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Thanks, Dervish for Respecting the Boycott of Apartheid Israel

The Irish group Dervish has come forward with a courageous decision to stand up for Palestinians and the cultural boycott. Their note on their facebook states: Dervish wish to announce they will not be taking part in the Irish music concert series in Israel this June. Our original decision to participate in the concerts was, . . . → Read More if you dare: Thanks, Dervish for Respecting the Boycott of Apartheid Israel

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Throw Off the White Woman’s Burden, Mona

Of all neoliberal women who claim the liberation of women as their cause, Mona Eltahawy consummately peddles imperialism under the guise of feminism. Her recent article on Foreign Policy transports orientalism into the realms of the pornographic. The debased cover graphic of the issue in which the article appears is of a naked woman body-painted . . . → Read More if you dare: Throw Off the White Woman’s Burden, Mona

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Dervish, Please Don’t Perform in Apartheid Israel – A Call from IPSC

This is the open letter written by Raymond Deane, Cultural Liaison Officer of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) to Irish traditional group Dervish asking them to cancel their dates in apartheid Israel June 2012. DPAI (Don’t Play Apartheid Israel) Facebook page here: Dervish, Don’t Bring Your Travelling Show to Apartheid Israel OPEN LETTER TO DERVISH . . . → Read More if you dare: Dervish, Please Don’t Perform in Apartheid Israel – A Call from IPSC

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Normalisation of Racist Oppression isn’t Playing Ball, Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters plan to entertain apartheid Israel again (they are reported to have played last year as well) on May 1 and May 3 at Nokia arena, Tel Aviv. This was only recently revealed In the following short Israeli TV clip: http://www.mako.co.il/news-channel2/Channel-2-Newscast/Article-9e212773b6e7631018.htm (starting time 02:20) It appears one of the globetrotters has been duped . . . → Read More if you dare: Normalisation of Racist Oppression isn’t Playing Ball, Harlem Globetrotters

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BDS Maroc : Rocking the Casbah with Anti-Normalisation

In the wake of BDS Maroc’s successful campaign against the orientalist Mediterranean Delight Belly Dance Festival in Marrakech, more anti-normalisation initiatives are in train. BDS Maroc is calling for cancellation of an Israeli company [HP Indigo] printing industry exhibition and associated sales activities, while Moroccan Palestinian solidarity organisations are demanding the Moroccan government criminalise normalisation . . . → Read More if you dare: BDS Maroc : Rocking the Casbah with Anti-Normalisation

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Israeli Orientalist Festival in Morocco Bellyflops

Moroccan BDS activists who say NO to normalisation with apartheid Israel have claimed victory with the cancellation of the second Mediterranean Delight International Belly Dance Festival which was to be held in Marrakech in May. The Festival has now relocated to Loutraki, Greece in June. It is produced by Israeli Simona Guzman, also involving owner . . . → Read More if you dare: Israeli Orientalist Festival in Morocco Bellyflops

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Challenging Zionism’s False Dichotomy : Human Rights are for All

In his excellent response to Daniel Levy, Yousef Munayyer sets the record straight and takes apart Levy’s liberal zionist apologetics, emphasising that Palestinians are not seeking a zionist-style national identity as Levy and others assume, but rather rights as a priority. “The question of Palestine has always been one of rights — rights to vote, . . . → Read More if you dare: Challenging Zionism’s False Dichotomy : Human Rights are for All

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Campagne BDS France : Renaud Garcia-Fons, Don’t Play for Apartheid

French composer and double-bass player Renaud Garcia-Fons is scheduled at the White City festival in Tel Aviv, apartheid Israel on May 6th. This is the English translation of an open letter written to him by the French BDS Campaign, Campagne BDS France. Don’t Play Apartheid Israel (DPAI) has made a facebook calling on all the . . . → Read More if you dare: Campagne BDS France : Renaud Garcia-Fons, Don’t Play for Apartheid

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