Re: ban on all Israeli musicians to be debated Monday by British

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

You just have to hope that the majority of British musicians would
understand the implications of voting for the ban.
                                            ek


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Layman" <sandralayman (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: ban on all Israeli musicians to be debated Monday by British


> Richard,
> The only other reference to this that I've found so far via a Google
search
> is the following:
>
> http://www.peacenow.org/nia/peace/v4i23.html
>
> <<
> Brits Hit Sour Note With Israeli Musicians, Police Boycott Ignites:
> Officials at the Israeli Musicians Union are taking action to prevent the
> British Musicians Union from boycotting Israel. A decision to that effect
> will be voted on by the British union on January 20th. The idea of
> boycotting Israel stems from the contention of South African leader Nelson
> Mandella and his compatriot, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, that there is no
> difference between the apartheid regime they suffered from in their
country
> and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The proposal will
call
> for a complete boycott of Israel in which British union members will be
> forbidden from performing in Israel and Israeli musicians and artists who
> come to perform in Great Britain as representatives of the State of Israel
> will be boycotted until the occupation ends. Danny Gottfried, chairman of
> the Israeli Musicians Union, said, “This is a dangerous decision. They are
> liable to take protest and demonstrative measures to block work and
> performance licenses [from being issued] in Britain.” Meanwhile, Britain
> also refuses to sell hand-held flares to the Israel Police. Half a year
ago,
> the Israel Police approached Britain with a request to buy the flares. The
> British government discussed the request for several months and about a
week
> ago conveyed a negative response. British sources explained the decision
was
> based on the concern that Israel would use the flares in the occupied
> territories. The Israel Police promised that the flares would not be used
> over the Green Line, but the British government still refused to see the
> light. (Yedioth Ahronoth, 12/26/02 & Ma’ariv, 12/25/02)
> >>
>
> sl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R Locker" <rlocker (at) att(dot)net>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:41 AM
> Subject: Re: ban on all Israeli musicians to be debated Monday by British
>
>
> > I would guess( or at least hope) that this is not the policy of the
Union
> or
> > even the majority of British musicians, but rather was instigated by
> fringe
> > elements. Does anyone have more information about this?
> > Thanks,
> > Richard
> >
>
>
>


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