Boycott movement can oppose Israeli violence The 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival organisers announced on Friday they were returning money donated by the Israeli Embassy. The return of the money was accompanied by an admission that it had been “a mistake to accept the £300 from the Israeli Embassy” and followed a torrent of angry letters expressing…
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—–Original Message—– From: Ginnie Atkinson Sent: 15 May 2009 16:11 To: Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Subject: RE: Your call I’m sorry I thought that conclusion was implicit. We will not be taking the funding. I have to say that the response from your membership has been at times extraordinarily aggressive, misguidedly presumptive and provocative. Our…
Far from being driven by malice towards Jews or Israelis, the rising world-wide campaign of BDS is driven by anger at the crimes of the Israeli State and its supporting Zionist institutions. The BDS campaign is no more racist than opposition to the crimes of the Mafia is anti-Italian. The Mafia, Zionism and the British Government engage…
Continue Reading The ‘SPSC 5’ are facing trumped-up political charges of ‘racism’
Internationally acclaimed film-maker Ken Loach issued a statement yesterday calling on fellow artists and film festival fans to stay away from the festival this year, “I’m sure many film makers will be as horrified as I am to learn that the Edinburgh International Film Festival is accepting money from Israel. The massacres and state terrorism…
Continue Reading Film maker Ken Loach and George Galloway join growing protest
—–Original Message—– From: Ginnie Atkinson Sent: 14 May 2009 10:16 To: secretary@scottishpsc.org.uk Subject: We regret that you have found cause to express concern about a source of cultural funding. We accept funding from a variety of international cultural institutions to enable filmmakers to travel with their work. It is important that filmmakers come with their…
Scottish PSC Letter: To: Ginnie Atkinson Managing Director Edinburgh International Film Festival While people in Gaza are still living in the rubble of their homes, and Gaza victims of Israel’s white phosphorous attacks are still in critical care, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has again accepted funding from the Israeli Embassy. This will shock many.…
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