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Open Letter to Jeff Beck: Don’t Condone Israeli Apartheid!!
Occupied Ramallah, 26 August 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply troubled to learn that a highly respected musician such as yourself is scheduled to perform in Israel on October 5th, in violation of the Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). [1] Israel is oppressing […]
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A Support Letter to Faithless
20.8.2010 Dear members of Faithless. We are writing to express our appreciation and gratitude for your recently announced decision NOT to schedule any concerts in Israel in the foreseeable future. We appreciate the courage it takes to make such a declaration rather than just join the silent boycott as many others seem to be doing. […]
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Dear Rickie Lee Jones
Having heard that you are about to perform in a Jazz festival in the Israeli city of Eilat, we would like to ask you to cancel this show. It is particularly because of our love for your work that it would be sad for us to see how your music is appropriated and exploited in […]
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Open Letter to John Lydon/Johnny Rotten: Don’t Play Along With Apartheid
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Press Release 17 Aug 2010 OPEN LETTER TO JOHN LYDON (aka JOHNNY ROTTEN) Don”t Play Along With Apartheid Israel Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Dear John, Although you were born in Ireland, you may not be aware that on 12th August the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched its “boycott pledge” campaign, […]
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A million dollar festival will not rescue Israel’s image as an apartheid state
Occupied Ramallah, 15 August 2010 Once again, the Brand-Israel machine is in high gear, this time organizing a million-dollar international youth extravaganza in Eilat in September 2010 called “Funjoya.” This unabashed propaganda exercise is sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Israeli Student Union, among other official and semi-official bodies. The Ministry of […]
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No Business as Usual with Israel: PACBI Salutes Faithless
PACBI | 15 August 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 15 August 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the British dance group Faithless for declining to play in Israel this summer. The cancellation of the group”s Israeli gig is the latest in a string of cancellations of performances in Israel […]
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Israel at center of boycott row once again at Melbourne Film Festival
Filmmakers pull movie at Melbourne International Festival over Israeli government funding for coach plane ticket. By Rik McKenzie The Melbourne International Film Festival is a marquee event on the cultural calendar of Australia, in what some would call the world’s most livable and multicultural city. Once again, it was struck by controversy with independent film […]
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Dempsey calls on artists to boycott Israel
Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The Dubliner backed about 150 Irish creative and performing artists who have already signed a pledge to boycott Israel until it ends its blockade of Gaza. Dempsey said he believed the recent commando attack on the […]
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150 Irish artists pledge to boycott Israel
Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey has called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The Dubliner backed about 150 Irish creative and performing artists who have already signed a pledge to boycott Israel until it ends its blockade of Gaza. Dempsey said he believed the recent commando attack on the […]
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A letter from an Israeli fan to LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem are a great band. Their song All My Friends was selected as 2007’s song of the year on my favorite music show, Hakatze (broadcast on the Israeli military radio station, by the way…) It will be great to have artists such as LCD Soundsystem perform here after Israel’s policies of violent siege, land […]
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