BREAKING! 16 dance organizations from across the U.S. and Canada come together to announce their commitment to the Palestinian call for the cultural boycott of Israel.
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding member of the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) Movement, is inspired by the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement. PACBI calls on arts institutions internationally to boycott:
1) Israeli institutions that have not ended all forms of complicity in Israel’s regime of oppression and that have not endorsed the comprehensive rights of the Palestinian people under international law.
2) Cultural products (e.g., performances) that are commissioned or funded by the Israeli state with “political strings” attached or that are produced by complicit institutions.
3) Events or activities that are sponsored by an official Israeli body, a complicit institution, or an Israel lobby group.
4) Normalization projects that bring together Israelis and Palestinians/Arabs on a shared platform without the Israeli party recognizing the full rights of the Palestinian people under international law, and/or projects that suggest Israelis and Palestinians (or Arabs) are equally responsible for the “conflict.”
Amid the rise of right wing, fascist ideology at the highest level of American government, it’s never been more crucial for artists and citizens of conscience to align with the liberation of Palestine. We must stand with our siblings in Palestine as we must stand with our trans, migrant, disabled, and BIPOC siblings, and all oppressed people worldwide.
If you are ready to commit to the PACBI call, or want to discuss it with experienced organizers, go to bit.ly/pacbi-dance
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