RE: ISRAEL: BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OR APARTHEID COLONY (Sept 16) Fadi Ennab’s inflammatory, response-imploring article appears to attack this summer’s Israel Pavilion for not recognizing the plight of the Palestinians, apparently oblivious to Folklorama’s cardinal policy of being culture-based and apolitical. It would also be incongruous for the Israel Pavilion, produced by Winnipeg’s Jewish community, to depict anything other than Jewish Israeli culture, because that is the culture shared by Jewish communities worldwide and their brethren who have returned to Israel. The fact that there are no Arab pavilions, the logical venue to celebrate Arab or Palestinian culture, is not the fault of Israel Pavilion organizers. Nonetheless, despite Ennab’s reference to Folklorama, it is clear Winnipeg’s multi-cultural festival is used as...
