. don’t come the raw prawn. This ain’t gonna pass the pub test. Just another excuse to have a pile on against isrsel

]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-writers-festival-faces-backlash-over-israel-palestine-programming/#comment-632733 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:56:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=167278#comment-632733 This Sydney Writers Festival programme is not literary in any sense. It’s a forum for Palestinians and the notion of Palestine. An absolute disgrace. As an older woman and a published poet, writing has been my life’s love and work. I used to attend writers festivals with interest, anticipation and pleasure. Now, I would not set foot in them, most especially this one. If the SWF receives funding of any kind, it should be withdrawn forthwith.

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