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Israel's defence ministry called the move a "deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination" and said it would be withdrawing and not setting up a national pavilion.

Draper arrived in New York having not played since his second-round defeat at Wimbledon in early July, withdrawing from key tournaments in Canada and Cincinnati in order to recover.

Another longlisted writer, Jason Okundaye, wrote an article in the Guardian describing Boyne's views as "abhorrent", withdrawing his nomination because he felt "misled about the principles underpinning the organisation".

As a result, the charitable foundation set up in Sir Ken's name said it was "reluctantly" withdrawing from the project.

The phenomenon of withdrawing from society altogether is common enough in Japan that it has a name: hikikomori.