アイルランドの作家サリー・ルーニーは、パレスチナ主導のボイコット・投資引き揚げ・制裁（BDS）運動に準拠する出版社「November Books」から、自身の小説『Intermezzo』のヘブライ語版を出版する。
ルーニーは以前、自身の最初の2つの小説をイスラエルの出版社であるModanからヘブライ語で出版していた。しかし、同社とイスラエル軍との関係を知ったことを受け、以後の協力を拒否していた。今回、『Intermezzo』の翻訳については、BDS運動の条件を満たすNovember Booksが担当することになった。なお、ルーニーの著作はこれまでに40以上の言語に翻訳されている。
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