Editing Arundhati Roy (section)

===Israel===
In August 2006, Roy, along with [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Howard Zinn]] and others, signed a letter in ''The Guardian'' calling the [[2006 Lebanon War]] a "war crime" and accusing Israel of "state terror".<ref>{{cite news |title=Letters {{!}} War crimes and Lebanon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/israel/Story/0,,1835915,00.html |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=3 August 2006 |access-date=6 April 2009}}</ref> In 2007, Roy was one of more than 100 artists and writers who signed an open letter initiated by [[Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism]] and the South West Asian, North African Bay Area Queers calling on the [[Frameline|San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival]] "to honor calls for an international boycott of Israeli political and cultural institutions, by discontinuing Israeli consulate sponsorship of the LGBT film festival and not cosponsoring events with the Israeli consulate".<ref>{{cite web |last=Bajko |first=Matthew S. |title=Political Notebook: Queer activists reel over Israel, Frameline ties |url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1838 |work=The Bay Area Reporter|date=17 May 2007|access-date=1 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820041155/http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1838|archive-date=20 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]], she defended [[Hamas]]'s rocket attacks, citing Palestinians' right to resistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gazas-rockets-part-of-resistance-says-collective-led-by-arundhati-roy-nayantara-sahgal/article34580104.ece#comments_34580104|title = Gaza's rockets part of resistance, says collective led by Arundhati Roy, Nayantara Sahgal|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/350637-palestinians-have-right-to-resist-illegal-occupation-indias-leading-thinkers-say|title = Palestinians have right to resist illegal occupation, India's leading thinkers say|website=Geo News|date=18 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/836438-indias-notable-artistes-writers-say-palestinians-have-right-to-resist-israeli-occupation|title='Palestinians have right to resist Israeli occupation'|website=The News International|date=18 May 2021}}</ref> In December 2023, during Israel's [[Gaza war|bombing campaign in Gaza]], Roy said: "If we say nothing about Israel's brazen slaughter of Palestinians, even as it is live-streamed into the most private recesses of our personal lives, we are complicit in it."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roy |first1=Arundhati |title='Our country has lost its moral compass': Arundhati Roy |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/india-has-lost-its-moral-compass-arundhati-roy-on-israel-palestian-gaza-war/article67639421.ece |website=The Hindu |date=15 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref> In October 2024, Roy and thousands of other writers signed an open letter pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sheehan |first1=Dan |title=Thousands of Authors Pledge to Boycott Israeli Cultural Institutions |url=https://lithub.com/hundreds-of-authors-pledge-to-boycott-israeli-cultural-institutions/ |website=Literary Hub |access-date=11 November 2024 |date=28 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Creamer |first1=Ella |last2=Knight |first2=Lucy |title=Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Arundhati Roy call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/28/sally-rooney-percival-everett-arundhati-roy-boycott-israel-palestine-gaza |access-date=11 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=28 October 2024}}</ref>