Sally Rooney on a new Hebrew translation of Intermezzo: ‘The Israeli culture sector is complicit in apartheid’

Sally Rooney's Hebrew translation of her novel *Intermezzo* will be published this month by Israeli publisher November Books in collaboration with +972 Magazine and Local Call, marking a shift from her 2020 decision to decline publication by a different Israeli publisher citing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. Rooney stated in an accompanying interview that "the Israeli culture sector is complicit in apartheid," framing her decision to work with a BDS-compliant publisher as aligned with Palestinian solidarity activism.