Cultural Boycott

Israel overtly uses culture as a form of propaganda to whitewash or justify its regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people.

Just as South African anti-apartheid activists had called on international artists, writers and cultural institutions to culturally boycott South Africa, so in April 2004 Palestinian civil society called for a cultural boycott of Israel. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel urges international cultural workers and cultural organizations, including unions and associations, to boycott and/or work towards the cancellation of events, activities, agreements, or projects involving Israel, its lobby groups or its cultural institutions. International venues and festivals are asked to reject funding and any form of sponsorship from the Israeli government.

For more information on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel see : http://pacbi.org

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London Protest Exposes Puma Complicity In Apartheid War Crimes, Condemns Israel's Killing Of Prisoners On 20th Sept 2019, Inminds protested outside Puma's flagship store in London to demand Puma stop its complicity in Israeli war crimes by ending its sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association. The protest was also in solidarity with the 221 Palestinian prisoners who have died under Israeli custody.

London Protest Demands Puma End Complicity In Apartheid War Crimes On 15th Feb 2019, Inminds Human Rights Group protested outside Puma's London flagship store to demand Puma stop its complicity in Israel's war crimes by it sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association, which includes football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements.

Boycott Eurovision Song Contest 2019 - Guerilla Projection On BBC On 30th Nov 2018, Inminds carried out a guerilla projection on the global headquarters of the BBC, to ask the BBC to boycott next years Eurovision Song Contest which is scheduled to be held in apartheid Israel.

London Protest Asks Jinjuu Restaurant Not To Participate In Brand Israel #AparthiedRoundTables Propaganda Event On 9th Nov 2018, Inminds protested outside Jinjuu restaurant in Soho, to ask its owner and head chef Judy Joo, to cancel her scheduled participation in an Israeli government sponsored propaganda culinary event 'Round Tables' in Tel Aviv next week, and to respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of apartheid Israel.

Protest Against Israel Propaganda Film Festival On 25th Oct 2018, Inminds human rights group along with the Islamic Human Rights Commission protested against the Israeli Embassy's '70 years of Israel cinema' festival hosted by the Curzon Cinema Soho in London.

Protest Demands Puma End Apartheid Israel Sponsorship On 6th Oct 2018, Inminds protested outside Puma's flagship store on Carnaby Street to demand Puma stop its sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association, which includes football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements. The protest was violently attacked by zionists.

Alert 6th Oct 2018 - Protest Puma support of Israeli war crimes - Demand Puma ends apartheid sponsorship On 6th Oct 2018, Inminds will protest outside Puma's flagship store on Carnaby Street to demand Puma stop its sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association (IFA) which includes football clubs based in illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

Inminds Activists Derail Israeli Ministry 'Ice-Cream' Propaganda Project On 28th June 2018, Inminds successfully stopped the Israeli governments latest attempt to use culture and food to whitewash war crimes against the Palestinian people.

London Protests Apartheid Israel Funded Propaganda Film Festival - Demands Freedom For Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour On 10th May 2018 Inminds protested the opening gala of the Israeli government sponsored London Seret 2018 Film Festival at the Ham Yard Hotel in Piccadilly. Protest also demanded freedom for recently convicted Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour.

Alert 10th May 2018 - Protest Apartheid Israel Sponsored Film Festival - Demand Freedom For Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Inminds human rights group will protest the London opening gala of the Israeli government sponsored Seret 2018 International Israeli Film & TV Festival on Thursday 10th May 2018 outside the Ham Yard Hotel in Piccadilly.

London Protest Demands Adidas End Apartheid Sponsorship, Stop Supporting Israeli War Crimes On 30th March 2018, Inminds human rights group protested outside Adidas's flagship store on Oxford Street to demand Adidas respect Palestinian human rights by stopping its sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association which includes football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

Alert: 30th Mar 2018 - Protest Adidas support of Israeli war crimes - Demand Adidas ends apartheid sponsorship On 30th March 2018, Inminds will protest outside Adidas's flagship store on Oxford Street to demand Adidas stop its sponsorship of apartheid Israel Football Association (IFA) which includes football clubs based in illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

Rag'n'Bone Man Takes Principled Stand Against Apartheid And Cancels Tel Aviv Performance During a vigil outside his performance at the O2 Academy in Brixton on 24th Nov 2017, musician songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man, after talking to the protestors via his manager, publicly announced cancellation of his scheduled performance in Tel Aviv next May.

Alert 24th Nov 2017 - Rag'n'Bone Man Don't Play Apartheid Israel - London Vigil On 24th Nov 2017 Inminds will hold a vigil outside the O2 Academy in Brixton urging award winning English singer-songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man to cancel his scheduled performance next May in Tel Aviv and respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of apartheid Israel.

London Protest Asks 'Little Social' Restaurant Not To Participate In Brand Israel #AparthiedRoundTables Propaganda Event On 14th October 2017 Inminds protested outside Jason Atherton's Little Social restaurant in Mayfair to ask Little Social and its head chef Cary Dockerty, to cancel their scheduled participation in an Israeli government sponsored propaganda culinary event 'Round Tables' in Tel Aviv in November 2017.

