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Tuba Skinny cancels show at jazz festival in Israel
Published in the Electronic Intifada on August 20, 2011: Tuba Skinny, a traditional jazz and blues band from New Orleans, planned to perform at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat, Israel on 21 August. The international campaign “Don”t Play Apartheid Israel,” and the Israeli group “Boycott From Within” approached Tuba Skinny with the request […]
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Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis
The Palestinian Boycott National Committee issued the following statement on August 8, 2011: French multinational Veolia to cut back global operations after €67.2 million losses BDS campaign has cost Veolia large contracts across Europe over its illegal Israel project Losses comes on heals of Agrexco”s financial woes, another main BDS target Only days after losing […]
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BDS Victory: IGLYO moves out of Israel!
The following statement was released on July 29, 2011 by al-Qaws and Palestinian Queers for BDS: Palestinian queer groups welcome the decision by the board of IGLYO to withdraw their annual General Assembly conference from Tel Aviv, Israel. Since June 1st, a campaign to get “IGLYO Out of Israel” was launched by Palestinian Queer Groups to protest […]
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University of Johannesburg Upholds Academic Boycott of Israel
09 July 2011 The UJ Petition Committee views with contempt attempts by the pro-Israeli lobby to mislead the public by implying that the University of Johannesburg has reinstated its old Memorandum of Understanding with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). In fact, the decision to terminate UJ”s institutional agreement with BGU was reaffirmed in a recent follow-up […]
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South African ASA Ruling: Israel can be called an Apartheid State
The following statement was issued by South African Artists Against Apartheid: PRESS RELEASE SA MEDIA WATCHDOG RULING: SABC does not have to apologise – Israel can be called an “apartheid” state 05 July 2011 This afternoon, in a bold ruling defending the right to freedom of expression and political speech, the South African media watchdog, […]
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Slavoj Zizek honors BDS guidelines in visit to Palestine
Slavoj Zizek’s representatives issued the following press release, published on Mondoweiss: World-renowned philosopher, Slavoj Zizek of Slovenia, had yesterday concluded a week-long visit to the region. During his week’s visit, Zizek delivered a three-day seminar in Ramallah on the topic of Cinema and Politics, along with celebrated film producer and Focus Features CEO, James Schamus. […]
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Jello Biafra cancels gig in Tel Aviv
The following report, by Nora Barrows-Friedman, was published on the Electronic Intifada: After weeks of sustained protest and outcry from punk rock supporters, Palestinian solidarity activists, and boycott campaigners, punk rock icon Jello Biafra has agreed to cancel his upcoming show in Tel Aviv, planned for next week. Biafra had announced his decision to play the […]
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Letter to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Thank you
USACBI is a signatory of this letter below. Follow this link to sign the letter! June 29, 2011 Dear Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, We are writing to commend you for your principled decision not to attend the Jerusalem Film Festival in response to “concern over the Nakba Day violence,” as indicated by the festival”s foreign office. Indeed, […]
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BNC: Before and After September – The Struggle for Palestinian Rights Must Intensify
The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC): http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/before-and-after-september-7154 Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2011 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) warmly salutes the Nakba commemoration mass Palestinian marches on 15 May which rekindled a unique spirit of resistance, real hope and heroic initiative in the struggle for the […]
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August Burns Red Cancel Planned Concert in Israel
A release from the August Burns Red: Please Don’t Play For Apartheid Israel facebook group: PRESS RELEASE (May 30, 2011, 6:00 PM) August Burns Red, a phenomenally popular Christian metalcore band, has just cancelled their June 9 concert in Israel. “They have no plans to reschedule,” says a reliable source that must remain anonymous. They cancelled because […]
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