"Randa Abdel-Fattah is an anti-racism scholar and author who lost an $870,000 research grant over criticisms of her stance on Israel. The Palestinian Australian writer also recently withdrew from a writers festival after organisers demanded she and other speakers avoid divisive topics and abide by an anti-Semitism code. In this Unmute, she talks about censorship in academia and a broader effort to silence pro-Palestinian voices in Australia."
"The Palestinian Australian writer also recently withdrew from a writers festival after organisers demanded she and other speakers avoid divisive topics and abide by an anti-Semitism code. In this Unmute, she talks about censorship in academia and a broader effort to silence pro-Palestinian voices in Australia."
Randa Abdel-Fattah is an anti-racism scholar and Palestinian Australian who lost an $870,000 research grant following criticism of her stance on Israel. She withdrew from a festival after organisers required that she and other participants avoid divisive topics and comply with an anti-Semitism code. She addresses censorship in academia and a broader effort to silence pro-Palestinian voices across Australia. The combined grant withdrawal and event exit illustrate tensions between academic freedom, political advocacy on Israel-Palestine, and institutional pressure. The case shows how anti-Semitism policies and reputational concerns can be used to constrain critics of Israeli policy.
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