Dada Mail » oznik.com news » Archives » [oznik] We Are Not Nazis, boycott appeal, and other lebanon updates

hi dears,
a poem by sami shalom chetrit, We Are Not Nazis, with a picture presentation he has arranged, is at
http://www.oznik.com/words/not-nazis-sami-shalom-chetrit.html.
the same page also contains action, aid, and update links about the war on lebanon.
apart from that, please fwd. the appeal below.
love,
oz
----------------------------------------
Palestinian Filmmakers, Artists and Cultural Workers Call for a
Cultural Boycott of Israel
http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=315_0_1_0_C
August 4, 2006
Dear Filmmakers & Artists,
During the past few weeks we have borne witness to the escalation of
Israeli aggression into open war on both Palestine and Lebanon.
With Israel's invasion of Gaza on June 27th, 2006, ministries and
educational institutions have been destroyed, as has the plant that
supplies nearly 50 percent of Gaza's electricity. Bridges, roads,
dozens of homes, and hundreds of dunams of agricultural land have also
been destroyed. Sixty-four elected Palestinian legislators, cabinet
ministers and officials have been detained without charge.
On July 12th, Israel brought its campaign of collective punishment and
military violence to Lebanon, with "Operation Just Reward". A complete
assault, via land, sea, and air, of the Lebanese population and
infrastructure has led to total destruction. In just 3 weeks, almost 1
million Lebanese civilians have been displaced and the death toll has
reached 900 Lebanese and 160 Palestinians, with a UN count saying
one-third of the dead are children.
Additionally, in violation of international law, Israel continues to
occupy Gaza, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and Syria's
Golan Heights. In violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel
continues to hold 9,600 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli
jails and detention centers without due process, among them 130
Palestinian women and 388 children, many of them taken from their homes
in the middle of the night.
We, the undersigned Palestinian filmmakers and artists, appeal to all
artists and filmmakers of good conscience around the world to cancel
all exhibitions and other cultural events that are scheduled to occur
in Israel, to mobilize immediately and not allow the continuation of
the Israeli offensive to breed complacency. Like the boycott of South
African art institutions during apartheid, cultural workers must speak
out against the current Israeli war crimes and atrocities.
We call upon the International community to join us in the boycott of
Israeli film festivals, Israeli public venues, and Israeli institutions
supported by the government, and to end all cooperation with these
cultural and artistic institutions that to date have refused to take a
stand against the Occupation, the root cause for this colonial
conflict.
We call upon you to take a stand in order to appeal to the Israeli
people to give up their silence, to abandon their apathy, and to face
up to their responsibility in the destruction and killing their elected
government is wreaking. To the Lebanese and Palestinians terrorized by
this Army's planes, bombs and missiles, this silence, apathy and lack
of action from Israelis, are regarded as complicit in the ongoing war
crimes, as for those Israeli artists, academics and intellectuals who
continue to serve in the Israeli army they are directly implicated in
these crimes.
We call upon you to give way to action that would replace words spoken
too often and forgotten too quickly. We call upon you to make your
voices heard in calling for an end to this bloodshed and an end to this
oppression that has lasted too long.
To endorse or answer this call for a cultural boycott of Israel please
send an email with your name, position and country to
pal.filmmakers@gmail.com

Signatures (Alphabetical):
Adila Laidi, Lecturer
Anan Brakat, Filmmaker, Arab Cinema School
Annemarie Jacir, Filmmaker
Azza El-Hassan, Filmmaker
Bahia Munem, Filmmaker
Dahna Abourahme, Filmmaker
Dima Abu Ghoush, Filmmaker
Emily Jacir, Artist
Elia Suleiman, Filmmaker
Enas Muthaffar, Filmmaker
Amer Shomali, Artist
Bashar Ibrahem, Film critic,
Faten Farhat, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Ghada Terawi, Filmmaker
Hanna Atallah, Filmmaker
Hanna Elias, Filmmaker
Hany Abu-Assad, Filmmaker
Haya Al-Jareedy, Filmmaker
Hayan Charara, Writer
Hazim Bitar, Filmmaker
Iman Aoun, Ishtar Theatre
Iman Hammouri, Popular Art Centre
In'am El-Obeidi, Media Department, Birzeit University.
John Halaka, Artist
Juliano Mer Khamis, Actor & Director
Kais Al-Zubaidi, Filmmaker
Kamal Boullata, Artist
Karma Abu-Sharif, Writer
Khadijeh.H.Abu-Ali, Filmmaker
Khaled Jubran, Musician
Larissa Sansour, Artist
Leila Sansour, Filmmaker
Liana Saleh, Filmmaker
Lina Bokhary, Artist
Lois Nakhleh, Artist
Mahmoud Massad, Filmmaker
Mai Masri, Filmmaker
Manal Issa, A.M.Qattan Foundation
Mazen Saade, Filmmaker & Writer
Michel Khleifi, Filmmaker
Miguel Littin, Filmmaker
Nabila Irshaid, Artist
Nahed Awwad, Filmmaker
Najwa Najjar, Filmmaker
Nizar Hassan, Filmmaker
Omar Barghouti, Dance choreographer
Omar Qattan, Filmmaker
Osama Al-Zain, Filmmaker
Rana Bishara, Artist
Rania Elias- Khoury, Yabous Productions
Rashid Masharawi, Filmmaker
Reem Fadda, Palestinian Association of Contemporary Art
Riyad Deis, Filmmaker
Rowan Al Faqih, Filmmaker
Rula Halawani, Artist/photographer
Saed Andoni, Filmmaker
Saleh Bakri, Actor
Salim Abu Jabal, Writer
Salwa Mikdadi, Curator
Samia A. Halaby, Artist
Sobhi al-Zobaidi, Filmmaker
Suleiman Mansour, Artist
Suzy Salamy, Filmmaker
Taghreed Mishael, Filmmaker
Ula Tabari, Filmmaker
Vera Tamari, Artist
Wafa Jamil, Filmmaker
Walid Abu Bakr, Writer
(International Endorsers on website)

(archive rss , atom )

oznik.com, a small news-service and art gallery has been running since the autumn of 2000. I try to publish reports that are not available elsewhere. Material is posted as it flows in, which is rarely more than a piece a week.

Subscribe to oznik.com news:

Powered by Dada Mail 2.9.2
Copyright © 1999-2005, Simoni Creative.