Bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney has pledged to donate the proceeds from BBC productions of her novels to Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian activist group in the United Kingdom that was designated as a terrorist organization in July.
“I too support Palestine Action,” wrote Rooney in an op-ed published in The Irish Times on Saturday. “If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it.”
Rooney has long been a fierce critic of Israel. In October 2021, Rooney decided not to publish her novel “Beautiful World, Where Are You?” with an Israeli publishing house because she supports a boycott of Israel , and three years later, she signed a letter accusing Israel of committing genocide and pledging to boycott all Israeli literary institutions.
Now, Rooney is pledging the