Please take two minutes to fill out this letter form which will be sent to MOCHA to protest their decision to cancel an art exhibit by Palestinian children in Gaza, titled "A Child's View from Gaza".
Sep 12, 2011
#BDS ACTION ALERT re MOCHA's Cancellation of Art by Gaza Children Exhibit
Please take two minutes to fill out this letter form which will be sent to MOCHA to protest their decision to cancel an art exhibit by Palestinian children in Gaza, titled "A Child's View from Gaza".
Sep 10, 2011
#BDS: ACTION ALERT: Shame and Blame MOCHA
Zionists have pressured MOCHA, Museum of Children's Arts, to cancel an exhibit of art by Palestinian children of Gaza. MECA, Middle East Children's Alliance, which was partnering this event, comments on the cancellation as follows:
Berkeley, CA— The Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland (MOCHA) has decided to cancel an exhibit of art by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), which was partnering with MOCHA to present the exhibit, was informed of the decision by the Museum’s board president on Thursday, September 8, 2011. For several months, MECA and the museum had been working together on the exhibit, which is titled “A Child’s View of Gaza.” MECA has learned that there was a concerted effort by pro-Israel organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to pressure the museum to reverse its decision to display Palestinian children’s art.
ACTION ALERT: Tell MOCHA that you are against their decision to cancel the exhibit!
Berkeley, CA— The Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland (MOCHA) has decided to cancel an exhibit of art by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), which was partnering with MOCHA to present the exhibit, was informed of the decision by the Museum’s board president on Thursday, September 8, 2011. For several months, MECA and the museum had been working together on the exhibit, which is titled “A Child’s View of Gaza.” MECA has learned that there was a concerted effort by pro-Israel organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to pressure the museum to reverse its decision to display Palestinian children’s art.
ACTION ALERT: Tell MOCHA that you are against their decision to cancel the exhibit!
Sep 2, 2011
#BDS: #Israel to Cut Relations with #Qatar
"Israel is planning to cut relations with Qatar due to the latter’s “extensive anti-Israeli actions”, reports the Israeli online news source nrg. Israel is further considering not allowing in reporters from the Qatari-based Al Jazeera news agency due to its “biased coverage” that includes, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, “the aspiration to wipe Israel off the map”.
Nrg.com cites a classified report prepared by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that details a series of measures that Israel has already begun to implement against Qatar for its “extensive anti-Israeli actions” throughout the world."
Nrg.com cites a classified report prepared by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that details a series of measures that Israel has already begun to implement against Qatar for its “extensive anti-Israeli actions” throughout the world."
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#BDS: PRESS RELEASE FROM BEETHOVIANS FOR BOYCOTTING #ISRAEL
"A new vocal ensemble, Beethovians for Boycotting Israel (BBI), gave its debut performance at a Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday evening.
Their first piece was intricately interwoven with Webern's Passacaglia, played by guest artists the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO).
Their first piece was intricately interwoven with Webern's Passacaglia, played by guest artists the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO).
"We thought we'd liven up the Webern a bit" said Deborah Fink (soprano). "The performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the previous night's Prom was so exciting that we decided to treat the audience to our own version of the Ode to Joy".
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#BDS: Anti-Israel protest disrupts #UK #BB Cconcert series
"The BBC says protesters have disrupted a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in one of Britain's most venerable concert series. Pro-Palestinian group The Palestine Solidarity Campaign had called for the BBC to cancel the concert and urged people to boycott
The orchestra was due to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall on Thursday as part of BBC Proms, an annual summer concert series dating back to 1941. Shouting and booing erupted just as conductor Zubin Mehta was about to lead the orchestra in Bruch's violin concerto. The BBC Proms apologized on Twitter, saying that the concert's live radio broadcast was taken off the air "as a result of sustained audience disturbance."
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#BDS: Katy Perry slammed over #Israel support
"Pro-Palestinian supporters accuse American pop star of 'spitting on Gaza' after she asks her Twitter followers to 'pray for Israel'. Following angry responses, she backtracks on message
American pop star Katy Perry has been verbally attacked by pro-Palestinian supporters after sending a tweet on Monday asking her followers to pray for Israel in light of the recent escalation in the south, The Blaze website reported.
"My prayers are for you guys tonight, Shalom!!! Please pray with us," Perry wrote."
"My prayers are for you guys tonight, Shalom!!! Please pray with us," Perry wrote."
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#BDS: إعلان إفلاس أكبر شركة تصدير فواكه إسرائيلية
قالت صحيفة الاعمال الاسرائيلية "ذي ماركر" اليوم الاربعاء إن مجموعة "اغريكسكو-كارمل" اهم مصدر اسرائيلي للفواكه والخضر والتي استهدفتها حملات مقاطعة في اوروبا، ستعلن إفلاسها الاسبوع المقبل
وبحسب الصحيفة فإن الشركة راكمت ديونا قيمتها 31 مليون يورو وسيتم الاعلان عن تصفيتها في 11 سبتمبر من قبل محكمة تجارية.
ونقلت الصحيفة عن القاضية في المحكمة فردا الشيش أن صعوبات الشركة سببها عمليات تبذير وسوء تصرف. وقالت القاضية للصحيفة "إن
الشركة استثمرت بشكل واسع في السفن مما اسهم بشكل واسع في غرقها في لج عميق من الديون".إقرأ\ي المزيد
Sep 1, 2011
#BDS: Tuba Skinny Cancel Israel Gig
"The viewpoints of Tuba Skinny in regard to our recent cancellation at the Red Sea Jazz Festival have recently become a popular topic of debate among numerous websites and news forums. We did not want to comment on a situation that we as foreigners know so little about, but it seems that we now have no choice but to comment.
