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One committee member resigned following antisemitism accusations and the other over the Israel-Hamas war.

Hoskote’s resignation follows an article published in Germany’s daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, accusing him of 'BDS sympathies and anti-Semitism,' based on his signing of a 2019 BDS petition against a far-right event on 'Zionism and Hindutva'

Mumbai-based author Ranjit Hoskote has quit the Finding Committee for the upcoming Documenta art festival in Germany, following criticism for signing a letter that compared Zionism and Hindu nationalism.

Two members of the Documenta 16 finding committee resigned this week as a battle over what is protected speech rages.

Writer Ranjit Hoskote has resigned from the Documenta Art Festival's Finding Committee after backlash over his signing of a letter comparing Zionism & Hindutva

After the scandals surrounding Documenta 15, the art show is once again under fire. One member of the selection committee has resigned following accusations of antisemitism.

After the scandals surrounding Documenta 15, the art show is once again under fire. One member of the selection committee has resigned following accusations of antisemitism.

Ranjit Hoskoté, who was on the jury charged with selecting Documenta's next artistic director, steps down amid furore over him signing a statement from BDS, a movement that German parliament describes as “antisemitic”

BDS is an international movement that aims to mobilise political and economic pressure on Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians. The German Parliament in 2019 passed a resolution designating the BDS movement against Israel as anti-Semitic.

Bracha L. Ettinger, an Israeli artist and philosopher, resigned from the Documenta 16 selection committee amid 'dark times' for her home country.