The Adelaide writers festival canceled its invitation to an author whose appearance was deemed, in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre, in poor taste. The writer, the Australian-born Randa Abdel-Fattah, is blaming something fascinatingly termed “anti-Palestinian racism.” The actual reason appears to be that she has said “if you are a Zionist you have no claim or right to cultural safety.” The call for Jews to be denied safety by an Australian does indeed seem a bit impolitic considering all