1000 world-renowned writers boycott Israeli cultural institutions

More than a thousand writers have pledged not to cooperate with the cultural institutions of the Zionist administration of Israel, which are said to participate in the violation of the rights of Palestinians.

In their joint statement, the authors have explained that cooperation with the cultural institutions of the Zionist regime of Israel can help implement discriminatory policies and practices, which will justify the occupation, racism and genocide of the Zionist regime of Israel.

Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner, and Arundhati Roy are among 1,000 prominent writers who have pledged in a joint statement not to cooperate with publishers, festivals or publications of Israeli cultural institutions that "participate in the violation of Palestinian rights."

Rooney, author of "Ordinary People" and more recently "Intermezzo," has long been an advocate for Palestinian rights, and in 2021 refused to sell the rights to the Hebrew translation of his third novel, "Beautiful World , Where Are You" to a Zionist publisher.

After receiving the PEN Pinter Award earlier this year, Rooney used the opportunity to give a speech discussing the plight of the people of Gaza, saying he would donate his award to the Palestine Children's Fund.

The statement issued by more than a thousand authors continues to say: Institutions that have never publicly recognized the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, which are enshrined in international law, will be restricted.

The authors have said: In the past, many writers who opposed apartheid policies in South Africa, took a position like this because human conscience does not allow us to be indifferent to modern racism and refugees, nor to cooperate with the institutions of the Zionist regime. .