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President Joe Biden denied on Monday that Israel's offensive in Gaza was "genocide" as he defended the key US ally against a series of international legal cases.
Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?
An open letter is circulating, in which around 8,700 signatories have so far called for the exclusion of Israel. A total of 90 countries are taking part this year, quite a few of them in the historical arsenal of the lagoon city. Since its founding in 1895, the main venue for every biennale has been a park on the outskirts of the city; one of the 28 country pavilions there belongs to Israel. Israel is represented by US-born, Tel Aviv-based multimedia artist Ruth Patir.