Bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney has announced that her books can no longer be sold in the UK due to the British government’s ban on Palestine Action.
In a statement on Wednesday, the award-winning Normal People author said that due to her publicly-stated intention to go on supporting Palestine Action, including with royalties from her work, “the fulfilment of contracts to publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence”
I just had a quick look on Amazon and you can still buy them. But what caught my eye on the listing I looked at, Conversations With Friends, has this warning:
Product Safety
This product is subject to specific additional safety warnings
Warning:Only for domestic use
What on earth?
That aside, this whole Palestine Action business is such obvious bullshit. I mean, this is a country that has decades of experience of actual terrorism, with bombs and bloodshed galore. People who support Palestine Action aren’t terrorists. Everyone knows they aren’t. But our arms dealers need those shekels, so here we are.
sees title
“Palestine?”
Palestine.
