Random House Cancels Children Book on Palestine Over Editorial Dispute

Disagreements over editorial revisions led authors to pull a Palestinian history book from Random House.

Penguin Random House has cancelled the release of a children's history book focused on Palestine following disagreements with its authors. Alana Hadid and Jenan Matari withdrew their title, Displacement and the Palestinian American Story, after failing to reach common ground with editors. The conflict stemmed from editorial disputes over the framing of modern events, including the attacks of 7 October.

• The planned releaseThe title was originally slated to arrive in shops in September as part of the publisher's Race to the Truth educational series.
• The core disputeEditorial negotiations collapsed over how the text described historical context and the violence on 7 October.