Dear artist scheduled to participate or considering participation in Lollapalooza Israel,
We are Israeli citizens who support the Palestinian civil society call for
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel's policies of
colonialism, occupation and apartheid towards the Palestinian people. We
have recently learned of your planned concert at the Yellow Submarine venue
in Jerusalem, and therefore write in order to urge you not to come. It is
important to note that your concert is sponsored by the Jerusalem
municipality and The Jerusalem Foundation. Hand in hand, these two entities
We are a group of Israeli citizens, who have the utmost respect for your
musical and humanitarian contributions to our world. We were quite
surprised, even shocked, to learn of your upcoming performance for
Friends of the IDF (FIDF). We would like to share our concerns with
you, and urge you to reconsider your acceptance of the FIDF invitation.
*Dear Alanis Morissette, we write to you with great urgency as Israel escalates it's onslaught on the Gaza strip*
We are a group of citizens of Israel who oppose Israel’s military
occupation, apartheid policies and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian
People. We support the Palestinian civil society call for boycott,
divestment and sanctions against Israel, until it ceases to deny the
indigenous Palestinian population their most basic human rights [1]. Many
of us are fans, who love your music and the fighting and compassionate
Dear Carl Craig,
We are Israeli activists who support the Palestinian civil society call
for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel's policies
of colonialism, occupation and apartheid towards the Palestinian
people. We have recently learned of your planned gig at the Block club
in Tel Aviv. We are writing in order to urge you not to come. Please hear us out.
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.
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14 September, 2012
Dear Paola Maugeri,