Scottish activists lead the way on BDS Asa WinstanleyMiddle East Monitor28 August 2015 The SPSC stated succinctly its reasons for this act of cultural boycott in a press release: “There can be no normality for Israel until it ends the crimes against the Palestinian people. This show must not go on.”These Scottish boycott actions have…
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Israelis are but a Walking Shadow at This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Yair AshkeenaziHaaretz 27 August 2015 “…all the artists who spoke to Haaretz said the BDS protests were aimed solely at works or troupes supported by the Israeli government, not at Israeli creators and actors specifically. Thus, they noted, though there are no…
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MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE Scots campaigning for Palestinian rights have responded to “hypocritical”comments by Fergus Linehan, the new director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and his predecessor Jonathan Mills. Last week Linehan and Mills spoke out against Palestine solidarity actions over recent years that have disrupted and closed down Israel-state endorsed events during Edinburgh’s…
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It was inevitable, shocking but not surprising. A determined opponent of all racism, Jeremy Corbyn is smeared by pro-Israel Blairites and the same pro-Israel media that helped Blair and Israel in their war crimes. BBC 6pm news (Wednesday 19th August) started by referring to Jeremy Corbyn and his opposition to “what he says is the…
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Media Release: Sunday 9th August 2015, No Embargo Pro-Palestine campaigners say recent revelations of Hilary Clinton’s attempt to overturn the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s (EIFF) rejection of Israeli Government funding is evidence that “boycott works”. The Scotsman wrote on Saturday’s front page that the effects of the May 2009 boycott “went right to the upper…
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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,” adds Lilien. One place the five Israelis have no plans to revisit is, unsurprisingly, Edinburgh. “No Israeli group, at least…