Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging to fund Palestine Action

The author has vowed to financially support the activist group

The best-selling novelist promised to support the group 'in whatever way she can' by donating her British book sale profits and royalties from BBC adaptations of her books, per the Irish Times.

Rooney, 34, publicly reaffirmed her support for the activist group, which was deemed a proscribed terrorist organisation by the Home Office last month.

This decision means that showing support for the group is made illegal under the Terrorism Act in the UK, punishable by a maximum of 14 years in prison.

No 10 claimed that supporting the group was an offence under the act, after Rooney had made her pledge.

The Normal People novelist hit out at the arrest of over 500 "brave individuals" in a moving piece published in the Irish Times. The individuals were arrested for holding placards declaring "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" in London's Parliament Square last weekend.

She accuses the British government of stripping its citizens of basic rights and freedoms, all "in order to protect its relationship with Israel".

"In this context I feel obliged to state once more that – like the hundreds of protesters arrested last weekend – I too support Palestine Action," she wrote.

"If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it. My books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available in bookshops and even supermarkets.

"In recent years the UK’s state broadcaster has also televised two fine adaptations of my novels, and therefore regularly pays me residual fees.

"I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can," she continued.

However, now the BBC also faces calls to pull Sally Rooney dramas from its iPlayer.

Lord Walney, who formerly acted as the British government's independent adviser on political violence and disruption, told the i Paper that the broadcaster would have to "break ties" with the best-selling author and remove adaptations of her novels if she were to finance the banned group.

Additionally, The Jewish Leaders Council and Campaign Against Anti-Semitism has also urged the BBC to reconsider their relationship with Rooney following her pledge to fund Palestine Action.

Furthermore, Faber & Faber, Rooney's publisher, were also warned they may have to end their partnership with the author if it appears she gave money to the activist group.