Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

The Guardian reports that a Sydney library has put the book How to Sell a Genocide, a work critical of Israel, back on its borrowing shelves after a public petition and a letter from the State Library of New South Wales. The Waverley council had removed the title for review earlier this month following a complaint reported by the Jewish news outlet JWire. The move underscores the continuing debate over how public libraries handle contested works.

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