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An Open Letter to the Pixies
March 1, 2010 Dear Pixies, We are a group of Israeli human rights activists. We heard through the media that you are planning a concert in Israel in June. As much as some of us are huge fans and would love to hear your show, we won’t cross the international picket line that is growing […]
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Jewish Daily Forward and Chicago Public Radio cover BDS
Thursday, February 25, 2010 Two pieces on BDS in the mainstream press this week caught our attention. Israeli academic and author Neve Gordon spoke to Chicago Public Radio about his support of BDS, making the argument that by opposing Israel’s policy of expansionism and occupation, BDS is in fact a movement to “save Israel from […]
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An Afternoon at the (Israel) Ballet
From a protest for the boycott of the Israel Ballet. For more info see www.adalahny.org
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Montreal: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid
February 25, 2010 – A call from Montreal artists to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid… Today, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli state. […]
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BNC Palestine: Join the Second Global BDS Day of Action 30 March 2010
The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The BNC calls on people of conscience and their organizations around the […]
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The Forward: “JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters”
By Gal Beckerman Published in The Jewish Daily Forward, February 24, 2010, issue of March 05, 2010. With anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts gaining visibility, the Jewish community”s main public-policy coordinating body is for the first time confronting the BDS movement as a specific and stated priority. At its recent annual plenum, the Jewish […]
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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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