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Israeli academics boycott West Bank settlements
31 August 2010 Last updated at 13:51 GMT New cultural centre in Ariel (30 August 2010) An arts centre in Ariel, one of the West Bank’s largest settlements, is to open in November More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In a […]
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Blue and White: Where Uri Avnery has it Wrong
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:49 Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Once again Uri Avnery is using his blog to criticize the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Under the title “Red and Green,” Avnery comments on the long and interesting program recently broadcast on Israeli Channel 10 on the growing international isolation […]
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Writers Oz, Yehoshua, Grossman back artists’ boycott of Ariel settlement
by Philip Weiss on August 30, 2010 Where are the liberal American Zionists on this one? What will J Street do? Important news: Ynet learned on Monday that prominent Israeli authors A. B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, David Grossman and Sami Michael are supporting a long line of actors, playwrights and artists who announced they would […]
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Israeli actors to boycott new West Bank theatre
60 actors, writers and directors argue that performing in occupied territories would legitimise illegal settlements * Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 August 2010 16.45 BST Dozens of Israeli actors, playwrights and directors have signed a letter refusing to take part in productions by leading theatre companies at a new cultural centre in […]
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Netanyahu: Israel won’t fund boycott efforts from within
Prime Minister slams boycott staged by theater personnel, who refuse to take part in performances in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. By Barak Ravid and The Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Sunday criticized a recent declaration by a list of prominent Israeli actors and playwrights that they would not participate in plays […]
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Israeli actors boycott stirs settlement debate
By KARIN LAUB (AP) – 5 hours ago JERUSALEM – Leading Israeli theater actors have pledged not to perform in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, stirring a heated debate days before Mideast peace talks resume in Washington. The settlements, deemed illegal by the international community and built on occupied land the Palestinians want for […]
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Boycott of Theater in Israeli Settlement Grows
August 27, 2010, 2:50 pm By ROBERT MACKEY A cultural center under construction in the West Bank settlement on Ariel. A cultural center under construction in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Dozens of Israel theater professionals have signed a letter protesting plans, announced this week, for Israeli theater companies to perform in a new […]
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A Support Letter to Faithless
20.8.2010 Dear members of Faithless. We are writing to express our appreciation and gratitude for your recently announced decision NOT to schedule any concerts in Israel in the foreseeable future. We appreciate the courage it takes to make such a declaration rather than just join the silent boycott as many others seem to be doing. […]
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Dear Rickie Lee Jones
Having heard that you are about to perform in a Jazz festival in the Israeli city of Eilat, we would like to ask you to cancel this show. It is particularly because of our love for your work that it would be sad for us to see how your music is appropriated and exploited in […]
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BDS Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Part 6 of 6
The BDS movement: boycott, divestment and sanctions used to put pressure on Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the occupation, is rapidly growing around the world. This video examines the economic aspects of BDS. How did BDS evolve? Can it be an effective tool against Israel? Could it hurt […]
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