Artswatch Palestine: April – August 2019
*Art and power
* Palfest re-formed
* Borders and visas
* Reinventing Jerusalem
*A spectacle of demolition
*A spectacle of punishment
* Lopez performs in Israel, and Egypt
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Open letter to UK artists booked for Pop-Kultur Berlin 2019
Artists for Palestine UK has joined the call from Palestinians, and also from Israeli artists and Israeli human rights defenders, and from LGBTQI+ campaigners in Berlin, for participating artists to withdraw from Pop-Kultur Berlin 2019, in protest at the festival’s continued partnership with the Israeli embassy.
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Israeli artists: Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin festival
As Israeli artists, musicians, and filmmakers, we support the Palestinian call to boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin festival 2019, given its complicity with Israel’s racist regime.
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Boots Riley, Naomi Klein among 100+ figures demanding free speech on BDS movement for Palestinian rights
Attempts in Germany to impose political conditions on artists who support Palestinian rights, particularly targeting black, POC and queer artists, comprise a shameful trend of censorship, anti-Palestinian repression, and attacks on freedom of conscience.
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‘UK government must end isolation of artists from Gaza’: hundreds of academics and artists speak out
The letter below criticises the UK government’s shameful ‘hostile environment’ policy, as it impacts on artists, and in particular artists from Gaza. Israel’s policies have brought Gaza to the brink of economic, social and ecological collapse. To refuse visas to individuals who use all their efforts to be productive and creative in the face of…
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Mike Leigh, Leila Sansour, Pratibha Parmar, Ken Loach and others say UK cinemas should boycott Israeli film festival Seret
In our letter published in the Guardian yesterday and copied below, 20 British filmmakers and writers including Mike Leigh, Leila Sansour, Ken Loach and Prahitbha Parmar criticise the hosting of an Israeli government sponsored film festival in the UK. The letter cites the findings of the recent UN report on Israel’s violence against Palestinians in Gaza. It compares celebrity…
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Artswatch Palestine: December – March 2019
Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians
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Brian Eno: Israel must not be allowed to use Eurovision as a propaganda tool
“Those of us who make art and culture for a living thrive on free and open communication. So what should we do when we see culture becoming part of a political agenda? “Music unites,” says UK Eurovision entrant Michael Rice. What happens when a powerful state uses art as propaganda, to distract from its immoral and illegal behaviour? Everybody involved in the Eurovision song contest this year should understand that this is what is happening.
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Artswatch Palestine: September- November 2018
Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa (pictured) was on her way to Palestine Literature Festival when she was denied entry to her homeland, held in a prison cell, then flown back to the United States. Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians Dareen Tatour Dareen Tatour, Palestinian poet and citizen of Israel, was…
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Judy Joo: Please stand with Palestinians
* In Gaza 97% of water is currently contaminated by sewage and/or salt due to the ongoing blockade of 1.7 million Palestinians living there (Oxfam) Judy Joo is a chef, writer and restaurateur. We love the creativity of her work at London’s Jinjuu — but we hate apartheid, so we’re hoping Joo will turn down the Israeli government-sponsored ‘Tel…
