What has the Cultural Boycott Achieved?
Late last year the Israeli press announced that Bruce Springstein, the American rock legend, was set to give a concert in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. Concerts were expected to take place in June. However, so far there are no dates and Springsteen is being extremely quiet about the possibility of an Israeli tour. It seems likely that he has decided not to go.
100 Swiss artists have signed a declaration in support of the Cultural Boycott
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Moldavian punkers Zdob si Zdub cancelled their concert in Tel Aviv although it has been re-scheduled for March. They will come under pressure from Punks Against Apartheid launched in November 2011.
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British students reject twinning with Israel's Hebrew University
Thursday, 08 December 2011 13:00
Students at Britain's University of York have rejected a proposal to twin the institution with the Hebrew University in occupied Jerusalem. York University's Student Union asked its members to vote for or against the proposal, which sought to build links between the student unions of the two universities prior to a full twinning agreement with the Israeli university. The result was that 891 students voted against the twinning proposal, with 144 in favour; there were 127 abstentions. Student leaders said that the quorum for the vote to be carried was at least 5% of the total membership, equivalent to 784 participants. They pointed out that the relatively high turnout of voters reflected the importance of the issue to the students.
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Oumou Sangaré "The Songbird of Wassoulou" from Mali cancelled her concert planned for 9th December 2011 at the Opera in Tel Aviv.
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November 2011 - MC Doom Cancels Tour Dates in Israel
Following demonstrations in London, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds and Oxford.
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The Yardbirds cancelled a concert planned for Tel Aviv on 29th October 2011.
