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Yet more on the power of the #Zionist lobby, the strength with which #Israeli #UltraNationalists, facing credible allegation of #genocide in #Gaza and likely in #Lebanon, can impact some of our most venerable education institution is mind boggling. It defies belief. #UQP ought to be less succeptible to this sort of politically inspired censorship given its seat is in a renowned #University. “Authors cut ties The event that sparked the mass exodus of authors in the past weeks was UQP’s decision first to put on hold the publication of Money’s book, and then last week to cancel it altogether. Five-thousand copies of Bila, A River Cycle, a lyrical tale about a river on Money’s ancestral Wiradjuri country with a message of environmental stewardship, now sit in storage while the university considers – in the words of its communications department – “recycling options”. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/03/shaken-staff-and-an-author-exodus-how-a-picture-book-plunged-an-acclaimed-australian-publisher-into-a-crisis-over-antisemitism #AusPol #Israel #Anti-Semitism #Zionism #Antifa