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Protesters storm Mahmoud Khalil book launch as Israeli editor confronts them
Original: Protesters stormed Mahmoud Khalil’s book release. His Israeli editor confronted them.
Protesters stormed a book release event for Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate detained by US immigration authorities, prompting his Israeli editor to confront them. The clash at a literary event involving an Israeli editor working with a Palestinian author has drawn attention to tensions over Israel-Gaza activism spilling into publishing and cultural spaces.
Why now: The unusual confrontation between protesters and a Palestinian author's Israeli editor at a public event is drawing attention amid ongoing tensions over Gaza activism.
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