Adelaide festival did not dump Jewish columnist from 2024 program despite request from Randa Abdel-Fattah and others
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The Adelaide Festival board faced controversy after South Australia's premier, Peter Malinauskas, claimed they removed Jewish columnist Thomas Friedman from the 2024 Adelaide Writers' Week lineup. This claim arose after the board cancelled Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2024 festival. Abdel-Fattah and a group of academics had reportedly lobbied the board to remove Friedman, a pro-Israel New York Times columnist. Despite this request, the Adelaide Festival board did not remove Friedman from the 2024 program. The situation highlights tensions surrounding perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and their representation at the Adelaide Festival.
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