UK Society of Authors' Lukewarm Response to Israeli Raid on Palestinian Bookshop Provokes Resignation

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UK Society of Authors' Lukewarm Response to Israeli Raid on Palestinian Bookshop Provokes Resignation

( Middle East Monitor ) – British travel writer Matthew Teller has resigned from the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest at the organisation’s response to Israel’s arrest of Palestinian booksellers in occupied East Jerusalem. Teller’s resignation came after Israeli police arrested his friend and co-author Mahmoud Muna, along with Muna’s nephew Ahmad Muna, from the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem. The police ransacked the premises and confiscat…