‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war

The tragedy in Gaza has loomed over the festival, with chair Robert Watkins promising ‘a plurality of voices’

The Israel-Gaza conflict loomed over the Sydney writers’ festival long before it opened its doors at Carriageworks last week.

In February, the chair of the festival board, Kathy Shand, resigned over her concerns about some of the programming related to Gaza and Israel.

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