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Novelist Sally Rooney

lundi 18 octobre 2021 à 02:00

Novelist Sally Rooney expressed support for Palestine by refusing to allow a Hebrew translation of her latest book, and is being criticized with distortions.

As I recall, the BDS movement calls for a boycott of Israeli institutions, particularly those that support or take advantage of the occupation of Palestine — not individual Israelis. So I don't think it suggests refusing to publish in Hebrew.

However, implicit in publishing a Hebrew translation of her book would be to license that to an Israeli publishing company. The movement would ask people not to do that.

I myself don't support the Palestinian BDS movement. What I do support is the boycott, started by Gush Shalom, of products made in Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory.