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The Salerno Literature Festival Cancels the Extension of Erri De Luca After the Interview on Zionism and Gaza

Galeotta was a page published a few days ago on "Il Foglio" which summarized Erri De Luca's intervention in the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom: "I am a Zionist and there is no genocide in Gaza." After the controversy sparked by the positions of the writer, the Festival Salerno Literature, which will begin on June 13, decided to exclude him from the prolusion of the event. It is reported by the daily "Il Mattino" , citing these statements to the …

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The writer, first hero for the positions pro Kiev and No Tav, purified by the literary festival of Salerno because disaligned by the unique thought anti Israel. He cashes the purga, the artistic directors hide the hand. The most suggestive aspect of this surreal history is certainly the way in which the various protagonists were forced to juggle with language.

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Galeotta was a page published a few days ago on "Il Foglio" which summarized Erri De Luca's intervention in the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom: "I am a Zionist and there is no genocide in Gaza." After the controversy sparked by the positions of the writer, the Festival Salerno Literature, which will begin on June 13, decided to exclude him from the prolusion of the event. It is reported by the daily "Il Mattino" , citing these statements to the …

·Rome, Italy
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The controversy over the sentences on genocide. The writer had been invited to another space of the same Festival but preferred to decline in total the invitation

·Italy
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The artistic co-director at the Morning: "There was no identity of views. We preferred to reconsider our original decision, even for ...

·Italy
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The artistic director Carillo: "He had been entrusted with the extension, which dictates a bit the line of the review and implies a certain identity of views, at least with respect to the most tragic of the evidences: the civilian deaths in Palestine" . The writer called himself "Zionist" (for me it is the right of the Jews to a national home) and does not share the use of the word "genocide" on what is implemented by the IDF in Gaza

·Turin, Italy
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Naples "Erri De Luca" does not "apre" Salerno Literature. The kermesse removed him from the poster after some statements about Gaza and Zionism issued in Jerusalem. A story that says a lot about the state of the Italian cultural debate. "SaLet" opens its doors from 13 to 20 June, fourteenth edition, and the Neapolitan writer, 76 years, will not be the inaugural voice as expected. In the viewfinder the statements made during the "International Fe…

·Italy
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La Repubblica broke the news in Turin, Italy on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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