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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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BDS movement gains ground in Scotland
The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel continues to gain leverage every day as more people become aware of Israel”s atrocities. Many argue that the BDS movement must penetrate every aspect of society for it to be fully effective at encouraging people to demand that Israel halt its policies of ethnic cleansing and […]
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Israeli architects must stop designing illegal settlements
Destruction of Hebron, one of the oldest cities in the world, to make way for a bypass road for illegal Israeli settlers ARC?PEACE has noted with dismay that Israeli architects engage in the design of illegal Jewish sett-lements on expropriated Palestinian land in the Occupied Territories. These activities are in clear vio-lation of the code […]
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Escalation of Academic and Cultural Boycott against Israel
Ramallah, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) – Last month, prominent academics from the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP [1], urged you not to perform in Israel, arguing: “If you had just emerged from three weeks of unfettered bombing from land, sea and air, with no place to hide and no place to run, your […]
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New York Activists to Singer Leonard Cohen: “Don’t Play Apartheid; Don’t Play Israel!”
New York, NY, May 17 – New York activists gathered in front of Radio City Music Hall Sunday night during a Leonard Cohen concert to call upon the singer/songwriter to cancel his scheduled September concert in Israel. The protesters sang songs, chanted, handed out leaflets to concert attendees and produced sidewalk art. The call comes […]
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Songsters Call On Leonard Cohen and Fans to Honor Nakba, Boycott Israel
WHAT: Free Palestine Guitar Band Sing-In at Leonard Cohen Concert WHERE: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Avenue, New York (btw 50th and 51st) WHEN: Sunday, May 17, 7:00 – 8:30 PM Media Contact: info [at] adalahny.org New York, NY, May 17 – New York activists armed with acoustic guitars and drawings of guitars turning […]
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Edinburgh International Film Festival admits It was a mistake to take Israeli Embassy Money
Protest Cancelled: Israeli money returned Ginnie Atkinson, Managing Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed that EIFF will not be taking Israeli Embassy money to help fund the 2009 film festival. Atkinson was unwilling to admit EIFF was influenced by Scottish PSC, or by the protest emails the EIFF has received since […]
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PACBI: Open Letter to Leonard Cohen
Healing Israeli Apartheid, not its Victims? PACBI — Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, 16 May 2009 Last month, prominent academics from the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP [1], urged you not to perform in Israel, arguing: “If you had just emerged from three weeks of unfettered bombing from land, sea and air, with no place […]
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