Louise Katz

Louise Katz a retired academic who until recently taught critical thinking skills at Sydney University. I’ve published articles previously on Israel and Palestine, as well as other subjects, plus novels and short stories.

Louise Katz's recent articles

An open letter to the Jewish Board of Deputies

An open letter to the Jewish Board of Deputies

I am part of a small group of people who intended to hold an event to discuss the situation in Gaza. Shortly before our event was scheduled, the Jewish board of Deputies pressed our venue operators to cancel the event. This incursion into our right to gather was a striking example of the ethos that informs so much of the Zionist lobby’s methods of silencing any departure from what is perceived as pro-Israel lines of argument. Thus: