Vancouver comic festival bans Jewish artist over past IDF service

The festival assured that it would revise its policies and submission guidelines and adhere to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel’s guidelines.

A person hangs a sign at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 29, 2024.

A person hangs a sign at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 29, 2024.

(photo credit: REUTERS/CHRIS HELGREN)

ByMICHAEL STARR

MAY 30, 2024 18:27

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