LIBERATE ART COMMENTARY
Whether or not you agree with Grietzer’s ill-founded characterization of the Jewish state, performing in Israel is not an endorsement of the policies of the Israeli government any more than performing in the US or France is an endorsement of their policies.
Read MoreThe United Nations recently designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of musicians from Israel, the Palestinian territories, and other parts of the Middle East, as a Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding.
Read MoreTIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAR 1, 2016,
I am certain that BDS proponents will crow in many years to come that Mark Rylance, best supporting actor of 2016, endorses the cultural boycott of Israel and will pay little heed to the fact that best actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, does not. Nor does Sylvester Stallone, Seth Rogen, Kelsey Grammer or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Last Wednesday an ad ran in the Los Angeles Times, the de facto neighborhood paper for the movie capital of the world, pressuring Academy Award nominees including film stars Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence and Christian Bale to refuse the gift of a trip to Israel included in this year’s Oscar “SWAG bag”.
Read MoreTIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - FEB 20, 2016
Gad Oron is one of Israel’s leading concert and entertainment promoters. He is responsible for bringing great entertainers such as Robbie Williams, the Harlem Globetrotters, Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Sir Tom Jones, Juliette Greco, Metallica, Rod Stewart, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon to Israel.
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Gad Oron is one of Israel’s leading concert and entertainment promoters. He is responsible for bringing great entertainers such as Robbie Williams, the Harlem Globetrotters, Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Sir Tom Jones, Juliette Greco, Metallica, Rod Stewart, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon to Israel.
Read MoreALGEMEINER- BY LANA MELMAN Jan 27, 2016
Prior to an Israeli Knesset conference this month concerning the delegitimization of Israel, MK Michael Oren called for a “legal and hasbara Iron dome.”
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Musicians cancel concerts for a variety of reasons. When a cancellation occurs in Israel, however, BDS advocates often misrepresent the cancellation as support for the boycott. Their goal is to create the illusion of wider support for their campaign.
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I am very proud to have brought Ziggy Marley together with the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and to have made this video which went viral.
TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - OCT 23, 2015
Misappropriating an artist’s song to create an emotionally manipulative video is a common tactic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. An artist voluntarily appearing in the same is a blow against hope of reconciliation.
Read MoreALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Nov 4, 2015
Fifty-four stabbings, 5 shootings, 5 car-rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may be an island, but you are not alone.
Read MoreTIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - NOV 2, 2015
Fifty-four stabbings, five shootings, five car rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may feel like an island, but you are not alone.
Read MoreFifty-four stabbings, five shootings, five car rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may feel like an island, but you are not alone.
Read MoreThe cultural boycott effort against Israel, wherein international artists are pressured to cancel their performances for their Israeli fans and Israeli artists routinely face discrimination based on their nationality, has created a dangerous threat to freedom of expression across the globe.
Read MoreTHE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - OCT 17, 2015
The cultural boycott effort against Israel, wherein international artists are pressured to cancel their performances for their Israeli fans and Israeli artists routinely face discrimination based on their nationality, has created a dangerous threat to freedom of expression across the globe.
Read MoreMisappropriating an artist’s song to create an emotionally manipulative video is a common tactic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. An artist voluntarily appearing in the same is a blow against hope of reconciliation.
Read MoreALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Sep 13, 2015
Proponents of the cultural boycott want to prevent international audiences from experiencing Israeli art and want to cut the flow of world art going into Israel. They want to bar films from festivals, silence instruments, and take canvases off walls.
Read MoreThe pandemic of artistic censorship spread this past week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) effort against Israel in the supposedly open, liberal societies of Norway and Spain.
Read MoreALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Aug 30, 2015
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread last week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort against Israel in the supposedly open, liberal societies of Norway and Spain.
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