Israeli writer apologises for sexual harassment of journalist

Trump scandals inspired Danielle Berrin to write a column about her encounter with interview subject Ari Shavit

One of Israel’s most prominent writers, Ari Shavit, has apologised after being accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a book tour of the United States.

Shavit, the author of the New York Times bestseller My Promised Land, issued a statement after becoming the subject of intense speculation that he was the unnamed writer referred to in a column by Danielle Berrin. In the column she complained of aggressive and unwanted sexual advances by an interview subject during a professional encounter in Los Angeles.

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