Press release by the Solidarity Network against the occupation of Palestine:

Don’t play with apartheid and occupation; Israeli Davis Cup team is not welcomed in Murcia.

Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien and Paul Laverty write that film-makers should support the growing international movement to boycott Israel – it's wrong to cast our actions as censorship for the Guardian.

Kim Petersen [Dissident Voice] Prejudice does not always come with an ugly face. The same holds for Zionism and racism. It is entirely possible for well-intentioned people to hold a prejudice and, even worse, act on held prejudices.

Anat Matar [Haaretz] - Several days ago Dr. Neve Gordon of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev published an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times.

In that article he explained why, after years of activity in the peace camp here, he has decided to pin his hopes on applying external pressure on Israel -
including sanctions, divestment and an economic, cultural and academic boycott.

Filmaker John Greyson has written this principled letter explaining the reasons to withdraw his film "Greyzone" from the Toronto International Film Festival. 

Piers Handling, Cameron Bailey,Noah Cowan      

Toronto International FilmFestival

2 Carlton St., 13th floor

President Rafael Correa,

Join the protest on 29th August 2009, 10am, Cadogan Hall, near Knightsbridge, London

The Jerusalem Quartet, once called the ‘ultimate Zionist symbol‘, will be playing from 11am til 12 noon at the proms (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2009/whatson/2908.shtml)