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Irish Novelist Sally Rooney Rejects Israeli Publisher for Her New Novel to Support Palestinian Rights

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shared an emailed statement from Rooney in which she said she was proud her first two books were published in Hebrew by Modan Publishing House.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz first broke the story.“Likewise, it would be an honor for me to have my latest novel translated into Hebrew and available to Hebrew-language readers,” she continued. “But for the moment, I have chosen not to sell these translation rights to an Israeli-based publishing house.”Her issue with the company, she said, is that it has not publicly distanced itself from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or openly supported Palestinian rights.

Modan told the Times that when the company reached out to Rooney after September’s English publication of the new book, it was told she wasn’t.

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