BRICUP has supported a letter an open letter to leading author Ian McEwan organised by British Writers in Support of Palestine and published in the Guardian. The letter signed by John Berger, China MiĆ©ville and others says ” We deeply regret the decision of Ian McEwan to accept this corrupt and cynical honour (I will accept Jerusalem prize, says McEwan, 20 January). McEwan believes that the Jerusalem book fair, which awards the prize, represents a blameless civil society. In fact, the fair is organised by the Jerusalem municipality, a key institution of the Israeli state and a major instrument in the illegal colonisation of East Jerusalem.”
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