After a police raid on East Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop—where 250+ books were seized & staff arrested—UK indies are rallying to support. From Glasgow to Sheffield, bookshops are saying sharing: #BooksellingIsNotACrime.
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Once again the Palestinian Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem has been raided by the Jerusalem police, books seized, one of the owners arrested and the store closed. There was no search or arrest warrant.
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#BookSellingIsNotACrime in Chicago and want to support the freedom to read? Buy a book through my dear friends bulk order from the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, which was recently raided and owners arrested. #intellectualfreedom
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#BookSellingIsNotACrime. Every day booksellers, librarians, publishers and writers are censored in almost every country around the world. Read Sophie O’Reirdan article for @plutopress.bsky.social on celebrating the right to read > www.plutobooks.com/blog/booksel...
“We don’t want to be falsely accused, and we are determined to challenge these slanders and clear our name. It’s important to do this with the backing of the community and the wider network of freedom and book lovers."
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We’ll have our #BooksellingIsNotACrime display up in the shop through the weekend. Proceeds from the sales of these titles will be donated to the Educational Bookshop’s GoFundMe to support their repairs after the raid and their staff.
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This weekend, we’re joining booksellers around the world in supporting the Educational Bookshop family and rallying to protect booksellers and readers from repression.
#BooksellingIsNotACrime
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Over 250 books with Palestine in the title or covers featuring the colors of the Palestinian flag were confiscated and the Munas were charged with "selling books containing incitement of violence".
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An orange illustration of a stack of books wrapped in black and yellow striped crime scene tape. The spines of the books read, "Bookselling is not a crime. 22nd February 2025" Underneath the illustration text reads, "Celebrating the right to read in support of the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem." followed by the Educational Bookshop's logo and the hashtag #BooksellingIsNotACrime.
On 9 February 2025, Palestinian booksellers Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna were arrested by undercover Israeli police in their renowned bookstore, the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem.
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#BooksellingIsNotACrime
On Feb 9, Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere. #booksellingisnotacrime
Today we celebrate the right to read. We stand in solidarity with booksellers around the world to say #BooksellingIsNotACrime
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere.
Follow #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see which bookshops around the world are participating.
Today we celebrate the right to read. Visit your local bookshop, tag your favourite bookstores and stand in solidarity with booksellers around the world – because
#BooksellingIsNotACrime.
“This is a bookshop.
Crossroads of civilisation,
refuge of all the arts against the ravages of time, armoury of fearless truth against whispering rumour,incessant trumpet of trade. From this place words may fly abroad...
Friend, you stand on sacred ground."
#BooksellingIsNotACrime solidarity always
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed & Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere.
Follow #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see which bookshops around the world are participating.
We are participating in this today at @bookhaus.bsky.social #BooksellingIsNotACrime
Today is #BooksellingIsNotACrime day, organised in support of Jerusalem's Educational Bookshop by 3 mighty but tiny publishers: @saqibooks.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social & @plutobooks.bsky.social.
But where are Penguin Random House? Macmillan? HarperCollins? Why have they not pledged support?
On 9 February, Israeli police arrested my friend and co-author Mahmoud Muna with his nephew Ahmad in their bookshop in Jerusalem.
They were accused of disturbing public order—a malicious and fabricated charge.
But booksellers are not criminals, and
#BooksellingIsNotACrime
Today we celebrate the right to read. #BooksellingIsNotACrime
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting
Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. Today we will be donating 10% of takings to the Educational Bookshop.
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere.
Follow the hashtag #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see which bookshops around the world are participating
Today we celebrate the right to read. Visit your local bookshops, tag your favourite bookstores
and authors and stand in solidarity with booksellers around the world – because #BooksellingIsNotACrime.
The path to peace, safety and a brighter future is not littered with the ashes of burned pages and ripped spines.
Stand with Ahmad and Mahmoud Muna. Celebrate the right to read.
#BooksellingIsNotACrime
As part of #BooksellingIsNotACrime campaign at Lighthouse on Sat 22nd Feb:
- Take & share a picture with our poster
- Half of profits from book sales in person & online will go into the EB solidarity fund
- All moneys from our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social & @libro.fm pages also go to fund
Why?
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed & Mahmoud Muna.
We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere.
Follow #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see fellow bookshops around the world are participating.
On the sidewalk outside the Lighthouse bookshop, Bookseller H holds a cardboard banner up in front of herself, it reads Bookselling is Not A Crime Solidarity with the Educational Bookshop, and overlaid with text that says Solidarity Day 22nd Feb
an illustration of a stack of books with crime take across reads Bookselling Is Not A Crime, 22nd February 2025, celebrating the right to read in support of the Educational bookshop in Jerusalem #BooksellingIsNotACrime
This Sat 22nd we celebrate the right to read - join us in standing in solidarity with booksellers around the world and the Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem in particular– because #BooksellingIsNotACrime.
Visit your local bookshop, tag your fave writers, engage with the hashtag online & in person
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Two U.K. Presses Spearhead Day of Support for Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem #BooksellingIsNotACrime
