The decision by Irish novelist Sally Rooney to boycott an Israeli publishing company and not allow it to translate her novels is a major blow to the normalizers, especially the Arabs. It is also a slap in the face of those who mocked the boycott call launched by Palestinian civil society in 2005, and an […]
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Sally Rooney Embraces BDS
October 15th, 2021 Awake Goy
Big Week for BDS The Irish writer Sally Rooney has rejected an Israeli publisher’s request to translate her newest novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You. When this was first announced, a number of outlets rushed to frame this as Rooney boycotting the Hebrew language, but she has now put out a statement making it clear […]
Sally Rooney rejects Israeli publisher, embraces BDS movement
October 13th, 2021 Awake Goy
The Irish author Sally Rooney has rejected an Israeli publisher’s request to translate her newest novel into Hebrew, citing her support for the BDS movement. Israel’s Modan Publishing House put in a bid to translate Rooney’s latest book, Beautiful World, Where Are You, into Hebrew but Rooney declined. Many media outlets have implied that Rooney […]