Sally Rooney, Nan Goldin, Mykki Blanco, and Naomi Klein are among thousands of artists, writers, and musicians who are supporting an open letter written by Palestinian creatives, which calls for an end to Israeli’s violent occupation and colonisation.
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A Letter Against Apartheid, the letter rejects the notion that the Israel-Palestine crisis is “a war between two equal sides”, calling the label “false and misleading”. Signatories also urge global powers to cease supporting the state’s military, and call on individuals to “exercise their agency to help dismantle the apartheid regime of our time”.
The letter reads: “Palestinians are being attacked and killed with impunity by Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli civilians. Several lynchings of unarmed and unprotected Palestinians have already taken place in the last two weeks. Families in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah continue to face ethnic cleansing and displacement from their homes. These acts
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