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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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The silent treatment
William Parry Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack tells William Parry why he is boycotting Israel. The movement for a cultural boycott of Israel in response to its treatment of the Palestinians, modelled on the boycott of apartheid South Africa, could eclipse decades of disingenuous political charades in engaging western intellectuals, academics and artists. Internationally […]
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Communist Party of Israel supports actors boycott
Published today (updated) 31/08/2010 19:43 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds gathered Monday at the Habima National Theater in Tel Aviv to demonstrate support for its actors who are boycotting performances in the occupied West Bank settlement of Ariel. A Communist Party of Israel member, Knesset member Dov Henin, said at the rally that “the Israeli theater […]
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Writers Oz, Yehoshua, Grossman back artists’ boycott of Ariel settlement
by Philip Weiss on August 30, 2010 Where are the liberal American Zionists on this one? What will J Street do? Important news: Ynet learned on Monday that prominent Israeli authors A. B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, David Grossman and Sami Michael are supporting a long line of actors, playwrights and artists who announced they would […]
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