In the meantime, Israeli security forces and armed civilians have killed at least 139 Palestinians, mostly when in attacks or attempted assaults. “By buying my novel they reconfirm their trust and belief in Israel’s liberalism, in Israel’s freedom of choice and speech”.
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Ms Rabinyan’s agent said more than 5,000 copies of the book had been sold in a week, a large number in Israel’s small market, and many stores had sold out.
On Thursday night, Israeli troopers shot and killed a young Palestinian woman after she allegedly tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank village of Beit Einun, five kilometers northeast of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Teachers asked to include the book in the high school curriculum, but senior education ministry officials blocked the move.
“We will continue to believe that people are first human beings, before the religion or nationality that was either chosen by them or their ancestors”, said the TimeOut editors.
The continued expansion of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.
This week’s protest marks the 51th anniversary of the establishment of Fatah movement, and the fifth anniversary of the death of Jawaher Abu Rahma, who suffocated to death in a nonviolent protest after Israeli soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs.
There has always been friction between the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu and cultural figures.
In one video shared on social media in reaction to the controversy, Arabs and Jews kiss on camera to break what they call a taboo in Israeli society. “Literature is a mirror”, she said. But during our editorial meeting this week we decided that we needed to take action against this decision. “The book wasn’t “disqualified”, but merely not included among the books studied” in the extended high school literature programme, it said.
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The area has been a frequent target for Palestinian attackers lately.
