Several Cartoonists Sign Petition Vs Brooklyn Book Festival Taking Israeli State Funding For A Panel

You can read the petition here. I think it's pretty straight forward. At issue is the sponsorship of a panel by Israel's Office of Cultural Affairs in New York. That's an embassy-hosted effort that does a lot of presenting art from Israel in a variety of settings. A sponsored book panel seems just the kind of thing they'd be interested in doing. The objection by those signing the petition is described at length and is based on Israeli policy in Palestine.

The occasional comics but mostly prose publisher PM Press signed through publishers Ramsey Kanan and Craig O'Hara. The indvidual cartoonists listed are Eleanor Davis, Ethan Heitner, Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman. They joined by a variety of artists working with other media.

The Festival is this Sunday.
 
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