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Filmmaker Ken Loach urges cultural boycott of Israel
January 15, 2010 (Press TV) – The acclaimed British director and winner of Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Ken Loach, has called for the boycott of Israeli movies at the international film festivals and cultural events. “The massacres and state terrorism in Gaza make the showcasing of Israeli films in various sections of […]
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ANC Leaders Speak About Sanctions Against Israel
Manchester University, England. 7th December 2009. A public meeting takes place organised by the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP). These clips feature remarks by Tom Hickey, national executive member of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) and BRICUP, Ronnie Kastrils, and British NGO War on Want Spokesperson Yasmin Khan responding to questions. The […]
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London Sci-Fi festival asked not to celebrate apartheid
Open letter, PACBI, 29 April 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is writing to the organizers of the Sci-Fi-London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantasy Film to urge you to cancel the special “Focus on: Israel” in your festival in London from 29 April – 4 May. […]
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Canadian musician Leonard Cohen urged to cancel Israel concert
Open letter, British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, 22 April 2009 The following is an open letter from the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine to Canadian musician Leonard Cohen: Dear Leonard Cohen: Your songs have been part of the soundtrack of our lives — like breathing, some of them. But we can’t […]
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Growing outrage at the killings in Gaza
* The Guardian, Friday 16 January 2009 The massacres in Gaza are the latest phase of a war that Israel has been waging against the people of Palestine for more than 60 years. The goal of this war has never changed: to use overwhelming military power to eradicate the Palestinians as a political force, one […]
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