• Refusing to Normalize a Cruel Occupation: A PACBI Open Letter to American and British Artists Supporting the Cultural Boycott of Israeli Colonies

    PACBI | 9 September 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 9 September 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly salutes the tens of American and British theater, film and TV artists for their recently published statement [1] supporting the spreading cultural boycott of Ariel and the rest of Israel’s colonial […]

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  • Julianne Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon Support Boycott of Israeli Settlements

    Andre Soares | Sep 8, 2010 Actors Boycott Ariel Settlement Theodore Bikel, Mira Nair, Julianne Moore, Harold Prince, Vanessa Redgrave, Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon, Tony Kushner, Mandy Patinkin, Eve Ensler, Jennifer Tilly, Ed Asner, Wallace Shawn, and James Schamus are some of the 150 American and British stage, screen, and television personalities that […]

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  • Sondheim, Moore, et al. Support Israeli Boycott

    Wednesday, September 8, 2010; Posted: 05:09 PM – by BWW News Desk Jewish Voice for Peace has collected over 150 names of Obie/Emmy/Tony/Pulitzer and other prize- winning theater and film professionals in support of the Israeli actors’/playwrights’ boycott of Israeli settlements. The issue has exploded in Israel and now support for the boycott has gone […]

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  • ISRAEL: Actors threaten settlement boycott, lawmaker acts up

    Babylon & Beyond: Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond September 8, 2010 | 7:37 am Israel is dogged by boycott initiatives from different directions. Academic, commercial and cultural ties are threatened as organizations and individuals protesting Israel’s policies turn to boycotting in an attempt to apply practical pressure that will lead […]

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  • Jeff Halper: Pete, join the artists who are boycotting Israel

    By Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Published: Sep 08, 2010 LETTER TO PETE SEEGER FROM JEFF HALPER Dear Pete, Jeff Halper with legendary singer and ICAHD supporter Pete Seeger. All the best from your friends in Israel/Palestine. In that spirit, I was surprised to hear of your planned participation in With Earth and […]

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  • Boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival

    Occupied Ramallah, 8 September 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges filmmakers and cultural workers to boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival (HIFF) running from September 23 to 30, 2010. PACBI believes that this festival, as with similar cultural initiatives supported by Israeli state institutions, is designed […]

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  • Boycotting Ariel: Missing the Forest for the Trees

    PACBI | September 2010 This piece was published as the PACBI Column in the September 2010 issue of the BRICUP Newsletter. Provoked by the recent announcement of the inauguration of a cultural center in Ariel, the fourth largest Jewish colony in the occupied Palestinian territory, 150 prominent Israeli academics, writers, and cultural figures have declared […]

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  • U.S. actors back Israeli boycott of West Bank theater

    More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists sign letter of support for the Israeli actors who said they would not perform in Ariel. By Chaim Levinson More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists signed a letter of support for the Israeli actors who declared they would not perform in […]

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  • Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Kushner and other American artists support Israeli artists’ Ariel boycott

    Press Release 6 September 2010 Following the movement of Israeli theater professionals who authored a letter refusing to perform in the settlement of Ariel on August 27th,and the attack on them that ensued, American counterparts have come together with their own statement of support. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, a national Jewish-American organization, the […]

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  • Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed

    The sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge. Boycotts by governments gives a boost to boycotts by non-government bodies around the world. By Nehemia Shtrasler The entire week was marked by boycotts. It began with a few dozen theater people boycotting the new culture center in Ariel, and continued with a […]

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