Award Ceremony Canceled Over Writer's Comparison of Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish Ghettos
TL;DR
The Heinrich Böll Foundation has withdrawn its support for an award ceremony honoring Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen after they compared Gaza to a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. The foundation objected to Gessen's comparison, stating it was unacceptable and rejected their implication that Israel aimed to "liquidate Gaza like a Nazi ghetto." The award will still be presented to Gessen in a different setting, but the ceremony will not take place as planned. Supporters have criticized the decision, highlighting the irony of suspending a prize awarded in memory of Hannah Arendt, a Jewish-American philosopher and political theorist who covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
Topics:worldpolitics#award-ceremony#gaza#heinrich-boll-foundation#jewish-ghettos#masha-gessen#politics
- Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos The Guardian
- Masha Gessen won a 'political thought' prize. Then they wrote on Gaza. The Washington Post
- Controversial Award Ceremony for the Hannah Arendt Prize Postponed - Israel News Haaretz
- Masha Gessen on the Holocaust, Israel, and the Politics of Memory The New Yorker
- Masha Gessen's Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza. Literary Hub
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