The pro-Israeli Jewish singer will perform a concert on Valentine’s Day in Casablanca, despite boycott threats.
Read MoreBilal Hassani, 19, rails at becoming ‘punchbag,’ says he was ‘young and stupid’ when he made social media posts in 2014
Read MoreAuthorities are trying to determine the motivations and background of a 32-year-old Seattle man who allegedly tried to run down two men outside of a synagogue in Hancock Park last week in an attack that police have described as a hate crime.
Read MoreOrganizers of Israel’s Meteor festival on Sunday lambasted singer Lana Del Rey’ for pulling a publicity stunt after she decided to cancel her performance next month following fierce pressure from pro-Palestinian boycott activists.
Read MoreOp-ed: Anyone who claims to love Israel should understand Israel is a democracy. Anyone who claims to love Israel doesn’t boycott Israel. Anyone who boycotts Israel bolsters our haters, the demonization campaign and the BDS movement, which opposes the state’s actual existence.
Read MoreNatalie Portman must be a conflicted soul. In 2015, she told the Hollywood Reporter she was “very upset and disappointed” by the re-election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was very much “against” him, but that she didn’t want her criticisms to be “used by adversaries of Israel.”
Read MoreNatalie Portman, the Oscar-winning actress, has backed out of a major award ceremony meant to honor her in Jerusalem, with her representatives citing her distress over “recent events” in Israel.
Read MoreIn recent days, I have followed closely your decision not to appear at a prize ceremony in Israel and your statement about it. Your decision was important to me not only because I am Palestinian, but because I realized we have some things in common, you and I.
Read MorePink Floyd legend Roger Waters gave his time for the Australia Palestine Advocate Network in Melbourne on Friday and while explaining the issues between Palestine and Israel also took aim at a number of his fellow artists Elton John, Thom Yorke, Steven Tyler, Steve Van Zandt and Nick Cave.
Read MoreTHE JERUSALEM POST JANUARY 20, 2018 BY VIRAG GULYAS —
The BDS campaign was launched in 2005. While it attempted to package itself as a grassroots-led “human rights” organization, in reality, it politicized Israeli-Palestinian affairs and used a systematic campaign to demonize the Jewish state on the false pretenses of international law and UN resolutions.
Read More“I made it very clear that I was not interested in his views on cultural enterprises within Israel,” said Alan Parsons. “I told him I’m going to go. I like Israel and Israeli people."
Read MoreTeenagers slated to perform alongside Pink Floyd star Roger Waters have backed out of the event amid accusations of anti-Semitism against the band’s co-founder.
Read MoreThis time at a fine art exhibition in northern Israel. Less than a month ago Tel Aviv’s LGBTQ film festival saw 4 cancellations due to boycott pressure. Arab boycotts of the Wonder Woman movie (because of its star, Gal Gadot, is Israeli) continue to percolate.
Read MoreArtists weren’t informed their works would be loaned to annual show held primarily in Arab towns; organizers blame boycott movement
Read More“This development shows the utter failure of the BDS campaign in Canada,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn on the Palestine Film Festival’s rejection of the anti-Israel boycott movement.”
Read MoreAbraham Foxman, former national director of the ADL – Anti-Defamation League, takes the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to task for posting an article on its website by Israeli artist and curator, Chen Tamir, which accuses Israel of failing to uphold freedom of speech.
Read More“I am a Jew. Those are four words of pride. My Jewishness is as deep as my genes.” – Michael Douglas, actor/producer.
Artists are agents of change. They make their life’s experiences our life experiences.
Read MoreRihanna, worked with Israeli artist Roy Nachum – Art & Design on the artwork of her album “Anti.” The singer ignored heavy pressure by BDS to cancel her shows in Israel and let the world know, “Israel was an amazing, amazing experience.”
Read MoreBeyoncé cancelled an entire wing of her tour. It’s illogical to think that an artist would cancel concerts at several venues because of pressure to cancel one of them.
Read MoreBDS protestors cause disturbance in London – a Liberate Art original video brings crucial context to these infringements on cultural exchange.
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