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

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

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Jordyn Beazley28 Aug 2026, 04:25 amUpdated 3h ago1 min readAsiaAustralia
Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

AustraliaJordyn Beazley

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

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A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales.

Waverley library removed the book “for review ” earlier this month after the Jewish news outlet JWire reported it had approached the council.

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Source: The Guardian · Jordyn Beazley. Published 28 Aug 2026, 04:25 am.

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