How Anti-Semites and Isolationists Misunderstand the U.S.-Israel Alliance
The right way to conserve the American inheritance.
October 23, 2026
Sally Rooney, Palestine Action, and liberal hypocrisy.
In Britain, an open letter has recently appeared defending the right to free of expression of the Irish novelist Sally Rooney. But Rooney—who refused to allow her books to be published in Israel, a country she believes is the only thing standing between the world and its redemption—does not face censorship in the normal sense. Her UK publisher has refused to sell her latest work because she has promised to donate the proceeds to Palestine Action, which the British government designated as a terrorist group. Now some are complaining about the ban on Palestine Action itself. Stephen Daisley wonders if they would apply the same logic to
The right way to conserve the American inheritance.
Sally Rooney, Palestine Action, and liberal hypocrisy.
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In Britain, an open letter has recently appeared defending the right to free of expression of the Irish novelist Sally Rooney. But Rooney—who refused to allow her books to be published in Israel, a country she believes is the only thing standing between the world and its redemption—does not face censorship in the normal sense. Her UK publisher has refused to sell her latest work because she has promised to donate the proceeds to Palestine Action, which the British government designated as a terrorist group. Now some are complaining about the ban on Palestine Action itself. Stephen Daisley wonders if they would apply the same logic to
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