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IRISH author Sally Rooney has said she will use the residual payments from BBC adaptations of her novels to continue supporting Palestine Action.

The latest Irish Times’ Weekend section was enlivened with a picture of Sally Rooney on the cover – windblown hair, red lipstick and a pensive expression – and a headline inside saying, “I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a “supporter of terror” under UK law, so be it”.

Writing in The Irish Times, the bestselling author said she will continue to support the group despite it being proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK

Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK public

Letters: Dr David Killick salutes the not-so-ordinary people risking prison to protest, plus a letter from Peter Riddle

Novelist, 34, said if this makes her a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law ‘so be it’

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents on Saturday

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COMMENT: Unless the UK expedites the safe passage of Palestinians with university offers, the government will have abetted the wiping out of scholarship in Gaza, says Oxford emeritus professor Avi Shlaim