Sunday, May 09, 2010

They kill, they steal, they occupy, they lie and they plagiarize

"An Israeli author is suing the family of a soldier being held by Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip, claiming he plagiarised one of her books. Shelly Elkayam is seeking royalties earned from the sales of When the Shark and the Fish First Met, a story written by Israeli Cpl Gilad Shalit when he was 11 years old and published after his capture four years ago. "The story that Shalit wrote was written by me," Ms Elkayam told Israeli army radio. "I have been a literary hostage of the Shalit family for four years."" (thanks May)