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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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Irish artists sign cultural boycott pledge – your turn now
I”ve just come back from. Temple Bar. Usually a reserve in central Dublin where we herd tourists, this lunchtime it was taken over by Irish artists who support Palestine. Meeting House Square, a cultural nexus in the city centre, was donated by the managers of Temple Bar Properties as the site where the Irish artists” […]
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Gaza Students Condemn Eilat Funjoya Student Festival
Besieged Gaza PSCABI 9th August 2010 A few days ago various Israeli media agencies announced the launching of the Funjoya Student Festival in Eilat. This festival will take place during 2-4 September. Tourism Ministry of Apartheid Israel has invested around one million dollars in this project. Students from Western Europe and the US are expected […]
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Irish artists make BDS history, issuing the first nation-wide “˜pledge’ to boycott Israeli apartheid
Occupied Ramallah, 11 August 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) strongly welcomes the Irish artists” ‘pledge” to boycott Israeli cultural institutions until Israel complies with international law. This pledge not only represents a significant victory for the ethical responsibilities of international cultural figures; a key factor in the […]
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Photo Op: Major Irish artists to perform at launch of IPSC ‘Irish artists’ pledge to boycott Israel’
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) ‘Irish artists’ pledge to boycott Israel’ will be launched with a musical performance in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, this Thursday 12th August at 1pm featuring Eoin Dillon (Kíla), Treasa Ni Cheannabhain and Naisrín Elsafty. The IPSC has drawn up the following pledge, signed by over 130 […]
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