Famous writers are calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural centers

More than 1,000 famous writers and journalists of the world have signed a letter promising not to cooperate with Israeli publications and publishers, literary agencies and cultural centers that " participate or stand by in the oppression of Palestinians. "

Writers of the world have pledged not to cooperate with Israeli publishers, literary agencies and publications "participating in the violation of Palestinian rights."

More than 1,000 writers and publishers have signed a letter pledging to boycott Israeli cultural centers that are "complicit or silent spectators of oppression against Palestinians."

Famous authors who signed the letter include Irish writer Sally Rooney, known for her novels such as " Talks with Friends " and " Ordinary People " ; Pulitzer Prize laureate Libyan - American writer Hisham Matar ; Pulitzer Prize laureate Viet Thanh Nguyen; Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker Prize; There is Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Avni Doshi, a Booker Prize nominee who currently lives in Dubai .

Authors have pledged not to work with Israeli publishers, literary agencies, or publications that "participate in the violation of Palestinian rights," "have discriminatory policies," or "justify Israeli occupation, apartheid, or genocide."

Institutions that have never publicly recognized the "inalienable rights of the Palestinian people enshrined in international law" will also be boycotted, writes Arab News.

Every year, the campaign organizes free public events in all Palestinian cities Organized by the Palestinian Literature Festival (also known as PalFest).

" We are publishing this letter at a time when we are facing the greatest moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century," the letter said, adding that Israel had killed "at least 43,362" Palestinians since last October.

In addition, the letter notes that Israeli cultural centers "have played a key role in concealing the oppression of millions of Palestinians for decades by working directly with the state.

It should be noted that in 2021, writer Sally Rooney banned Israeli publications from translating her new novel into Hebrew.

According to the writer, he "does not think it is right" to sign a contract with an Israeli company that "does not distance itself from apartheid and violates the rights of the Palestinian people enshrined in the United Nations."