[9th August] The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has drawn up the following pledge, signed by over 130 Irish creative and performing artists, whereby they undertake to boycott the Israeli state under present circumstances:
"In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights."
This pledge will be launched in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, this Thursday 12th August at 1pm in the presence of a number of the signatories and IPSC Cultural Boycott Officer Raymond Deane, himself a composer.
Described by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) as "a ground-breaking initiative", this pledge has so far been signed by over 130 Irish creative and performing artists: novelists, playwrights, poets, actors, composers, singers, dancers, painters, sculptors and filmmakers, ranging from those starting out on their careers to such household names as Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Donal Lunny, Robert Ballagh, John Arden, Seamus Deane, Bob Quinn, and Sinéad Cusack.
23% of Israeli citizens are Palestinian [sunni, atheist, or christian.] A majority of Israelis are either Palestinian Arabs are Jewish Arabs. Why boycott all of Israel?
ReplyDeleteIsn't it better to build up Palestinian capacity? Maybe build up the Palestinian tourism business. Maybe help Palestinian develop high tech VC funded start ups? Maybe directly assist Palestinian schools and universities?
All the talking points of the neocons..You're as predictable as fleming..
ReplyDeleteHave you ever heard of the occupation? A Bedouin village, in Israel itself, was completely razed, twice last week and its 200 inhabitans were left homeless.. Have you heard of it?
ReplyDelete<span>Have you ever heard of the occupation? Also did you know that a Bedouin village, in Israel itself, was completely razed, twice last week and its 200 inhabitans were left homeless.. Have you heard of it?</span>
ReplyDeleteAnan the israel lover doesn't understand why the BDS has been launched..He thinks that israel is just "kicking the Palestinians around"..How thick one can be in order to persist in such mind-boggling stupidity? How do you explain a case like Maria?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this conversation with you is still going on anan...
ReplyDelete<span>Who needs a brain when a talking point is enough..</span>
ReplyDeleteI read this earlier and immediately thought of our resident fool -
ReplyDelete“This is what a propagandist, by definition, does: asserts any claim as fact in service of a concealed agenda without the slightest concern for whether it’s true.”
Talking about yourself?
ReplyDeleteWhy do you hate Afghans, their elected government and their ANA so much? Why do you hate Iraqis, their elected government and their IA so much? Is it jealousy? Sectarianism? Racism? Ego and pride?
If you actually gave a damn about Palestinians rather than wanting to use their "cause" as a tool to destroy all your enemies [all the former British colonies that are now exceeding Britain in achievement], you would try to boost Palestinian capacity so that Palestinians could win their own success.
Why do you hate the British? Is it because we defeated your allies the Japanese? Tell me, do you make puja to Chandra Bhose?
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