Irish author Sally Rooney has vowed to give fees generated by two BBC adaptations of her books to Palestine Action, an anti-Israel group that was recently banned in the UK as a terrorist organization.

The star writer, whose 2018 second novel “Normal People” and its 2020 BBC television adaptation won international acclaim, announced her plans in the Irish Times.

For years, Rooney has been a prominent advocate of boycotting Israel. She said she had chosen the Dublin-based newspaper to publicize her plans, rather than a UK one, as doing so “would now be illegal” after London declared Palestine Action to be a barred terrorist group in early July.

“The UK’s state broadcaster… regularly pays me residual fees. I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can,” she wrote.

The BBC noted that it is not currently working with Rooney on any upcoming projects and that she has never been directly employed by the broadcaster.

The British government outlawed Palestine Action on July........

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