Afropop star Salif Keita cancels Israel gig after boycott calls
22 August 2013
Superstar had been due to perform in occupied Jerusalem with Israeli foreign ministry’s “goodwill ambassador to Muslim countries”
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Israeli apartheid and the tears of Juliette Binoche
21 August 2013
Oscar-winning French actress, who previously spoke out for Palestinian rights, rapped for promoting cosmetics in Tel Aviv.
Pink Floyd star's new Israel boycott letter to "family of Rock and Roll"
19 August 2013
Roger Waters of the influential rock band Pink Floyd writes new open letter condemning Israeli apartheid, asking artists “not to perform or exhibit in Israel or accept any award” there.
Students forced to attend “re-education” program designed by Israel lobby group
13 August 2013
Palestine solidarity activists and students in Florida are being met with chilling punishments for walking out of an event with an Israeli soldier earlier this year.
Delta Air Lines drops Israeli settlement snack from onboard meals
2 August 2013
The snack, made in an illegal Israeli colony, will no longer be served after a complaint from a customer.
No evidence of “threats” that prompted The Animals’ Eric Burdon to cancel Israel gig
25 July 2013
Burdon’s press agent couldn’t provide The Electronic Intifada with any details and other inquiries have gone unanswered.
Monsoon Wedding director Mira Nair boycotts Israel film festival
19 July 2013
“I will not be going to Israel at this time. I will go to Israel when the walls come down. I will go to Israel when occupation is gone. I will go to Israel when the state does not privilege one religion over another,” Nair said.
California students unite against "common enemy" Janet Napolitano
18 July 2013
An organizer with Students for Justice in Palestine - West says that the appointment of Janet Napolitano as chief of the University of California system will be met with strengthened support and solidarity between activist groups.
Why boycott can’t be limited only to Israeli occupation and settlements
17 July 2013
It’s simply dishonest to perpetuate the myth that the settlements or the occupation are somehow disconnected from the Israeli state.
Palestinian national strike to stop Israel's "Prawer plan" ethnic cleansing
15 July 2013
Israel’s Prawer plan aims to forcibly displace up to 50,000 Palestinian Bedouins in the Naqab desert, confiscate 800,000 dunums of land, and confine the Bedouins to one percent of the land. Palestinian across the country are calling for a day of “Anger Strike” and plan to take to the streets in their thousands.