“The Shop Heard ‘Round the World”

Here are some stories about Israel’s Educational Bookshop raid
From Haaretz unless noted otherwise (dates are publication dates)

• • • • [new] (3/11/25) Israel Police Raid Palestinian Bookshop in East Jerusalem for Second Time in a Month, Detain Owner
      • (2/25/25) Reading Under Threat: Why Palestinian Bookstores Are Such a Rare Breed
      • (2/14/25) (From NPR’s Morning Edition) An Israeli raid of a famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship fears (6 1/2-minute audio and transcript)
      • (2/13/25) By the Book: Israel’s Police Raid on an East Jerusalem Bookstore Is Fascism
      • (2/13/25) (From the Times of Israel) Criminalizing books and the concern for our future
      • (2/13/25) For Israelis, ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime
      • (2/13/25) Released From Detention, Owners of East Jerusalem Bookstore Still Don’t Know Why They Were Arrested
      • (2/13/25) ‘We Had the Sea, We Had Places to Go. I Miss It’: Capturing the Spirit of Gaza in a Book
      • (2/12/25) (From The Forward) Israel’s arrest of Jerusalem’s booksellers is a grave, self-defeating error
      • (2/12/25) Editorial | In post-October 7 Israel, a Children’s Coloring Book Is Considered a Ticking Time Bomb
      • (2/11/25) (From the Forward) Prominent Israeli writers and US Jewish leaders rally behind east Jerusalem bookstore that was raided by police
      • (2/11/25) The Next Great Threat to Israel’s National Security: An Educational Bookshop
      • (2/10/25) (From the Forward) Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in east Jerusalem, drawing international concern
      • (2/10/25) ‘They Took Every Book With a Palestinian Flag on It’: Police Raids Iconic E. J’lem Bookshop, Arrest Owners
      • (2/10/25) In Israel, Selling Books About Palestinians Is Now (Incitement to Terrorism’