To bin the latest Sally Rooney?

[JumperandJacket]

Genuinely shocked by the news she has banned the translation of her book into Hebrew. I can see no reading of this that isn’t straightforward antisemitism. She may claim it’s a protest against the Israeli government but to equate Hebrew speakers with the government of Israel is in itself deeply racist. The only other writer I know of to have done this is Icke-fancier, Alice Walker.

Plus the book is boring as shit.

@Classica

Clearly a few people on this thread would have disapproved of the anti-apartheid movement back in the day.

And let's not forget that Israel was a very enthusiastic supporter of the apartheid regime in Pretoria. Even when most of its erstwhile allies abandoned it, Israel retained very close military, political and economic ties with SA, right until the bitter end.

@Tillysfad

Surely anti-Semitism is best squashed by society as a whole agreeing that oppression against an individual or race is always wrong. Without that moral absolute it will always have the potential to rise up.

And if we agree that on the need for that, then surely we can agree that any government perpetrating oppression should be penalised in some way, no exemptions.

One would hope that those who are disgusted by how Palestinians are treated would also be the first to protest against discrimination against those who are Jewish. I have no skin in the game apart from this moral outlook and I find it disingenuous to have anti-Semitism mentioned in this context.

Completely sensible and ethical. Palestinian families continue to have their homes taken over by settlers.