Learn about the history of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality and justice by exploring major events in the history of their oppression on this day of the year.
1 August
Eric Burdon cancelled performance in apartheid Israel, after a focused campaign by BDS advocacy.
On this day in 2013, Eric Burdon was due to perform in Tel Aviv but cancelled a week before. According to the Electronic Intifada, “The latest major artist to cancel their performance in apartheid Israel is Eric Burdon, after a focused campaign by BDS advocacy organisations, including the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and DPAI. A Facebook page and twitter campaign augmented the calls to Burdon to respect the Palestinian-led boycott.” A campaign attributing his cancellation to threats produced no evidence.
كان إريك بوردون أحدث فنان يلغى حفلاته في إسرائيل العنصرية ، بعد حملة مركزة من قبل انصار مقاطعة إسرائيل
1 أغسطس
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام 2013 ، كان من المقرر أن يؤدي إريك بوردون عرضه في تل أبيب لكنه الغاه قبل الموعد باسبوع . وبحسب موقع الانتفاضة الإلكترونية، "يكون اخرفنان مشهور قام بالغاء أدائه في دولة الفصل العنصري إسرائيل هو اريك بوردون ، بعد حملة مركزة من قبل منظمات مناصري المقاطعة ، بما في ذلك حملة التضامن الاسكتلندية مع فلسطين و .DPAI من خلال صفحة الفيسبوك وحملة تويتر عززت الدعوات إلى بوردون لاحترام المقاطعة التي يقودها الفلسطينيون ". الحملة التي عزت إلغائه إلى التهديدات لم تسفر عن أي دليل.
Burdon was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
Burdon announced the cancellation shortly before his gig in Edinburgh. Music website albawaba.com reported:
"Eric Burdon performs in Edinburgh tonight in the only UK leg of a tour that was to have included a gig in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 1st. Palestine solidarity activists welcome yesterday’s announcement that he has pulled out of the Tel Aviv engagement "under increasing pressure" to cancel, according to his Manager...
"Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign was among those who wrote, and invited others to write, to Eric Burdon asking him to remain true to his long-term hostility to racism and Jim Crow in the US South." Israeli authorities - as they frequently do - spread a story that Burdon's principled refusal to perform to segregated audiences was due to pro-Palestinian bullying, violence.
"Israeli media, such as The Times of Israel website, have also reported that Burdon “caved to threats,” no details of the alleged threats have come to light. The Independent reported, “The nature of the threats is unclear, but according to Israel Radio...Mr Burdon was not willing to risk his life to come to Israel.”
According to the blog Kadaitcha, Burdon’s cancelation came after an advocacy campaign by activists, including the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Don’t Play Apartheid Israel."