{"id":1923084,"date":"2026-05-07T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1923084"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:12:22","slug":"nobel-laureate-jm-coetzee-refuses-to-attend-jerusalem-writers-festival-over-israels-actions-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1923084","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee refuses to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/97\/91\/1200x675_cmsv2_20eeaac9-12d0-5a15-9293-6e31a75ddbb7-9749791.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2891776-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2891776\" data-cid=\"9749316\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2891776-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/74\/93\/16\/189x106_cmsv2_43ea71b4-f62a-5d8f-b18b-8b184eabe855-9749316.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen on a well pad near Watford City, North Dakota, Aug. 26, 2021. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Brussels mulls scrapping methane fines amid energy crisis &#8211; 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Coetzee (center) at the Morelia Film Festival, in Morelia, Mexico - 2019\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              South-African author J.M. Coetzee (center) at the Morelia Film Festival, in Morelia, Mexico &#8211; 2019<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Berenice Bautista<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Berenice Bautista\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspIndrabati Lahiri\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1778148742\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-05-07 12:12:22 +02:00\">07\/05\/2026 &#8211; 12:12 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center 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wrote in the letter, as reported by The Guardian. <\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis campaign, conducted by the IDF, appears to have had the enthusiastic support of the vast majority of Israel\u2019s population. For this reason it is not possible for any considerable sector of Israeli society, including its intellectual and arts community, to claim that it should not share in the blame for the atrocities in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 86-year-old author also highlighted that it would take several years for Israel to clear its name for its actions in Gaza and establish itself once again on the global stage. <\/p>\n<p>Coetzee was born in apartheid South Africa and currently lives in Australia. He received the <strong>Nobel Prize in Literature<\/strong> in 2003, with some of his most iconic works including &#8220;Disgrace&#8221; and &#8220;Waiting for the Barbarians&#8221;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Pulitzer Prize winners 2026: Experimental war dramas and Trump chaos<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">&#8216;Unacceptable&#8217;: Israeli community anger over public support for Kanye West concert in Portugal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Coetzee denounces Israel\u2019s \u201ccampaign of annihilation\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The author highlighted that he was once a supporter of Israel, especially when the country had strong Western support. He even visited Jerusalem in 1987 to receive the Jerusalem prize, which is awarded to writers who celebrate individual freedom in society. <\/p>\n<p>However, he emphasised that Israel\u2019s current \u201ccampaign of annihilation in Gaza\u201d has changed his stance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept telling myself that surely the day was coming when the Israeli people would have a change of heart and deliver some form of justice to the Palestinian people whose land they had taken over,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong-time supporters of Israel have turned away in revulsion at the actions of the Israeli military.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fermentto-Tzaisler, the artistic director of the writers festival, told Israeli news outlet Ynet that she was shocked at the harshness of Coetzee\u2019s response. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a South African writer who fought apartheid, I would have expected &#8211; or perhaps dreamed &#8211; that you would extend a hand to me, that you would say to me, \u2018Fight, my daughter. Do not stop fighting.\u2019&#8230;You left me in despair,\u201d she said in a reply letter as reported by Ynet. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Emma Stone among 1,300 filmmakers to boycott Israeli film companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Growing backlash against Israeli film and literary events<\/h2>\n<p>Several authorshave withdrawn from film and literary events hosted by Israel or associated institutions in the last few years. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sally Rooney<\/strong> refused to sell the Hebrew-language translation rights to her third novel, &#8220;Beautiful World, Where Are You&#8221;, to Modan, an Israel-based publishing house in 2021. This was also seen as support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. <\/p>\n<p>Canadian author Naomi Klein also pulled out of the 2024 PEN World Voices Festival in March 2024, to protest PEN America\u2019s \u201cinadequate\u201d response to the Israel-Gaza war. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, several major film stars and filmmakers like Olivia Colman, Ken Loach and Tilda Swinton have <strong>signed a pledge called \u201cFilm Workers for Palestine\u201d<\/strong>, vowing to decline to work with Israeli film institutions. 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place from 25 to 28 May, citing Israel\u2019s \u201cgenocidal campaign\u201d in Gaza as the main reason.\u00a0The festival has previously hosted authors like Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates.\u00a0Coetzee communicated his refusal in a letter sent to the Israeli festival\u2019s artistic director, Julia Fermentto-Tzaisler.\u201cFor the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza that has been vastly disproportionate to the murderous provocation of 7 October 2023,\u201d Coetzee wrote in the letter, as reported by The Guardian.\u00a0He added: \u201cThis campaign, conducted by the IDF, appears to have had the enthusiastic support of the vast majority of Israel\u2019s population. For this reason it is not possible for any considerable sector of Israeli society, including its intellectual and arts community, to claim that it should not share in the blame for the atrocities in Gaza.\u201dThe 86-year-old author also highlighted that it would take several years for Israel to clear its name for its actions in Gaza and establish itself once again on the global stage.\u00a0Coetzee was born in apartheid South Africa and currently lives in Australia. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003, with some of his most iconic works including &#8220;Disgrace&#8221; and &#8220;Waiting for the Barbarians&#8221;.\u00a0Coetzee denounces Israel\u2019s \u201ccampaign of annihilation\u201dThe author highlighted that he was once a supporter of Israel, especially when the country had strong Western support. He even visited Jerusalem in 1987 to receive the Jerusalem prize, which is awarded to writers who celebrate individual freedom in society.\u00a0However, he emphasised that Israel\u2019s current \u201ccampaign of annihilation in Gaza\u201d has changed his stance.\u00a0\u201cI kept telling myself that surely the day was coming when the Israeli people would have a change of heart and deliver some form of justice to the Palestinian people whose land they had taken over,\u201d he noted.\u00a0\u201cLong-time supporters of Israel have turned away in revulsion at the actions of the Israeli military.\u201d\u00a0Fermentto-Tzaisler, the artistic director of the writers festival, told Israeli news outlet Ynet that she was shocked at the harshness of Coetzee\u2019s response.\u00a0\u201cAs a South African writer who fought apartheid, I would have expected &#8211; or perhaps dreamed &#8211; that you would extend a hand to me, that you would say to me, \u2018Fight, my daughter. 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