remarks in a column for the Irish Times<\/a>, where she argued that if her actions are considered terrorism under British law, \u201cso be it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tShe wrote: \u201cMy books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available in bookshops and even supermarkets, in recent years the UK\u2019s state broadcaster has also televised two fine adaptations of my novels, and therefore regularly pays me residual fees.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tShe continued: \u201cI want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIf the British state considers this \u2018terrorism\u2019, then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith and the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe broadcaster and bookseller have not yet commented on Rooney’s remarks.<\/p>\n
\n\tPalestine Action was proscribed by the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in July after activists allegedly broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and damaged two military aircraft, causing \u00a37 million ($9.5 million) of damage. Membership, support or funding of the group carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years.<\/p>\n
\n\tRooney, whose novels \u201cNormal People\u201d and \u201cConversations with Friends\u201d have been adapted into BBC dramas, said she felt compelled to speak out after \u201cmore than 500 peaceful protesters\u201d were arrested in a single day on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIf this makes me a \u2018supporter of terror\u2019 under UK law, so be it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe noted that in the six weeks since the ban, police had arrested more than 700 people for supporting the group.<\/p>\n
\n\tAccording to the Metropolitan Police, a further 60 individuals are set to be prosecuted, while Norfolk Police confirmed that 13 people were detained at a protest in Norwich on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\n\tRooney said those arrested included an Irish citizen and a woman in Belfast.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe criticized what she described as \u201cpolitical policing,\u201d contrasting the arrests with the absence of action when a mural celebrating the proscribed Ulster Volunteer Force was repainted in north Belfast last year.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPalestine Action, proscribed under the same law, is responsible for zero deaths and has never advocated the use of violence against any human being,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhy then are its supporters arrested for wearing T-shirts, while murals celebrating loyalist death squads are left untouched?\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe author also questioned why Dublin, where the government has made its stance clear that Israel is committing genocide, had not intervened.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhy then are its supporters arrested for protesting an acknowledged genocide?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\n\tRooney has previously expressed support for Palestine Action in a witness statement submitted to the High Court in London, where the proscription is being challenged by one of its founders.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s government of stripping citizens of \u201cbasic rights and freedoms\u201d in order to protect ties with Israel.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe ramifications, she said, were \u201cprofound,\u201d warning that \u201can increasing number of artists and writers can no longer safely travel to Britain to speak in public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.arabnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author Sally Rooney says she will use BBC royalties to support banned group Palestine Action
LONDON: Irish novelist Sally Rooney has said she intends to use royalties from the BBC to fund Palestine Action, a group banned in the UK last month under terrorism legislation, it was reported on Sunday.
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