Artists For Palestine

Artists For Palestine

Artists for Palestine UK is a growing network of artists, cultural workers and activists who wish to make a stand in support of justice and equality for the Palestinians, and defend arts organisations and individuals who do make such a stand against politically motivated attacks and censorship.

APUK recognises that Israel has, since 1948, denied fundamental human rights to the Palestinian people; that dispossession, colonisation, land annexation, illegal settlement and military aggression are habitually deployed by the Israeli state without it facing sanction, or any threat of sanction, from Western governments.

Israel deliberately undermines Palestinian cultural expression while marketing its own cultural output worldwide, thus attempting to cast a veil over its violations of human rights and international law. We think that Israel’s campaign to exploit culture as a diplomatic weapon, the ‘Brand Israel’ strategy, requires an urgent response from artists of conscience.

People in the arts have a special role to play in showing solidarity with Palestinian counterparts and their communities. APUK is an inclusive network that aims to amplify the voice of all those in the arts who respect the core principles laid out in the Artists’ Pledge for Palestine.

Our aim is to promote open and informed discussion on the responsibilities of artists and to situate this debate in the context of the Palestinian appeal for a non-violent movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.

Please consider supporting our work. Donations will help us organise public discussions, like this event, across the UK.

This website centres around a simple pledge that any artist can sign.

Here's the link: http://artistsforpalestine.org.uk

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