Het werk van de Ierse schrijver Sally Rooney is niet meer te koop in Britse boekhandels. Vanwege haar financiële steun aan Palestine Action, is samen met de uitgever besloten om haar boeken niet langer te verkopen. Palestine Action is een verboden organisatie in het Verenigd koningkrijk.

Rooney in The Guardian

In July 2025, the direct-action protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. The following month, I wrote an opinion piece expressing my intention to go on supporting Palestine Action, which is not a proscribed or otherwise prohibited group here in the Republic of Ireland. As a result, the fulfilment of contracts to publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. I have made every effort to be honest with the public about my beliefs and intentions, and I am wholly prepared to accept the consequences.

Meer dan 3700 mensen zijn inmiddels gearresteerd vanwege hun vermeende steun aan Palestine Action.

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