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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Nobel and Pulitzer winners denounce ‘dangerous’ Israel cultural boycott

Playwright David Mamet wearing a black beret and tortoiseshell glasses.
Pulitzer-winning playwright David Mamet was those among those who signed a letter against boycotting Israeli books and authors. Photograph: Ryan Miller/Getty Images

More than 1,000 figures from the literary and entertainment industry – including several Nobel laureates, Pulitzer prize, and Booker prize winners – have signed an open letter against “illiberal and dangerous” cultural boycotts.

The letter was released by the nonprofit body Creative Community For Peace [CCFP], which campaigns against cultural boycotts of Israel, after more than 1,000 book industry figures pledged to boycott Israeli cultural institutions that “are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians”.

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