Simon & Schuster Vows To Publish Author Who Calls Jews 'Roaches': Publisher Still Claims It Opposes Antisemitism

Simon & Schuster is doubling down on publishing a notoriously Jew-hating writer, with a top editor issuing a statement that denounced antisemitism but also said that the publisher's plans to reissue two books by the writer, Susan Abulhawa—who refers to Jews as "roaches"—would go forward and that Abulhawa's "personal views are her own."