Magazine That Rejected ‘Israel’ Ad Promoted ‘Antisemitic’ Book
A page from P Is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book by Golbarg Bashi reads: “I is for Intifada. Intifada is Arabic for rising up for what is right.” (via Edelweiss)
Outlet that said a Jewish book could ‘cause trouble’ advertised a book that teaches kids ‘intifada’ means ‘rising up for what is right.’
On Wednesday, I reported that a trade magazine that promotes books refused to run an ad for Israel Alone because “customers might complain.”
Matt Baldacci, publisher of Shelf Awareness, said an ad for Bernard-Henri Lévy’s book about Israel post–October 7 could give booksellers “trouble they haven’t asked for and don’t wish to have.” The ad was originally…
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