Alert 7th Nov 2017 - Protest Against Balfour 100 Celebration On 7th Nov 2017 Inminds will protest the grotesque centenary anniversary celebration of the Balfour declaration being hosted at the Albert Hall to an audience of 5000 Zionists.

Alert 14th Oct 2017 - Protest London Restaurant Participation In Brand Israel #ApartheidRoundTables Event On 14th Oct 2017 Inminds will protest outside Jason Atherton's Little Social restaurant in Mayfair. The restaurant, lead by its head chef Cary Dockerty, is scheduled to break the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel by participating in Brand Israel culinary event 'Round Tables' in Tel Aviv in November 2017.

London Protest Exposes #TLVinLDN Festival As Israeli Government 'brand Israel' Propaganda Fest On 8th Sept 2017 Inminds protested the launch event for 'Brand Israel' Tel Aviv in London festival which has been jointly organised by Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry and Israel's London Embassy to whitewash apartheid Israel under the facade of culture.

Alert: 8th Sept 2017 - Protest 'Brand Israel' TLV-in-LDN Festival Protest the launch event of 'Brand Israel' TLV in LDN festival which has been jointly organised by Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry and Israel's London Embassy to whitewash apartheid Israel under the facade of culture

London Protest Urges Baaba Maal to Cancel Apartheid Israel Performance And Respect Palestinian Call For Cultural Boycott On 3 Sept 2016, Inminds human rights group protested outside the Africa Utopia festival to urge renowned Senegalese musician Baaba Maal to respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and cancel his scheduled performance in East Jerusalem.

Alert: 3rd Sep 2016 - Protest to ask Baaba Maal to cancel apartheid Israel performance On 3rd Sept 2016 Inminds will protest outside the Royal Festival Hall urging renowned Senegalese musician Baaba Maal to respect the cultural boycott of Israel and cancel his scheduled performance this month in East Jerusalem, a city that is under illegal Israeli military occupation since 1967.

London protest asks PEN to respect cultural boycott and support imprisoned Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour On 25th April 2016 activists from Inminds human rights group protested outside English PEN, the writers association, urging them to respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and to distance themselves from their sister organisation PEN American which has partnered with the Israeli Embassy for a literary festival.

Alert 25th Apr 2016 - PEN Don't Partner With Apartheid - Free Palestinian Poets & Journalists Protest outside English PEN, the writers association, urging them to distance themselves from American PEN which has partnered with the Israeli Embassy and taken apartheid money for a literary festival. Also to demand freedom for Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, and journalists Samah Dweik and Omar Nazzal.

London protest urges Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to cancel Israel performance On 25th March 2016 activists from Inminds protested outside Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London urging the theatre not to breach the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and cancel their scheduled performance at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv on 30th March. Full video photo report.

Alert: 22 Nov 2015 - Protest Israel's Cultural Ambassadors The Jerusalem Quartet Israel's cultural ambassadors the Jerusalem Quartet are back in town, please join us in a peaceful protest outside their London performance where we will be leafleting those attending and hopefully engaging them in polite conversation introducing them to the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel.

London protest asks Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to cancel apartheid Israel Photo-video report of London protest on 1st July 2015 asking leading Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to respect the call of the oppressed Palestinians and boycott apartheid Israel by cancelling their scheduled gig in Tel Aviv on 28th July.

Alert 1st July 2015 - Vigil to ask Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to cancel apartheid Israel Join us on 1st July 2015 at 6pm outside the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith to respectfully ask leading Brazilian artists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to keep true to the anti-racist Tropicália movement they helped found, by heeding the call of the oppressed Palestinians and boycott apartheid Israel by cancelling their scheduled gig in Tel Aviv on 28th July. 3

Emergency London Protest Demands Freedom For Palestinian Hunger Striker Sheikh Khader Adnan An emergency protest in London outside Israeli deputy ambassadors reception demands freedom for Palestinian hunger striker Sheikh Khader Adnan who after 36 days on open hunger strike is in critical condition.

Alert 9th June / 11th June Protest Apartheid Israel Sponsored Film Festival Join us picket the Israeli government sponsored SERET film festival, part of its 'brand Israel' project whereby culture is used to whitewash an apartheid state. Two protests: Israeli Deputy Ambassador reception on Tue 9th June, and opening gala at BAFTA on Thu 11th June. 1

London Protest of Israel's Cultural Ambassadors the Jerusalem Quartet On 24th April 2015 activists protested the performance of Israel's cultural ambassadors, the Jerusalem Quartet, in London. The highly successful action, organised by Inminds, united activists against Israel's multi-million dollar 'Brand Israel' project of using culture to whitewash crimes against the Palestinian people. Inside the hall activists disrupted the concert, charging the Jerusalem Quartet of complicity in Israeli war crimes.

