Jewish American columnist Thomas Friedman says he was uninvited from 2024 Adelaide writers’ week over ‘timing’

Claim comes after former festival board member Tony Berg accused Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah of hypocrisy' in their accusations of repressing freedom of speech

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A New York Times columnist at the centre of a second controversy engulfing Adelaide writers' week has said he was uninvited from the event in 2024.

Thomas Friedman, who is Jewish, confirmed to Nine newspapers on Thursday that after he agreed to appear in a video link session, he was subsequently notified that the timing would not work out".