August 2006 The organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have cancelled an official Israeli Embassy sponsorship of their programme and returned the Israeli cheque following a huge public outcry over Israeli Embassy involvement. Shane Danielsen, the Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival wrote to all those who complained that he had “almost had…
2 August 2006Press Release from Muslim Association of Britain Antiwar campaigners have been informed by police that tomorrow’s scheduled cricket match involving Israel in Glasgow has been cancelled. The organisers were unable to find a venue large enough for the planned protests. However, the matches on Saturday and Sunday are still on, though antiwar groups…
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by Gary Rosenblatt Published in Jewish Week, 20 January 2005 The campaign, called Brand Israel, is a strategic marketing effort formed more than a year ago but not made public until now, with seven business and research experts volunteering their expertise on behalf of the foreign ministry. Think of Israel as a product undergoing an…