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(JEWISH GROUP) Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer's coexistence essay that co-publisher called an 'apologia' [View all]
Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay that co-publisher called an ‘apologia for Zionism’Amid criticism from staff members and others, a prestigious literary magazine has retracted an essay by an Israeli writer and translator wrestling with her attempts to find mutual understanding with Palestinians after Oct. 7.
Guernica magazine did not explain the retraction over the weekend but said it “regrets having published” the essay by Joanna Chen, titled “From The Edges Of A Broken World.”
The retraction came after multiple members of the journal’s volunteer staff resigned publicly over the essay.
Madhuri Sastry, a human-rights worker and researcher formerly of the American Red Cross, quit as co-publisher on Sunday after calling the essay “a hand-wringing apologia for Zionism and the ongoing genocide in Palestine.” She also called for the resignation of the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jina Ngarambe.
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