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Published here, in Italian and English: Rome, Italy: Boycott Action Condemning the Use of Culture to Cover Israeli Crimes<\/p>\n On Sunday, March 18, 2012, at the Cortoons Festival of Rome, a group of 20 activists of the The festival took place just meters away from the monument commemorating Rachel Corrie, The BDS activists informed the audience that the participation of Bezalel, with the In 2005, Nissim Ben-Sheetrit of Israel’s Foreign Ministry stated: „We see culture as a Artists who accept funding from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs are required to sign a The activists condemned the use of art to cover the crimes of Israel, reminding the public that The words of the activists were greeted with warm applause from the audience and several The Palestinian appeal for BDS calls for a boycott of Israeli businesses as well as its cultural In solidarity with the Palestinian people. Without their freedom we will never be free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-palaestina-solidaritaet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedensplattform.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhttp:\/\/stopagrexcoitalia.org\/news\/285-cortoons.html<\/a><\/p>\n
\nmovement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel requested, and were
\ngranted by the organizers, the possibility to speak prior to the presentation by Hanan
\nKaminski, director of the school of animation of the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
\na US activist killed in Gaza on March 16, 2003 by an Israeli bulldozer while attempting to
\nprevent the demolition of a Palestinian home.<\/p>\n
\nsponsorship and financial support of the Israeli Embassy in Italy, represents one of many
\nattempts by Israel to use culture to rebrand its image and divert attention from policies of
\noccupation, colonialism and apartheid.<\/p>\n
\npropaganda tool of the first rank, and we do not differentiate between propaganda and
\nculture.“<\/p>\n
\ncontract which states that the artist „is aware that the purpose of ordering services from him
\nis to promote the policy interests of the State of Israel via culture and art, including
\ncontributing to creating a positive image for Israel.“
\n(http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/putting-out-a-contract-on-art-1.250388<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nthe Israeli Embassy, representing the Government of Israel, also „sponsored“ the recent
\nIsraeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed 28 Palestinians and wounded 80, the demolition of 24,000
\nPalestinian homes, the detention without charge of more than 300 Palestinian political
\nprisoners, the Apartheid Wall and illegal settlements, the confiscation of Palestinian land and
\nthe over 1400 civilians killed in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, including 500 children.<\/p>\n
\npeople left the theatre along with the activists.<\/p>\n
\nand academic institutions until Israel complies with international law and human rights.<\/p>\n