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NEWLY APPOINTED Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan was lambasted yesterday for making “hypocritical” comments against Palestinian activists.
Mr Linehan spoke out last week against the “thuggish behaviour” of Palestinian rights activists who have previously shut down performances endorsed and funded by Israel at sister festival the Edinburgh Fringe.
He was supported by his predecessor Sir Jonathan Mills when he made these comments at a panel discussion called Walking the Tightrope, set up in response to last year’s disruptions of the fringe by Palestinian rights activists.
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
