BOYCOTT!

An appeal from Israeli citizens to musicians scheduled to perform at the Jerusalem Oud Festival, November 2012

Dear Oud Festival Performers,

We are a group of Israeli citizens who support the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli institutions until Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human-rights. [1] We are sure that you are talented musicians, and we would love the opportunity to attend your show, but at this time we are asking you to reconsider your planned performances in Jerusalem.

Dear Member of the European Parliament,
 

13 October 2012

To whom it may concern,

1 October 2012
To whom it may concern,

We are a group of Israeli citizens, active against our government’s policies of racism, apartheid and occupation. Many of us are veteran activists, and we have witnessed or researched the extent of the devastation left by the Israeli army in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Lebanon. Thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed by Israel in the past decade alone, using hi-tec weapons. Thousands of civilian homes were demolished. Much of this has been carried out by the Israeli air-force.

[PDF version here]
14 September, 2012

Dear Paola Maugeri,

Dear Deputy Minister Ebrahim,

 We are a group of Israelis who, like the majority of people around the world, are horrified by the actions and policies of our government. We support Palestinian civil society's call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli government and Israeli institutions.

“Let's work together
We are one big family
Joined forever like the branches of a tree
In this world we are neighbors
There is no immunity

We are a group of Israeli citizens. Many of us have been active for years against our government's policies of racism, occupation and apartheid: We support Israeli soldiers who refuse to participate in oppression, we organize or attend demonstrations which are dispersed brutally by Israel's military forces, we get beaten by the police or by Israeli settlers, and we often get arrested.  Some us have paid a personal price for our commitment to this struggle for Palestinian freedom and justice. 

[PDF version here]
July 7th, 2012
 
Dear President Barroso,
 
We are a group of Israeli citizens who are dismayed by our government's flagrant violations of international law practiced against the Palestinian people. Such violations include an ongoing colonization project in the occupied West Bank, a siege and its economic strangulation of the occupied Gaza Strip, and constitutional discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel.

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May 26th, 2012
 
It has come to our attention that several Israeli NGOs have agreed to participate in Madonna's "peace concert", scheduled for May 31st.
 
Madonna is planned to perform in Israel, choosing to disregard many calls made by Palestinians, Israelis and internationals asking her to heed the Palestinian call for BDS and refrain from performing here.