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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
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Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions

An outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights … Sally Rooney.
An outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights … Sally Rooney. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images

Sally Rooney, Arundhati Roy and Rachel Kushner are among more than 1,000 writers and publishing professionals who have signed a letter pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions that “are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians”.

Signatories to the pledge say they will not work with Israeli publishers, festivals, literary agencies and publications that are “complicit in violating Palestinian rights”, including operating “discriminatory policies and practices” or “whitewashing and justifying Israel’s occupation, apartheid or genocide”.

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