VERMIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM- “ARTISTS” FOR PALESTINE
We support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. In response to the call from Palestinian artists and cultural workers for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge to accept neither professional invitations to Israel, nor funding, from any institutions linked to its government until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights.
Signed by:
Hanan Abdalla, May Abdalla, Khalid Abdalla, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Leo Abrahams, Tom Adams, Olugbenga Adelekan, Joseph Adesunloye, Rizwan Ahmed, Mediah Ahmed, Peter Ahrends, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Jane Alexander, Catherine Alexander, Clem Alford, Seif Alhasani, Tariq Ali, Khyam Allami, Deniz Allport, William Alsop, Tayo Aluko, Chiara Ambrosio, Amir Amirani, Tahmima Anam, Adjoa Andoh, Ben Annesley, Frankie Armstrong, Barby Asante, Richard Ashcroft, Simon Ashdown, Oreet Ashery, Peter Ashlock, Kevin Atherton, Tim Atkins, Ed Atkins, Diane Atkinson, Anne-Marie Atkinson, Liane Aukin, Lekan Babalola, Ben Bailes, Roy Bailey, Giles Bailey, Richard Olatunde Baker, Steven Ball, Sue Ball, Debbie Ballin, Ben Ballin, Ros Barber, Shahidha Bari, Phyllida Barlow, Neil Bartlett, Chloe Bass, Linda Bassett, Sarah Beddington, Cezary Bednarski, Saleha Begum, Henry Bell, Emilia Benjamin, Ishia Bennison, Paul Bennun, Dzifa Benson, Lina Bentley, John Berger, Josephine Berry Slater, Kavita Bhanot, Alice Birch, Brighid Black, Kelvin Bland, Nicholas Blincoe, Penni Blythe, Russell Bolam, Sean Bonney, Leah Borromeo, Bette Bourne, Susan Bradburn, Paul Bradshaw, Andrea Brady, Brid Brennan, Haim Bresheeth, Victoria Brittain, Lez Brotherston, Patricia Bryden, Pavel Buchler, Niall Buggy, Carrie Bulley, Mark Burnhope, Ellen Burroughs, Jonathan Burrows, Margaret Busby, Justin Butcher, Brad Butler, Amelia Bywater…
Full A-Z list of 700 signatories here
Statements by signatories
‘As a South African I witnessed the way the cultural boycott of South Africa helped apply pressure on the apartheid government and its supporters. This Artists’ Pledge for Palestine has drawn lessons from that boycott to produce an even more nuanced, non violent way for us to call for change and for justice for all. That is why I support this pledge.’
Gillian Slovo, writer
‘I have worked with artists in Palestine for nearly 20 years and I have seen first hand the hardship, suffering, and injustice that the Palestinian people have had to endure.’
Elyse Dodgson MBE, International Theatre Director
Read on for more statements.
News
Why Israel?
The Palestinians have suffered systematic and brutal injustices at the hands of Israel, for decades. The world recoils from the repeated murderous attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. But this is only the most visible expression of the entrenched policies: of ethnic cleansing, illegal colonisation, child imprisonment, torture, denial of statehood.
Palestinian civil society has responded through the non-violent strategy of boycott – a potent weapon of the weak for challenging overwhelming force. Just as the boycott of South Africa was a key contributor to the collapse of apartheid, boycott can help to end Israel’s impunity.
Our publication
The Case for a Cultural Boycott of Israel is readable, succinct, well-sourced and rationally argued.
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