The Israeli Novel That Was Censored As ‘A Threat To The Jewish Separate Identity’

A year ago, the Israeli novelist Dorit Rabinyan was at the centre of an unexpected storm. Her third book, All the Rivers – about a relationship between a Palestinian artist, Hilmi, and an Israeli woman, Liat – had been selected for the national [school] curriculum. Then, abruptly, it was withdrawn by the education ministry because of its subject matter.”