Jerusalem Quartet Protest - Resources Placards, posters and leaflets to be used in the protest against the performance of Israel's cultural ambassadors the Jerusalem Quartet in London on 24th April 2015

Alert: 24th April 2015 - Protest Israel's Cultural Ambassadors - Jerusalem Quartet's London Performance The Jerusalem Quartet are a leading part of 'Brand Israel' project and as such are cultural ambassadors for an apartheid state. They have consistently taken funding from Israeli Embassies and represented the Israeli state at performances. Please join us on 24th April 2015 to protest their London performance. 1

Cirque du Soleil put Humanity before Profit - Say No To Apartheid! Photo/video report of picket of Cirque du Soleil performance at Royal Albert Hall 10th Jan 2015, asking them to respect Palestinian call to boycott Israel and cancel their scheduled Israel tour this summer.

Alert: Sat 10th Jan 2015 - Picket Cirque du Soleil - Say No To Apartheid! In 2012 Cirque du Soleil breached the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel by performing in Israel. Now, after being forced to cancel their August 2014 performance due to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, they are again scheduled to play in Tel Aviv in July 2015. We will picket their London performance asking them to redeem themselves by cancelling Israel.

Alert: 6th & 8th Nov - Protest BFI & BAFTA hosting apartheid Israel sponsored film festival Join us picket the Israeli Embassy funded film festival being hosted by the British Film Institute and the BAFTA - Israel's latest "Brand Israel" project, whereby culture is used to whitewash war crimes of an apartheid state.

Alert: Sun 26th Jan 2014 - Picket Cirque du Soleil - Say No To Apartheid! On 26th Jan 2014, activists for the second time will picket the London performance of Cirque to Soleil asking them to respect the Palestinian call for boycott and cancel their Israel tour this summer.

London picket asks Cirque du Soleil to Face the ugly reality of apartheid Israel & cancel Tel Aviv On 4 Jan 2014, activists picketed the opening night of the Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil in London asking them to respect the Palestinian call for boycott of apartheid Israel and cancel their scheduled tour of Israel in the summer.

Alert - Wed 6th Nov - Picket Odeon Swiss Cottage - Protest Israeli Government Sponsored Film Festival Activists in London will be picketing outside Odeon Swiss Cottage on Wed 6th November to protest the cinema's hosting of a film festival sponsored by apartheid Israel.

Alert - Patrik Fitzgerald Don't Play Apartheid Israel - Picket London event 26th Oct Singer songwriter Patrik Fitzgerald is scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel on 21st November 2013, we are asking him to respect the Palestinian call to boycott Israel.

Alert: Protest Israeli Government / Israel Lobby sponsored film festival As the latest chapter of Israel's "brand Israel" project the Israeli government has teamed up with the Israel Lobby BICOM to sponsor a film festival in the UK. Activists will be picketing outside the Odeon Swiss Cottage on 14th June 2013, 7:15pm

London picket asks Alicia Keys to boycott apartheid and stand with the oppressed On 31st May 2013 activists picketed the performance of Alicia Keys in London, asking her to respect the Palestinian call for artists to boycott apartheid Israel and cancel her scheduled show in Tel Aviv on July 4th.

London picket asks Julien Clerc to respect Palestinian call to boycott Israel on May 8th 2013 activists picketed the London concert of French singer Julien Clerc asking him to respect the Palestinian call for artists to boycott Israel and cancel his concert in Tel Aviv scheduled for 7th July.

Alert: Julien Clerc dont play Apartheid Israel - Picket London concert 8th May The French singer Julien Clerc has been invited to perform in apartheid Israel in July 2013. There will be a picket outside his London concert on 8th May asking him to respect the Palestinian call for artists to boycott Israel and to cancel his concert.

Bob Geldof don't support Israeli apartheid On 1st June 2012, human rights activists picketed Bob Geldof's performance in London due to his ongoing support of Israeli apartheid which includes being a poster boy for the JNF.

Theatre under occupation: Ashtar at Shakespeare's Globe Palestinian theatre Ashtar's performance in May 2012 at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London was followed by a discussion with members of Ashtar Theatre entitled "Theatre under Occupation". (Video/Photos)

Protesting Shakespeare's Globe Theatre 'complicity in human right violations' On 28th April 2012, Palestinian rights activists picketed outside Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London in protest at the Globe's decision to invite Israel's National Theatre, Habima, to perform in its Globe to Globe festival in May.

Arch Enemy Cancel Your Apartheid Tour Campaign asking heavy metal band Arch Enemy to respect the boycott call and not play in apartheid Israel. Video & photo report from picket outside London performance 6 Dec 2011.

MF Doom - Dont' Rap For Apartheid Campaign to persuade rap artist MF Doom not to perform in apartheid Israel. Photo report from the picket outside his performance in Brighton on 18 Nov 2011.

Alert: Pet Shop Boys Don't Play Apartheid Israel - Picket London event 19th June 2013 The music duo Pet Shop Boys are scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel on 23rd June 2013. Activists will be picketing their appearance at British Film Institute on 19th June, asking them to respect the Palestinian call for artists to boycott Israel and to cancel their concert.

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