Thom Yorke makes a statement justifying Radiohead’s forthcoming appearance in Israel – but once again fails to make any mention of the Palestinians who suffer under Israel’s regime.
Artswatch Palestine: April-May 2017.
* Pinkwashing rejected
* The trial of Dareen Tatour
* The detention of Abu Sakha
* The banning of International Women’s Day
* A war of aggression on Amazon
* Ten years of PalFest
* On the red carpet in Gaza
* Regev’s dress at Cannes
Radiohead’s concert is itself a political statement, and a deeply divisive one. It’s telling the Israeli public they really don’t need to bother their heads with the Occupation and the boring old story of Palestinian suffering.
OPEN LETTER TO RADIOHEAD: “Do what artists did in South Africa’s era of oppression – stay away until apartheid is over.”
MEDIA: Eddie Izzard Misses Palestinian Marathon Following Backlash Over Tel Aviv Gig, Hollywood Reporter 31/3/2017 RELATED: ‘Israel bans Gaza runners from Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem’ Middle East Monitor March 30, 2017 Palestinians run for right to free movement in Bethlehem marathon 31.03.2017 ‘In a development saturated with political and emotional charge, South African runner Mervin Steenkamp came in first, for…
Fans of UK comedian Eddie Izzard, admired for his record of opposing Apartheid in South Africa, are disappointed he has so far failed to respect the Palestinian boycott of Israeli Apartheid.
Banksy, artist turned hotelier, has responded to an appeal from Palestinians, and withdrawn an invitation to English DJ Fatboy Slim to perform at a street party outside the new Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem.
Fatboy Slim scheduled a Bethlehem appearance the day after his planned March 12 performance in Tel Aviv. Artists for Palestine UK (APUK), have appealed to the DJ to cancel his Israeli show.
UPDATE 09.03.2017 From Israeli Citizens: Radiohead, Please Don’t Play Tel-Aviv Open letter from Israeli citizens to Radiohead : “We urge you to cancel your performances in Israel and not grant your seal of approval to Israel’s ongoing crimes and human rights violations.” 09.03.2017 London, 7 March 2017 Calls mount for Radiohead to cancel Israel gig Artists for Palestine…
For as long as artists like Kapoor continue to accept these obscenely large gifts from a state that practices ethnic cleansing, they gift Israel the social license to pursue its ongoing dispossession of Palestinians.
Artists write to DJ Fatboy Slim asking him to cancel his forthcoming show in Tel Aviv. Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim, said recently in an interview that his criteria for accepting a gig means it has to ‘fulfil the 5 f’s’ – a first, a favour for a friend, fun, finance, food. Playing the settler-colonial state may be ‘a first’ for Fatboy, but it’s only going to be ‘fun’ if he ignores the experience of Palestinians including those within Israel’s borders. We hope he thinks again.