Explained: the row over Sally Rooney’s Israeli translation boycott

The author is refusing to sell rights to Israel-based publisher to print her latest novel in Hebrew

Sally Rooney pictured during a panel event in 2020
Sally Rooney pictured during a panel event in 2020
(Image credit: Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu)

Sally Rooney has labelled Israel an ��apartheid state” while defending her decision not to sell the translation rights to her latest novel to a publishing house based there.

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