Sally Roni, a 30-year-old novelist from the European peninsula of Ireland, has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians by refusing to allow an Israeli publisher to publish her novel.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Sly Roni said in a statement issued on October 12 that she had published her new novel because of the racist and cruel tactics and actions of the Israeli state. Not allowed to publish in local language.
He described the state of Israel as a state that violates human rights in accordance with international law and said that it supports the imposition of cultural, trade and diplomatic sanctions on oppressive countries.
The novelist also supported the Palestinians in their struggle for independence and said he was proud that his first two novels had been published in Hebrew in Israel.
According to the report, Sly Roni was sent a tender by an Israeli publisher for permission to publish a Hebrew translation of her new novel, Beauty Full World: Where Are You, which she rejected.
The publisher whose tender was rejected by the Irish novelist, the same publishing company has published the first two novels of Sly Ronnie in Hebrew in Israel.
Sly Ronnie's first two novels were well-received in Israel, which is why the Israeli publisher applied for the translation rights to her new novel, Beautiful Full World: Where Are You, published last September. The tender was sent to the novelist.
Rejecting the Israeli company's tender, Rooney said in a statement that it supported the rights of the Palestinian people as enshrined in the United Nations (UN) and was culturally boycotting Israel as a genocidal state.
He also cited reports from various international organizations, which called Israel's atrocities against the Palestinians a serious violation of human rights.
The novelist writes that the cultural, commercial and diplomatic boycott of the state of Israel is also necessary because in the past such boycotts have improved South Africa.
He blamed the Palestinian people for not allowing an Israeli company to publish his third novel.
On the other hand, Sullivan's decision has been called "anti-Semitic" by Israeli authorities, while some narrow-minded Jewish scholars and celebrities have also criticized the novelist's decision.
Following the rejection of the Israeli publisher's tender by Sullivan, a new debate erupted over boycotting Israel, and the issue was discussed online in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as in the Middle East.
