Gordimer explains an elementary point

Further to this post, Nadine Gordimer has confirmed that she will be visiting Israel to attend a writers' festival in Jerusalem, despite the pressure that's been put on her to withdraw:

My solidarity with our struggle against apartheid [she is reported as saying] surely can leave no doubt in the minds of my comrades and others concerned that I do not support the present (Israeli) government of their country and deplore many of its actions.
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The purpose (of my visit), conditions on which I have agreed to participate, are for writers to discuss their responsibilities to their art, their communities, their countries and the world we share.

That one can visit a country without condoning the actions of its government, and even (would you believe?) in order to oppose these, is a principle well understood by those urging her not to go, at least in relation to countries other than Israel. (Thanks: AL.)