Pro-Palestine Author Threatens Adelaide Festival With Possible Lawsuit After Ouster

Author Randa Abdel-Fattah was banned from the Adelaide Festival over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Pro-Palestinian protesters stand in front of a large flag and banner at a rally in Sydney on May 15, 2024. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

A Palestinian Australian author banned from the Adelaide Festival’s Writers’ Week due to her stance on Israel has brought in lawyers as tensions escalate.

Randa Abdel-Fattah was part of the line-up for the event starting Feb. 28, but last week, organisers announced that it would be “culturally insensitive” to involve Abdel-Fattah so soon after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack that targeted a Jewish Hannukah event.