2-7-2017 Despite fawning praise in press, Batsheva receives a cold welcome in Brooklyn for complicity in occupation Jesse Rubin on February 7, 2017

http://mondoweiss.net/2017/02/batsheva-complicity-occupation/

 

…Twenty-one groups from cities on Batsheva's current North American tour have signed onto a January 19  open letter to Batsheva, calling on it to cut its ties with the Israeli government and refuse to participate in Brand Israel The letter states, "If [Batsheva artistic director and choreographer] Ohad Naharin stands against the occupation, as he says he does, we invite him to show this by ending Batsheva's complicity with it. We ask that you disavow your role as Ambassador of the State." Batsheva did not respond to the letter.

The New York protest is organized by Adalah-NY: The NY Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, which supports the Palestinian civil society call for people of conscience to use boycott, divestment, and sanctions to pressure Israel to comply with international law. The action is part of Adalah-NY's cultural boycott campaign, which also includes a letter to PEN America, signed by over 200 notable literary figures, calling on it to reject Israeli government sponsorship for its World Voices Festival in April.

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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