{"id":104297,"date":"2026-10-15T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sally-rooneys-books-withdrawn-in-u-k-over-authors-support-for-designated-terror-group-palestine-action\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:17","slug":"sally-rooneys-books-withdrawn-in-u-k-over-authors-support-for-designated-terror-group-palestine-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sally-rooneys-books-withdrawn-in-u-k-over-authors-support-for-designated-terror-group-palestine-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Rooney&#8217;s books withdrawn in U.K. over author&#8217;s support for designated terror group Palestine Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London <\/em>\u2014 World-renowned Irish author Sally Rooney&#8217;s books will no longer be supplied to booksellers in the U.K. due to her public support for Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organization in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney, the bestselling novelist behind &#8220;Normal People&#8221; and &#8220;Conversations with Friends,&#8221;<em> <\/em>both of which have been adapted into television shows, and her publisher Faber have agreed to halt the supply of her books to British retailers, according to a statement from Faber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work. To sell a writer&#8217;s work and not be able to pass on earnings is an unconscionable situation for a publisher,&#8221; Faber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faber.co.uk\/journal\/faber-statement-14-october-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rooney previously said she intended to use proceeds from her work to financially support Palestine Action, potentially exposing her and her publisher to prosecution under British anti-terrorism laws.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/15\/142a6a18-b897-44e4-939e-56b1c8719ba7\/thumbnail\/620x417g3\/9a3d0b85fffe174a4fcb3037d2ac18ee\/sally-roone.jpg#\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Author Sally Rooney \" height=\"417\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/15\/142a6a18-b897-44e4-939e-56b1c8719ba7\/thumbnail\/620x417g3\/9a3d0b85fffe174a4fcb3037d2ac18ee\/sally-roone.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/10\/15\/142a6a18-b897-44e4-939e-56b1c8719ba7\/thumbnail\/1240x834g3\/218cb5ed2d1b6715cfae17575d9ef773\/sally-roone.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Author Sally Rooney poses for a photograph ahead of the announcement of the winner of the Costa Book Awards 2018 in London, England, Jan. 29, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Henry Nicholls\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/books\/2025\/08\/16\/sally-rooney-i-support-palestine-action-if-this-makes-me-a-supporter-of-terror-under-uk-law-so-be-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> published in The Irish Times in August 2025, Rooney wrote: &#8220;I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>What is Palestine Action?<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is a British direct-action group that has targeted arms manufacturers and other companies it accuses of supplying weapons to Israel with protests and sabotage.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.palestineaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describes itself<\/a> as a &#8220;movement committed to ending global complicity with Israel&#8217;s genocidal apartheid regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/three-groups-to-be-proscribed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated Palestine Action<\/a> as a terrorist organization in July 2025, citing the group&#8217;s history of criminal damage and escalating attacks on defense infrastructure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5ydvwlx4plo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> a factory belonging to U.S. defense company Teledyne Technologies in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 decision came after the group claimed responsibility for breaking into a major air base, RAF Brize Norton, northwest of London, and damaging aircraft. The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-palestine-action-arrests-protest-bf430c85a317e7e1f768c9ebd2a6131a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP<\/a> and other outlets cited British police as putting the cost of the damage at around $9.4 million, though authorities have not publicly confirmed that figure.<\/p>\n<p>Under U.K. law it is a crime to be a member of a designated terrorist group, or to publicly support one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/09\/75b8dc4f-dd1c-48e3-8dcb-f11bd9af18df\/thumbnail\/620x414\/3b617f6200307f337dbd04bd19e07717\/gettyimages-2228572938.jpg#\" alt=\"Palestine Action Protest In London \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/palestine-action-london-banned-group-protesters-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">widespread protests<\/a><\/span> and thousands of arrests across the U.K. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/operation-of-police-powers-under-tact-2000-to-june-2026\/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-and-subsequent-legislation-arrests-outcomes-and-stop-and-search-great-britain-to-june-202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest figures<\/a> from Britain&#8217;s Home Office, which oversees all domestic law enforcement, the average age of those arrested on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action is 59, compared to 28 for other terrorism-related arrests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legality of the ban remains the subject of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/supremecourt.uk\/cases\/uksc-2026-0099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sally Rooney is finding out that she can&#8217;t have her cake and eat it,&#8221; a spokesperson for the U.K. activist group Campaign Against Antisemitism told CBS News, adding that it had reported the author to counterterrorism police over her vow to financially support Palestine Action.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Crisis in the Middle East<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/gaza-conflict\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use 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