The reasons for our cancellation are numerous. First, when we agreed to play the festival we were not aware that it was largely state sponsored, or that people on the other side of the wall would be denied entry. This should suffice to demonstrate my meaning when I say that we do not have the comprehensive viewpoint necessary to make political commentary on such a
serious matter.
Read moreIt is a fact that prior to our show, two days before we were scheduled to fly to Israel from Rome, we were approached by various people via E-mail who are affiliated with the BDS and AAA movements. After thoroughly researching what they told us in numerous emails, we were more enlightened on the current situation of the Wall, in addition to the extreme actions taken by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people. This was a shaking realization, especially because as a street band from New Orleans, we had not even heard the call to boycott, and never so much as considered the idea that playing music for people could be seen as a statement aligning us with any extremist group."
#BDS: Update your Lists: Julio #Iglesias returning to #Israel
"One of top 10 best selling music artists in history to perform in Tel Aviv on December 12. 'I love the people in Israel,' he says
Just several months after Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias rocked Tel Aviv's Nokia Arena, his famous father is on his way toIsrael too. Julio Iglesias, one of top 10 best selling music artists in history, is scheduled to perform at the very same venue on December 12."
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#BDS: Lettre ouverte à Guilherme Botelho
"Le public qui vous a connu à Ramallah ne pourra pas vous admirer à Tel-Aviv : l'armée israélienne se moque que des Palestiniens aiment votre danse.
Cher Guilherme Botelho,
C'est avec consternation que nous apprenons que vous vous apprêtez à présenter votre spectacle Sideways Rain en Israël. Vous êtes l'un des chorégraphes les plus prestigieux de Suisse. Présentés à l'étranger, vos spectacles ouvrent les portes des scènes internationales à d'autres artistes de ce pays. En vous adressant cette lettre ouverte, nous mesurons donc l'importance de l'événement auquel vous vous préparez à participer. Nous souhaitons invoquer votre responsabilité politique d'artiste et de citoyen et espérons, par la seule force morale de nos arguments, de vous convaincre de faire un geste fort et d'inverser le sens des choses."
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#BDS: An open letter to Guilherme Botelho
"Dear Guilherme Botelho,
We are dismayed to learn that you are planning to present your performance « Sideways Rain » in Israel. You are one of the most prestigious choreographers in Switzerland. Your performances abroad open the doors to international stages for other artists of this country. Thus by addressing this letter to you, we fully realize the importance of the event that you intend to participate in. We appeal to your political responsibility both as artist and as citizen, hoping to convince you, purely through the moral strength of these arguments, to make a strong gesture and reverse course.
In writing this letter to you, the BDS movement remembers that in 2008 you gave a performance of « Approcher la Poussière » in Ramallah. By doing so you offered a moment of joy to the Palestinian people who have been bruised by 60 years of oppression. Today, by going to dance in Tel-Aviv, you do the opposite. You are going to participate in a sort of fake symmetry between the oppressors and those who are oppressed: having honoured, by your presence, people who are fighting for their survival and their freedom, your new performance, in the same manner as any other prestigious visit, will be considered by the Israeli authorities as a form of artistic legitimization of its doings that violate human rights and humanitarian conventions."
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We are dismayed to learn that you are planning to present your performance « Sideways Rain » in Israel. You are one of the most prestigious choreographers in Switzerland. Your performances abroad open the doors to international stages for other artists of this country. Thus by addressing this letter to you, we fully realize the importance of the event that you intend to participate in. We appeal to your political responsibility both as artist and as citizen, hoping to convince you, purely through the moral strength of these arguments, to make a strong gesture and reverse course.
In writing this letter to you, the BDS movement remembers that in 2008 you gave a performance of « Approcher la Poussière » in Ramallah. By doing so you offered a moment of joy to the Palestinian people who have been bruised by 60 years of oppression. Today, by going to dance in Tel-Aviv, you do the opposite. You are going to participate in a sort of fake symmetry between the oppressors and those who are oppressed: having honoured, by your presence, people who are fighting for their survival and their freedom, your new performance, in the same manner as any other prestigious visit, will be considered by the Israeli authorities as a form of artistic legitimization of its doings that violate human rights and humanitarian conventions."
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#BDS Action at Bethlehem Checkpoint
"Checkpoint 300, separating Bethlehem from Jerusalem, worsens. On the second Friday of Ramadan, Palestinian police join the Israeli army in controlling the movement of Palestinian residents from the Bethlehem district who are allowed to reach an armored Jerusalem and the Al Aqsa Mosque.
Thousands of Palestinians, at four in the morning, stand in front of the checkpoint. Women, men and children. A surreal show. To the traditional route of the checkpoint dividing Bethlehem from Jerusalem, Palestinian police have now added new barriers: Two lines of walls separating men and women. At the entrance of the checkpoint, a sign reminds everyone that, according to an order of the Israeli authorities, the only people allowed to go pray in the Al Aqsa Mosque are men over 50 years old, women over 45 years old and those who possess a permit to enter Israel.
In a shocking atmosphere of normalisation and uncritical acceptance, Palestinian policemen monitor the queue and communicate easily with the Israeli soldiers on the other side of the checkpoint. During Ramadan, the Palestinian security forces are the watchdog and perform the job usually done by Israeli forces."
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