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UK MP demands lifting ban on Palestine Action after Rooney's sales block
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British Member of Parliament Ian Byrne called for the government to de-proscribe Palestine Action, the Middle East Eye reported, following Irish novelist Sally Rooney's decision to halt UK book sales. Rooney announced she would no longer permit her work to be sold in Britain in protest against Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Byrne's intervention signals rising political pressure over the prescribed status of Palestine Action, an activist group that has faced legal restrictions in the UK. The MP's call came as Rooney's high-profile stance drew wider attention to questions surrounding free speech and advocacy related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
