When Someone Doesn't Want Their Book Published in Hebrew It Means They Hate Jews

For starters I must confess that I have never read a word of Sally Rooney's books. In light of the fact that Rooney refuses to have her latest book Beautiful World, Where Are You translated into Hebrew I sure as hell have no plans to do so now.

In refusing to have her book published in Hebrew, Rooney praised the BDS movement calling it "anti-racist." To the contrary, BDS is motivated by hatred fueled by a desire to rid the world of its only Jewish state. Rooney has made it very clear that she wholeheartedly supports this objective. Rooney has also made it clear she is not above using the apartheid smear:

I understand that not everyone will agree with my decision, but I simply do not feel it would be right for me under the present circumstances to accept a new contract with an Israeli company that does not publicly distance itself from apartheid and support the UN-stipulated rights of the Palestinian people.

The Hebrew-language translation rights to my new novel are still available, and if I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement’s institutional boycott guidelines, I will be very pleased and proud to do so.

What does Rooney know about apartheid? Last I checked, a Palestinian Islamist holds the balance of power in the current Israeli government. Could a black person have held the balance of power under white minority rule in South Africa much less cast a vote?

Rooney's commentary is also disingenuous. She implies she could do business with an Israeli company which publicly distances itself from apartheid. But by virtue of being an Israeli company operating in Israel that entity would be part of that so-called apartheid. Indeed, BDS calls upon "cultural workers" to "boycott and/or work towards the cancellation of events, activities, agreements, or projects involving Israel, its lobby groups or its cultural institutions." A literary publishing house based in Israel would surely be a cultural institution.

She is equally disingenuous when she says she could sell the Hebrew language translation rights which is "compliant with the BDS movement's institutional boycott guidelines". North of 90% of the world's Hebrew readers live in Israel and a vast majority of those readers are Jewish. It's highly unlikely Rooney would find a Hebrew language publisher outside of Israel to translate her work and she knows it. 

When someone doesn't want their book published in Hebrew it means they hate Jews. Sally Rooney doesn't object to her book being published in any other of the world's 6,500 languages. Therefore Sally Rooney is an anti-Semite. If she wishes to shun Jews and our language then Jews and decent minded people ought to shun Sally Rooney and her words.