‘Normal People’ author boycotts Israeli publisher amid Israeli-Palestine tension
Normal People, has refused to have her new book translated into Hebrew in light of the Israeli-Palestine conflict.Rooney has announced that she will boycott Israeli publishing house Modan, having refused to sell Beautiful World, Where Are You‘s translation rights to the publisher.She did however say it would “be an honour” to have the book translated into Hebrew by a company which shared her political position, as reported by the BBC.“The Hebrew-language translation rights to my new novel are still available, and if I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement’s institutional boycott guidelines, I will be very pleased and proud to do so,” she said.However, she confirmed that she would not “accept a new