Rachel Corrie was killed in Gaza, aged 23, on March 16 2003, by a US-supplied Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer, a vehicle specially built to demolish Palestinian houses. Alan Rickman edited the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, which deals with the short life, that preceded her death while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home.…
Continue Reading Don’t let the deaths be in vain: what you can do to stop Israel’s crimes
Israel Under Attack? Israel’s latest military incursion has followed the same pattern as so many previous assaults. We have witnessed six or seven days carnage poured upon a besieged , civilian population from sea, land and air while the U.N. and western governments stand by , allowing Israel to act with impunity and western media…
“The sad aspect is that Ohad Naharin sees the brutality of the Israeli military and its auxiliaries, the settlers. His reaction, however, is pathological, ostrich-like. “I continue to do my work, while 20 km from me people are participating in war crimes … the ability to detach oneself from the situation – that is what…
Continue Reading Batsheva protests and Zionist complaint answered
By Mick Napier17 October 2012 “Sefton is in reality a complete fraud in claiming to support artistic freedom; he has not a single word to say about Israel’s violent suppressions of Palestinian artistic initiatives. While he condemns those who protest in support of Palestinian human rights, a proposal as to how we should try to…
The Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid Coalition is calling for demonstrations against Brand Israel asset, Batsheva Dance Company, when they perform across the UK. The Batsheva tour starts in Edinburgh on October 30th and ends in Plymouth on November 24th. If you will be joining in either or both of the Edinburgh protests, or you’d…
Boycott campaigners turned the empty Zionist slogan “Culture unites, Boycotts Divide” totally on its head in Edinburgh last weekend, drawing some of Scotland’s best known cultural figures, many theatre–goers and Ohad Naharin, artistic director of Israel’s world-renowned Batsheva dance company, into public dialogue about its role as a state-funded “cultural ambassador.” In an unprecedented encounter…
Continue Reading Boycott Batsheva protest in Edinburgh – BIN report