Welsh singer Charlotte Church has announced on Thursday that she is pulling out of he Hay Festival, joining several other speakers who have already withdrawn from the event over the festival’s ties to an Israel-linked investment firm. In a statement released on Thursday, Church said her decision was “in solidarity with the people of Palestine and in protest of the artwashing and greenwashing that is apparent in this sponsorship”. Church’s withdrawal from the event comes as Fossil Free Books (FFB) launched a campaign to boycott the Hay Festival due to its sponsorship by Edinburgh-based investme…