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Umberto Eco in Jerusalem Today: Photo: Yossi Gurvitz
Umberto Eco does not understand the cultural boycott
Everywhere you look the boycott debate is in the news. Last week, acclaimed British writer Ian McEwan captured headlines for refusing Palestinian calls to boycott the 2011 Jerusalem Book Festival. Instead, McEwan accepted this year’s award with a sharp speech denouncing Israeli behavior towards the Palestinians and visited the weekly Shiekh Jarrah demonstration. Today, the…
By Joseph Dana February 24, 2011
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