ILLITERATE IN RUNNING FOR LITERARY AWARD


Brave dissident Jew Antony Loewenstein's novel My Israel Question is nominated for a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award 2007:

[My Israel Question] is a researched guide to the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict and to the political and cultural processes that have assured the Israeli side of a sympathetic hearing in the Anglophone world. At a time when Australia Jewry is publicly fragmenting in its views on Middle Eastern affairs, My Israel Question is a cogent expression of Jewish dissidence.

The book is not well researched, doesn't provide an accurate history of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and isn't in any way cogent. But hey, the book did get nominated so it'll be no miracle if it wins.

Update: Powerful forces are conspiring to deprive Loewenstein of just recognition:

I imagine Danby and the usual suspects are busily making phone calls right now to make sure [My Israel Question] doesn’t get the blue ribbon.

If Loewenstein's writing got the credit it deserves he'd be pushing trolleys at Woolworths.