Zionist cancel-culture continues.
Australia: NSW gallery cancels public discussion with pro-Palestinian curator
'The Zionist agitation against the AGNSW event—like the campaign which resulted in Creative Australia’s dumping in February of visual artist Khaled Sabsabi to represent Australia at the next Venice Biennale—started with an article by Yoni Bashan in the Murdoch-owned Australian newspaper. Bashan, a lifelong Zionist, began his career at Australian Jewish News before working for Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph, New York Post and the Wall Street Journal. Embedded with the Israeli military when it invaded Gaza in October 2023, he has spent the past two years targeting writers, artists and other prominent public figures speaking out against Israel’s war crimes.
Bashan’s article, which was published on September 30, a week before the AGNSW event, condemned gallery management for being insensitive, implying that it would terrify Jewish patrons. It then denounced Al Qasimi’s public support for Palestine and her accurate descriptions of Israel’s military operations as “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing.” The article also highlighted her appearance at a recent Japanese arts festival wearing a black t-shirt that said “Palestine,” her statement that “none of us will be free until Palestine is free” and her boycott of events with Israeli embassy ties. For Bashan’s readers this was “proof” of her antisemitism. Bashan’s story cited anonymous AGNSW donors, described as “heavy hitters,” who demanded the event’s cancellation and suggested a financial boycott of the gallery, which has just been subjected to yet another round of government budget cuts and job destruction.'
wsws.org/en/articles/20
If anything, I see myself as a “witness.” I’d also be pleased, if you’d call me an “interpreter.” WIM WENDERS
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