Israeli Author Booted From French Panel
Palestinian poet had protested
December 07, 2011
Moshe Sakal.(Moshe Sakal)
An Israeli author was kicked off a panel at a conference of Mediterranean writers in Marseilles, France. Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish objected to sharing a panel with the writer, Moshe Sakal, so naturally … Sakal was booted. (Other Arab writers at the panel were apparently against this.) The decision was made by the conference head, Pierre Assouline, who, being a French intellectual, is Jewish. Assouline deemed Sakal “not crucial.” Much like France?
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
