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Israel’s Freedom Flotilla Massacre underlines the urgency of intensifying BDS
Occupied Palestine, 08 June 2010 — In light of Israel”s massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla on 31 May 2010 and its insistence to continue its illegal siege on Gaza, pressuring Israel to comply with its obligations under international law has become of undeniable urgency. Drunk with power and impunity, […]
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More Musicians Cancel Performances in Israel
June 7, 2010, 11:30 am By DAVE ITZKOFF A music promoter in Israel said that the country was being subjected to “cultural terrorism” as more artists canceled planned performances there, Agence France-Presse reported. Over the weekend the alternative-rock band the Pixies withdrew from what would have been its first-ever show in Israel, as part of […]
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What the Pixies think may be catching
A piece in today”s Murdoch Australian highlights the almost unstoppable movement towards isolating Israel until it recognises the error of its occupying ways. Not much evidence that many Israelis do believe that, but give them time: The piece is by Michael Shaik: “MICHAEL, she”s dead.” It was March 16, 2003. The huge anti-war protests of […]
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Boycott! Praises The Pixies Cancellation Following Flotilla Raid
June 6, 2010 Boycott! praises The Pixies for their decision to cancel their concert in Tel-Aviv, Israel, following Israel’s brutal raid on the recent Freedom Flotilla and its massacre on the Mavi Marmara ship. This attack and its maintaining of the life-costing and illegal siege on Gaza has demonstrated once more what we’ve stated in […]
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On boycotting the post-Tel Aviv Placebo concert in Lebanon
Strangely, there has been a lot of protest in Lebanon about holding Placebo to task for not respecting the call to boycott Israel. The following comes as a response to that: By Maya Mikdashi I will be boycotting the Placebo concert in Lebanon, and the reason is simple. Art is not a-political, and it never […]
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Pixies cancel concert in Israel after Gaza Flotilla killings
The national demo in London was great yesterday. Estimated at 20,000 people, it had a powerful atmosphere: vibrant, diverse and hopeful. We commemorated those killed and determined to ensure they didn’t die in vain, with a tremendous sense of purpose to build a bigger solidarity movement. After yesterday’s global day of protest, comes welcome news […]
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British Writers in Support of Palestine
June 4th 2010 I”m proud to be a signatory to this letter published in shortened form in the Independent on Sunday. Dear Editor The murder of humanitarian aid workers aboard the Mavi Marmara in international waters is the latest tragic example of Israel”s relentless attacks on human rights. But while violently preventing the free passage […]
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Pixies call off Israel concert after Gaza raid
Sun Jun 6, 6:53 am ET JERUSALEM – The U.S. rock band Pixies has canceled a concert in Tel Aviv this week in the wake of Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The group’s Tel Aviv promoter, Shuki Weiss, relayed a statement from the band announcing the cancellation “with great regret.” The band […]
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French cinema chain cancels Israeli film, replaces with one on Rachel Corrie
The news website France-Info reported late on 4 June that a French cinema chain decided to cancel screenings of an Israeli film, Leon Prudovsky’s Five Hours From Paris to protest Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 31 May which killed at least 9 and injured dozens of humanitarian activists attempting to break the […]
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Author Banks urges boycott of Israel after raid on flotilla
Elizabeth McMeekin 5 Jun 2010 Scottish author Iain Banks has called for a cultural and educational boycott of Israel after its troops boarded an aid flotilla bound for Palestine and killed at least nine people on Monday. The 56-year-old author, who lives in North Queensferry in Fife, has also asked his agent to turn down […]
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