Mahmood criticises Rooney over planned donations to Palestine Action

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said there is a distinction between selling books and directing the proceeds to a proscribed organisation, after author Sally Rooney said she would donate earnings to Palestine Action. Rooney’s publisher, Faber, has decided it cannot sell her novels in Britain.

• Rooney said she would donate earnings from her books and BBC adaptations to Palestine Action, which the article says was proscribed after a Commons vote in July last year.· 1 source
• Faber determined it could not sell Rooney’s novels in Britain; Rooney told the BBC that further publication could constitute a serious criminal offence.· 1 source
• Mahmood defended the proscription in the Commons, saying legal safeguards and thresholds were followed; the article says the designation makes membership of or support for the group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years.· 1 source