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No 2 Brand Israel at Edinburgh Festival 2016

29 March 2016

Please act on the appeal from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) which asks you to add your voice – wherever you are – asking the Edinburgh International […]

Protests outside and inside Batsheva performances in Edinburgh kick off their UK tour and UK-wide protests

Israeli State-sponsored groups avoiding Edinburgh Festival because of human rights protests

9 August 2015

The Show Must Go on for Israeli Troupe Hounded Out of Edinburgh Festival in 2014Do they think the reception they’ll receive will be different this summer? “We really hope so,” Ulman shrugs. “Couldn’t be worse,” […]

Protest the Israeli State-funded Incubator Theatre

28 July 2014

Close down all Israeli State-financed projects in Scotland in a time of massacreProtest the Incubator TheatreAssemble at Bristo Square, Edinburgh 1.00pm Wednesday 30th July& DAILY, including weekends, until the show is cancelled Israel calls its […]

Edinburgh Stills Gallery returns Israeli Embassy sponsorship money

10 April 2014

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes today’s decision by the prestigious Stills Gallery to terminate the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of their forthcomng photography exhibition, A Thousand of Him, Scattered: Relative Newcomers in Diaspora. The Gallery has […]

Eric, you can walk through that barrier you are leaning on...

Eric Burdon cancels gig in Tel Aviv “under increasing pressure”

14 July 2013

Below is an example of the appeals that Burdon received to remain true to his long-term hostility to racism and Jim Crow in the US South. SPSC deplore any threats made to Burdon, if there […]

The Almond Tree – Book review

24 May 2013

The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing, 2012 £7.99 I would like to be generous in my review of this book, but that’s no easy matter. Sure enough, the author gives a […]

Three Russian immigrants and one native-born Israeli make up the Jerusalem Quartet, ISrael's only professional string quartet. All were inducted into the Israeli Defence Forces last year. The Quartet is composed of (left to right) Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bressler, Kyril Zlotnikov and Amichai Gross

Jerusalem Quartet article recently removed from Zionist website as protests continue

7 February 2013

Israeli musicians also have military strings attached SHELLEY KLEIMAN, World Zionist Press Service 19 June 1998 Jerusalem Quartet members serving in nation’s army They’re young, winsome and talented, and they play classical music. What more […]

Don’t let the deaths be in vain: what you can do to stop Israel’s crimes

2 February 2013

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 […]

Batsheva protests and Zionist complaint answered

1 November 2012

“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 […]

Sefton: Israel commits crimes against humanity but don't boycott

Peaceful protest in Edinburgh was “aggressive vandalism” by “Nazis” says Australian cultural bureaucrat

17 October 2012

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 […]