Boycott From Within

Netta Barzilai performs in Israeli television competition 'The Next Star of Eurovision.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Why Israel’s Eurovision contestant became a target for BDS

Netta Barzilai is an impressive performer with an impressive act that Israelis can be proud to be represented by. But that’s not all she represents. Israel is buzzing with excitement over the country’s contestant in this year’s Eurovision, and for good reason. Netta Barzilai is talented, has an awesome vibe, and is a strong female…

By Orly Noy May 8, 2018

Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti at Brooklyn College

Despite controversy, Brooklyn College BDS panel is a non-event

NEW YORK — After more than a week of controversy, including an editorial in the New York Times and a statement from Mayor Bloomberg, Brooklyn College hosted a discussion of BDS with Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti and nothing happened. That fact alone seems worthy of a story these days. In a post for +972,…

By Lisa Goldman February 7, 2013

Cat Power cancels show in Israel, citing ‘confusion in my soul’

By Mairav Zonszein and Assaf Shatil The American artist Chan Marshall, who goes by the name Cat Power, has just let her cat litter out of the box. By canceling her show in Tel Aviv at the last minute (it was scheduled for this Sunday, February 12) she has joined a group of musicians who…

By Mairav Zonszein February 10, 2012

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Who is afraid of BDS?

This piece is co-written with Max Blumenthal The day after the American pop star Macy Gray announced controversial plans to perform in Tel Aviv in March, we sat down for a drink at Pua, a bar nestled in the heart of one of Jaffa’s most gentrified neighborhoods. When the waitress, a sociable 20-something resident of…

By Joseph Dana February 6, 2011

“Boycott from Within” making international waves

Boycott From Within is taking credit for the recent cancellation of French pop star Vanessa Paradis’s visit to Israel. The group, made up of Israeli citizens who advocate the Palestinian call for international boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) of Israel, believes that their efforts helped persuade Paradis to cancel her March performance in Tel Aviv.…

By Joseph Dana January 18, 2011