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Alexei Sayle Tells Leonard Cohen: Do NOT Play in Tel Aviv
The famous British Comedian, Alexei Sayle, is sending an urgent message to Leonard Cohen – Please DO NOT Play in Tel Aviv! Alexei supports the Cultural Boycott of Israel, designed to end the occupation and oppression of Palestine.
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Radian Records Stands in Solidarity with the Artists of Palestine
New York, NY – June 18th, 2009 – Radian Records recently announced its solidarity with the Palestinian call for the boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, and plans to help produce a Music Benefit CD Project in late 2009 to help raise funds for the well being of children in Gaza, Palestine. Says Radian Records A&R […]
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Enough is Enough
by Ilan Pappe If there is anything new in the never ending sad story of Palestine it is the clear shift in public opinion in this country. I remember coming to these isles in 1980 when supporting the Palestinian cause was confined to the left and in it to a very particular section and ideological […]
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Please protest cultural theft from Palestine
Later this month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be showcasing artifacts illegally seized by Israel in 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem. In cooperating with the Israel Antiquities Authority to import and exhibit the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ROM would be in violation of Canada”s obligations under UNESCO legal conventions and protocols, and its […]
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters: Tear down the (West Bank) wall
Last update – 12:22 03/06/2009 By The Associated Press Pink Floyd’s former frontman Roger Waters said yesterday he’ll take to the stage the minute Israel tears down its West Bank separation wall, just as he did in Berlin two decades ago when another wall came down. Visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the shadows of […]
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Open Letter to Madonna: Boycott Israel
By Will Guest Post from Waleed. Madonna just confirmed her last 2009 tour date at Tel Aviv’s Yehoshua Gardens (HaYarkon Park) on September 1st. This is bound to be big news come tomorrow morning as this is going to put an end to all the rumors and speculations of her coming to the region. A […]
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Adalah New York: Leonard Cohen Don’t Play Apartheid
Demonstration at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, adapted Leonard Cohen’s song “Democracy.”
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“LA CARRAU IS CANCELLING ITS VISIT TO ACRE”
After having talks with the platforms promoting the boycott of Israel and with representatives of Catalan institutions and gathering as much information as possible about the events taking place on 24-25 May at Acre, Israel in which La Carrau has been invited to participate, we feel that we should make the following public statement: LA […]
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Ken Loach & Scottish PSC oppose all racism. No exceptions.
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Statement Thursday 21 May, 2009 Ken Loach and the Edinburgh International Film Festival are to be congratulated for distancing the EIFF publicly from the unwelcome embrace of the State of Israel, a state now widely understood to be committing grave crimes against the Palestinian people. Many who would have stayed away […]
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Ken Loach response to the Israeli filmmaker Tali Shalom
Ken Loach open letter to the Edinburgh Film Festival Following an open letter from the Israeli film maker Tali Shalom Ezer (see below as well), here is Ken Loach’s full reply. This was sent to Sunday Times but the newspaper never published this in full. Dear Tali Shalom Ezer From the beginning, Israel and its […]
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