Artists join the boycott of Israel en masse

Following Israel’s massacre in Gaza in which snipers targeted thousands of unarmed Palestinian protestors,  also attacking medics, journalists, photographers and children – a coordinated wave of  bands have publicly endorsed the cultural boycott of Israel in support of Palestinian rights, and for freedom, justice and equality.

Here are sample tweets from Wolf Alice, Portishead, Reverend and the Makers, Slaves, Peace, Circa Waves, Nadine Shah and more – starting with the response from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) who initiated the call.

Follow the hashtag #artistsforpalestine

British artists and bands can add their name to the now more than 1,300 who signed the Artists Pledge for Palestine on this site.

Artists are endorsing the cultural boycott of Israel en masse after Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel may be drunk with impunity, but like apartheid South Africa after the Sharpeville massacre, Israel is being held accountable for its crimes. #ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/vQp7gqcPJy

— PACBI – BDS movement (@PACBI) May 22, 2018

As long as the Israeli government commits war crimes against the Palestinian people we support their call for a boycott of Israel as a means of peaceful protest against a brutal and bloody occupation. #ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/egWNAxFlE2

— Wolf Alice (@wolfalicemusic) May 22, 2018

As long as the Israeli government commits war crimes against the people of Palestine we support their call for a boycott of Israel as a means of peaceful protest against a brutal and bloody occupation. #ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/fcZEUovsvO

— SOFT PLAY (@softplayband) May 22, 2018

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— Official (@Portisheadinfo) May 22, 2018

After the shocking violence in #Gaza we're proud to stand up with so many artists in a call to #BoycottIsrael
We can no longer stay silent while so many suffer in "the worlds largest open air prison..after 50 years of occupation & 10 years of blockade"#ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/nFeOtpeF8K

— CIRCA WAVES (@CircaWaves) May 22, 2018

https://twitter.com/PEACE4EVEREVER/status/998911314012573696

Big up what @wolfalicemusic are doing with this #artistsforpalestine pic.twitter.com/eUjIZO766X

— Reverend&TheMakers (@Reverend_Makers) May 22, 2018

#ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/0Yhn3rRae3

— THE HUNNA (@THEHUNNABAND) May 22, 2018

#ArtistsForPalestine ❤️ pic.twitter.com/CD0mop3H2m

— Nadine Shah (@nadineshah) May 22, 2018

https://twitter.com/lotsholloway/status/998911330328436737

WE SUPPORT THIS IN PERPETUITY AND WITHOUT CONDITION

#artistsforpalestine pic.twitter.com/WOp5knKDDY

— Algiers (@AlgiersMusic) May 22, 2018

Fun fact this band wouldn’t exist without Palestine solidarity groups cos that’s how Jack & I met! I owe so much to people who’ve taught me the truth of the occupation and hope initiatives like this show the world that artists support the Palestinian struggle!#ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/fxn9x1nYMe

— suggested friends (@suggestedfronds) May 22, 2018

So long as challenges to Israeli state policy are dismissed as essentially anti-Semitic, no progress can be made towards a just standard of living for all peoples in this area of the global community. #ArtistsForPalestine pic.twitter.com/UFYonFurhF

— Lady Bird (@ladybirdthisis) May 22, 2018

https://twitter.com/thesubways/status/998978204449812480

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