Just a short note to let everyone know that public pressure has forced Mira Awad, a Palestinian singer and citizen of Israel, to cancel her scheduled performance in the UK sponsored by the Zionist Federation to celebrate Israel’s “independence.”

Awad published a letter today in Al-Ittihad, the newspaper of the Israeli Communist Party, saying that she would “never” perform for Israel’s “independence,” not in London nor anywhere else.

A small victory, but every victory is worth celebrating!

Below is the announcement in Arabic.

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