Authors assert that Palestinian rhetoric was "stifled" at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

A number of internationally renowned authors and publishers have levied allegations against the Frankfurt Book Fair, alleging that it "stifled" Palestinian discourse in the wake of the Israeli conflict-induced cancellation of an awards ceremony intended to recognize a novel authored by a Palestinian individual.

Adania Shibli, a novelist and essayist of Palestinian descent who currently resides in Jerusalem and Berlin, was s....