Irish artists boycott Israel

A Palestinian child cries during the funeral of a 22-year-old
man who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.


Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=138678§ionid=351020202


More than 150 Irish artists have launched a cultural boycott of Israel, refusing to either perform in the occupied territory or be funded by Tel Aviv-linked institutions.

The artists pledged to continue the boycott "until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights," The Irish Times reported on Friday.

The artists are demanding "an end of the occupation of Palestine; dismantling or at least stopping the settlements; and Israel negotiating in good faith with the Palestinians," said composer Raymond Deane.

Israel was fabricated on the back of full-fledged military operations against Palestine and other Arab territories in 1948.

The regime significantly dimmed the prospects of peace in 1967 by capturing and later annexing the adjoining East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Despite international criticism of the occupation, Tel Aviv has been propping up Jewish settler units in the occupied West Bank, disregarding a Palestinian demand for reviving the peace process.

Singer and songwriter Damien Dempsey said Israel was being run by the military and expressed hope that the boycott would encourage young Israeli people to "speak out" against the regime, the paper added.