Simon & Schuster is facing mounting criticism after one of its publishing imprints signed a Palestinian author who has repeatedly posted inflammatory anti-Jewish rhetoric online, praised acts of terrorism, and made statements celebrating violence against Jews and Christians.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, author Susan Abulhawa has reached an agreement with Atria Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint, to republish two of her novels this September. Abulhawa has previously referred to Israelis as “Jewish Supremacist Vampires” and described Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre as “a spectacular moment.”

Jessica Laino, a spokeswoman for Simon & Schuster, announced the publishing deal in a July press release sent to the Free Beacon, praising Abulhawa’s “signature lyrical voice” and “nuanced characters.”

Under the agreement, Atria Books will republish Abulhawa’s novels Mornings in Jenin and The Blue Between Sky and Water on Sept. 29, 2026.

Atria is one of Simon & Schuster’s flagship publishing imprints and is known for releasing books by bestselling authors including Colleen Hoover, Brad Thor, Janet Evanovich, and Philippa Gregory.

Abulhawa drew renewed public attention after the Free Beacon reported that Rama Duwaji—the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has faced criticism over past remarks about Israel—created illustrations for an essay included in Abulhawa’s book Every Moment Is a Life.

That essay appeared in February through Everything Is Political, a project affiliated with Slow Factory, an organization that describes itself as an “environmental & social justice nonprofit organization.”

Long before that collaboration, Abulhawa had established a lengthy record of incendiary social media posts targeting Jews and Israel.

In one post published on X in December 2025, she described Israelis as “rootless, soulless ghouls.” Months earlier, in September, she called Israel a “cultureless, rootless human aberration in the form of a manufactured ‘nation,'” and added that “we live in the time of jewish supremacist demons.”

That same month, Abulhawa referred to a pro-Israel commentator as a “lying Jewish supremacist cockroach” and criticized what she called “Dual loyalty zionists.”

In other posts, she labeled Israelis “demonic parasite[s],” declared that “Israel must be dismantled if humanity is going to have any chance at a moral future,” and wrote that “we will have our revenge someday” against the “sons of satan.”

The rhetoric became so controversial that even Mamdani, a frequent critic of Israel, publicly distanced himself from Abulhawa after questions arose regarding his wife’s artistic collaboration with the author.

“I think that that rhetoric is patently unacceptable. I think it’s reprehensible,” Mamdani said of Abulhawa at a March 13 press conference, when asked about his wife’s artistic collaboration with the writer. Mamdani has maintained that Duwaji was unaware of the author’s social media posts.

The criticism has continued even after Simon & Schuster announced the publishing agreement. In a July 31 post on X, Abulhawa wrote that the Holocaust had “lost its meaning” and claimed that “the whole world is sick of hearing about it.”

She continued, “These clowns invoke that genocide with every perceived slight,” adding, “There is an extreme overrepresentation of Jews in every branch of government, media, and culture.”

Earlier in July, Abulhawa also suggested that Jews bore responsibility for the circumstances that led to the Holocaust and implied history could repeat itself.

In a July 24 post on X, she wrote, “The way zios keep boasting about the extraordinary power they wield reminds me of how they also boasted and took credit for Germany’s defeat in the First World War that culminated in the Treaty of Versailles and led to the rise of extreme anti-Jewish sentiment. History will rhyme.” The post has since been accompanied by a community note stating that it repeats the Nazi-era “stab-in-the-back” blood libel against Jews.

The following day, Abulhawa praised Kozo Okamoto, writing, “Rest in power Comrade Kozo Okamoto. You were an inspiration to all who knew you and all who knew of your heroic life. You were an embodiment of solidarity and love of the people.”

Okamoto was the last surviving participant in the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre, in which 26 people were murdered, including 17 Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico. Lod Airport, where the attack took place, is now known as Ben Gurion International Airport.