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BOYCOTT THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BOYCOTT
The artists who refuse to honour the cultural boycott against apartheid in Israel need a wake up call…… THEIR DVD”s, cassettes, videos and wherever else their works appear must be boycotted, perhaps then they will get the message. Artists that have performed in Israel in the past year include… Paul McCartney Paul Anka The Pet […]
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Lettre de l’AURDIP aux lauréats du prix de la fondation Wolf 2010
29 Avril 2010 | AURDIP, BRICUP, Campagna Diritto allo Studio e Libertí Accademica in Palestina, CUNCAP | Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF Download the letter as a pdf file Sir David Baulcombe? (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Britain) Professor Shing-Tung Yau? (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA) Professor Dennis Sullivan? (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY […]
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Atwood and Amitav Accept Soiled Money
Yesterday, Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Indian author Amitav Ghosh accepted the one million dollar Dan David Prize, funded by a wealthy Zionist philanthropist. Palestinian civil society urged them not to accept the prize. They did. They crossed the picket line, arguing that novelists and authors have a unique right to cross picket lines under […]
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Ghoshwood’s Mendacity
by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Claire Chambers. Novelists Amitav Ghosh and Margaret Atwood have accepted the Dan David prize at Tel Aviv University, an institution at the heart of Israel”s military-industrial complex. By doing so they have spurned Palestinian civil society”s call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on the Zionist state. Atwood has specifically ignored this […]
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A Letter to Elton John: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel
The following letter was sent recorded delivery to Elton John via the following contacts: Elton John’s Management: Twenty-First Artists, Ltd., 1 Blythe Road, London, W14 OHG – Phone: 44-207-348-4800 Elton John’s Agent: Howard Rose, The Howard Rose Agency, Ltd. – 9460 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 310, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 – Phone: 310-858-3838 Elton John’s Publicist: […]
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Open Letter to Margaret Atwood: Reject Tel Aviv University Prize
Raymond Deane for Salem-News.com Some say Palestine is the ultimate test of honesty. (DUBLIN) – I realise that I am too late to contribute to the messages calling upon you not to accept the Dan David Prize. There is an ironic reason for this: I have admired your fiction, poetry and ethical stance for so […]
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Dear Ms. Atwood, I regret to inform you that you have failed the lie detector test
By Roger Tucker By going to Israel to accept the Dan David Prize you have chosen to go over to the Dark Side. If you do make the trip, there is no turning back. Please consider well what people who have appreciated your literary work and heretofore took seriously your vaunted support for human rights […]
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HEY ELTON: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
Palestinian civil society has called on Elton John to respect its boycott call and cancel his June 17th concert in Tel Aviv. If he does so, he’ll be joining Santana and Gil-Scott Heron, who recently cancelled their spring concerts in Israel. This video suggests six reasons why Elton should join the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) […]
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Boycott Israel? Amitav Ghosh & the Dan David Prize
Boycott Israel? Amitav Ghosh & the Dan David Prize Dear Amitav Ghosh, We wish to express our deep disappointment in your decision to accept the Dan David prize, administered by Tel Aviv University and to be awarded by the President of Israel. As a writer whose work has dwelled consistently on histories of colonialism and […]
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Defying appeal from Gaza students, Atwood set to accept Israeli prize
Kristin Srzemski, The Electronic Intifada, 8 May 2010 On Sunday, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood will accept the Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University and her portion of the $1 million payout that goes with it. Meanwhile, a mere 40 miles away, students in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip will still be struggling […]
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