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PRESSURE from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has prompted a number of international artists to pull out of an Israeli-sponsored music festival in Berlin.
US musician John Maus is the latest act to withdraw from Berlin’s Pop-Kultur festival, organisers announced earlier this week, as he said his band did not wish “to play in a politicised setting.”
He joined Shopping, Richard Dawson & Band and Gwenno, who have cancelled their performances at the three-day festival due to its connections with the Israeli government. Israel’s Berlin embassy contributes to funding.
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
HUGH LANNING reports on an initiative that will aim at counteracting the anti-Palestine narratives spoon-fed to Western governments and the mass media by Israel’s propaganda machine