Israeli-state funded Batsheva Dance Company’ will dance at the Edinburgh International Festival on 30th, 31st August and 1st September while Israel commits atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people:Send off a letter now to the EIF Director – it just takes seconds. Join the three nights of protests at the Edinburgh Playhouse.Support the protests across the…
Israeli cricket match cancelledBBC 09 August 2006An Israeli cricket team match which was due to take place under armed guard at RAF Lossiemouth has been cancelled. A spokesman for the organisers, the European Cricket Council, insisted the move was not due to any threatened demonstration. It is understood that Israel’s opponents Greece had suffered travel problems…
According to the Herald on Sunday, “It wasn’t much fun being an Israeli footballer at Tynecastle yesterday. Lashed by the rain, barracked by pro-Palestinian demonstrators – and seven goals down at half-time…against a noisy backdrop of protests about the imprisonment of Palestinian footballers. The Israeli national anthem was jeered, and the players booed…the demonstrators’ chants…
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Sunday 17th June 2012: NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release ISRAEL “RUBBISH WITHOUT GUNS”, SAY PROTESTORS Israel’s national football team had to endure a barrage of pro-Palestinian chanting throughout their 8-0 defeat by Scotland in the Women’s Euro qualifier at Tynecastle on Saturday, in a protest aimed at highlighting the plight of what…
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Some of the world’s biggest stars – from Madonna to the Red Hot Chili Peppers – are being accused of putting profit before principle in a growing backlash against artists performing in Israel. Campaigners angry at human rights abuses against the Palestinian people – symbolised by Israel’s policy of demolishing the homes…
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Support the call by Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid to the Batsheva Dance Company to cut all ties to the Brand Israel campaign and take a stand against the Israeli government’s violations of Palestinian rights. Batsheva will perform at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival for the last two days of August and September 1st 2012.…