Worthwhile reading

"Anti-Semitism is hatred of Jews, and Israel is a Jewish state, so of course some criticism of it is malevolently motivated."
Tony Judt

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell may prohibit the translation of his popular books into Hebrew after the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, he said in an interview published on Thursday.
"I am a best-selling author in Israel and I must consider seriously whether I should block my books from being translated to Hebrew," the author of the popular Wallander series of detective novels told daily Dagens Nyheter.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100603/en_afp/israelconflictgazaswedenmankell

Iain Banks discusses imposing a cultural and educational boycott on Israel.
...but appeals to reason, international law, UN resolutions and simple human decency mean – it is now obvious – nothing to Israel, and for those of us not prepared to turn to violence, what else can we do? For the little it's worth, I've told my agent to turn down any further book translation deals with Israeli publishers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/03/boycott-israel-iain-banks

I shall not be reading books by Henning Mankell and Iain Banks. Instead, I will be utilizing my time on worthwhile reading such as the article below.
Israel, human decency, common humanity (by Eve Garrard)
http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2010/06/israel-human-decency-common-humanity-by-eve-garrard.html