Editing Alice Walker (section)

=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict ===

Walker is a judge member of the [[Russell Tribunal#Tribunal members|Russell Tribunal on Palestine]], and she also supports the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] campaign against Israel.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21577393-campaign-boycott-israel-threatens-spoil-some-palestinians-fun |title= Palestinians in Israel: Boycotting the boycotters |newspaper=The Economist |location =London |author=Tiberias |date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

In January 2009, Walker was one of over fifty signatories of a letter protesting against the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s "City to City" spotlight on Israeli filmmakers, and condemning Israel as an "[[apartheid]] regime".<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/05/filmmakers-react-anti-israel-film-festival-protest/ |title=Toronto film festival ignites anti-Israel boycott |newspaper=The Washington Times |author=Brown, Barry |date=September 5, 2009 |access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> Two months later, Walker and sixty other female activists from the anti-war group [[Code Pink]] traveled to [[Gaza City|Gaza]] in response to the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]]. Their purpose was to deliver aid, meet with NGOs and residents, and persuade Israel and Egypt to open their borders with Gaza. She planned to visit Gaza again in December 2009 to participate in the [[Gaza Freedom March]].<ref>[http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/article.php?id=5063 Gaza Freedom March] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903212614/http://www.gazafreedommarch.org/article.php?id=5063 |date=September 3, 2009 }}. Retrieved February 2010.</ref> On June 23, 2011, she announced plans to participate in an aid [[flotilla]] to Gaza that attempted to break Israel's naval blockade.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harman |first=Danna |url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/author-alice-walker-to-take-part-in-gaza-flotilla-despite-u-s-warning-1.369262 |title=Author Alice Walker to take part in Gaza flotilla, despite U.S. warning |newspaper=Haaretz |location=Tel Aviv |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=August 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/26/israel-accused-gaza-flotilla-journalists |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Conal |last=Urquhart |title=Israel accused of trying to intimidate Gaza flotilla journalists |date=June 26, 2011}}</ref>

In May 2013, Walker posted an open letter to singer [[Alicia Keys]], asking her to cancel a planned concert in [[Tel Aviv]]. "I believe we are mutually respectful of each other's path and work," Walker wrote. "It would grieve me to know you are putting yourself in danger (soul danger) by performing in an apartheid country that is being boycotted by many global conscious artists." Keys rejected the plea.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Itzkoff| title =Despite Protests, Alicia Keys Says She Will Perform in Tel Aviv| work =The New York Times| url =http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/despite-protests-alicia-keys-says-she-will-perform-in-tel-aviv/|date=May 31, 2013 }}</ref> Walker has refused to allow ''[[The Color Purple]]'' to be translated and published in Hebrew,<ref name="TimesOfIsrael-2012">{{cite news |title=Alice Walker says no to Hebrew 'Purple' |newspaper=Times of Israel |date=June 19, 2012 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/alice-walker-refuses-to-authorize-hebrew-version-of-the-color-purple/}}</ref><ref name="NP2013">{{cite web|url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/07/jonathan-kay-where-israel-hatred-meets-space-lizards/|title=Where Israel hatred meets space lizards|last=Kay|first=Jonathan|date=June 7, 2013|work=National Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131130034713/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/07/jonathan-kay-where-israel-hatred-meets-space-lizards/|archive-date=November 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> saying that she finds that "Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories" and noting that she had refused to allow [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] film adaptation of her novel to be shown in South Africa until the system of [[apartheid]] was dismantled.<ref>{{cite web | last=Itzkoff | first=Dave | title=In Protest, Walker Won't Allow Hebrew Translation of 'The Color Purple' | website=ArtsBeat | date=2012-06-19 | url=//artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/in-protest-walker-wont-allow-hebrew-translation-of-the-color-purple/ | access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref>