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Dancing, Singing New Yorkers protest, calling for boycott of Israel Ballet
Ballet official says nothing existed in Israel before 1948, denies government funding despite ballet’s own website MEDIA CONTACT: info[at]adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brooklyn, NY, February 21, 2010 – Forty-five human rights activists called upon fellow New Yorkers to boycott the Israel Ballet at its performance Sunday at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. Accompanied […]
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Activist Coalition Tells Israel Ballet: Don’t Tiptoe Around Apartheid!
TROUPE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REPLIES: “NOTHING” WAS THERE IN 1948 by BDS Activists, Boston, MA Contact: bdsbostonma (at) gmail.com Worcester, MA, February 20, 2010 – The Israel Ballet”s recent performance of Don Quixote was protested by a coalition of activists who sought to highlight the troupe”s role in the Israeli government”s attempt to whitewash its record […]
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BDS Activists from US and Israel interrupt Israel Ballet performance in protest
by BDS Activists Saturday Feb 20th, 2010 8:12 PM Human rights activists from Vermont, New York and Israel interrupted a performance of the Israel Ballet at the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT calling attention to the dance company”s complicity in Israeli war crimes. Using two banners that read “No Tutu is Big Enough to Cover […]
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Boycott Is Sought Against Israel Ballet
By DANIEL J. WAKIN; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF Published: February 19, 2010 Advocates for Palestinian rights have called for a boycott of the Israel Ballet, which is performing Sunday at Brooklyn College. The advocates said that there would be protests at the college”s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts to denounce what they call Israel”s […]
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Friday Night Lights: Israeli anti-apartheid activists disrupt ballet performance in Vermont
BURLINGTON, VT- Greetings from the Green Mountain State! I want to give a shout out to Vermonters for Just Peace in Israel/Palestine for a successful night of activism. Several activists leafleted 249 people attending last night”s Israeli Ballet performance at the Flynn Theater. The leaflet asked “Would you like some information about Don Quixote and […]
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Join the ResisDance! Tell the Israel Ballet they can’t tip-toe around apartheid
Don’t Let the Israel Ballet Tip-Toe Around Apartheid! WHAT: Protest of the Israel Ballet WHEN: Sunday, February 21st, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM WHERE: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College at 2900 Campus Road 2 and 5 trains to Brooklyn College / Flatbush Avenue station (A bit further away is the […]
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Shine A Light for Palestinian Freedom
Elton John is scheduled to perform in Apartheid Israel on June 17th, 2010. This performance would undermine the international cultural boycott of Israel, which was initiated by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), as a means of non-violent resistance to Apartheid and Colonialism. In addition to normalizing the oppression […]
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Elton John: Don’t Entertain Apartheid AGAIN!
PACBI, Occupied Ramallah, 13 February 2010 Dear Elton John, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was genuinely troubled to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel in June, in violation of the widely-endorsed Palestinian Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel [1]. We call upon […]
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British academics urge Elton John to cancel Israel concert
A group of British academics have called on singer Elton John to cancel his scheduled performance in Israel this June. “Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state,” the British Committee for Universities of Palestine wrote in an open letter to […]
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Thank You Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana Artists Against Apartheid and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel would like to extend our thanks to Carlos Santana for honoring the call for the Cultural Boycott of Israel, by electing not to perform in the apartheid state. The call for cultural boycott was successful in creating international […]
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