Posts Tagged ‘Cultural Boycott’
When Jews Supported a Boycott Campaign
Comparisons between the Boycott of Israel and the Boycott of Nazi Germany In 1933 the Zionist Movement’s Trade Agreement (Haavarah) Betrayed German Jews In 2005 dozens of Palestinian organisations called for the implementation of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. A year later the Boycott took off in Britain when the Association of University Teachers,…
Read More‘I endorse the cultural boycott of Israel’:
Prominent artists support New York-based campaign for cultural boycott of Israel Tunde Adebimpe of the band TV on the Radio. (Image: Adalah-NY) A new video released by Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel features eight leading artists stating, “I endorse the cultural boycott of Israel.” The artists include Tony-nominated stage and television…
Read MoreBatting for Apartheid – JK Rowling stumps for Israel — what would Harry Potter do?
Even the young Harry might have worked this one out One of the most interesting things about the letter calling for cultural co-existence with Israeli Apartheid is how few cultural figures were represented on the list of signatories. Apart from JK Rowling, there was the washed out feminist, Fay Weldon, the star of BT’s adverts,…
Read MoreJK Rowling Responds to Palestinian Fan – Mia Oudeh
JK Rowling responds to fans using her Harry Potter characters to make points about Israeli cultural boycott JK Rowling and Palestinian music teacher Mia Oudeh After the letter this week from 150 people, including JK Rowling and 13 Tory MPs calling for ‘cultural co-existence’ i.e. breaking the Cultural Boycott of Israel, Miah Oudeh, a Palestinian…
Read MoreOpen Letter to J.K. Rowling
Abandon Your Support for Israel’s Death Eaters @jk_rowling J.K. Rowling, c/o Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Israeli artists with mouths sealed to represent the decision of the Israeli Government to cut the funding of artists who oppose the Occupation of the West Bank and the settlements J K Rowling – a Betrayal…
Read MoreBanning Cultural Events – A Normal Occurrence in Israel
When it comes to the Cultural Boycott – disrupting Israeli concerts and performances – the usual tosh about art and music not being political, not interfering with peoples’ rights to enjoy themselves, how Israel is such a bastion of opposition culture, is shown by the ban on the film Shivering Gaza in Israel. In Israel…
Read MoreGilad Atzmon Attacks BDS and the Cultural Boycott on the BBC
Anti-Semitic Jazzman Fails to even mention the Palestinians Blowing his own trumpet at the expense of the Palestinians Brighton picket of Batsheva Habimah picket If there are any people left who believe that Atzmon is a genuine supporter of the Palestinians, they should listen in to his appearance last week on the Strand on the…
Read MoreStanley Jordan, four time Grammy Award nominee, cancels Israel gig
The momentum of the Cultural Boycott proceeds apace. Today I learnt something knew. I have often asked those who oppose a boycott of Israel’s ‘cultural’ activities whether they would have boycotted Wilhelm Furtwanger and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1930’s on the grounds that culture and politics don’t mix, despite the evidence we now…
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BATSHEVA PERFORMANCE DISRUPTED FOR THIRD NIGHT Dancing to the Rhythms of Palestinian Blood Spilling NOVEMBER 21 – For the third consecutive night, pro-Palestinian protesters evaded enhanced security checks to mount demonstrations inside Sadler’s Wells theatre where the Batsheva dance ensemble from Israel was performing the last of three London shows. Its tour continues on Friday…
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