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Irish novelist Sally Rooney has told the High Court that her books may have to be removed from sale in the UK — and that she may be unable to publish any new work there — because of the legal uncertainty created by the UK government’s decision to proscribe the activist group Palestine Action. Rooney, who has openly supported the …

Acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney has been told she could face arrest if she enters the United Kingdom, following her vocal support for Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July. Background to the Ban Palestine Action, known for direct protest campaigns targeting arms manufacturers, was banned under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 earlier this summer. The …