Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan, Lebanese MC Malikah (Lynn Fattouh), and Ramallah-based MC DJ Sotusura will now no longer perform at Salam.Orient due to Israeli sponsorship. Read more about Three more Arab performers pull out of Austrian music festival due to Israel embassy sponsorship
Boikutt: “These kind of events… are used as a propaganda tool to hide the colonial nature of ‘Israel.’” Read more about Citing Israeli sponsorship, Palestinian MC Boikutt pulls out of Austria's Salam.Orient festival
“We made the decision not to participate, that we will show solidarity with the Palestinian community” Read more about Hip hop duo Rebel Diaz cancel Creative Time Summit gig over partnership with Israel group
NYU faculty, staff and students document the growing campaign calling on TIAA-CREF to drop investments in US companies profiting from Israel’s occupation; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Why more than 200 NYU faculty and staff support TIAA-CREF divestment campaign
An exclusive interview with Githa Hariharan of the Indian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, on the various initiatives across India which connect to the global BDS movement. Read more about Podcast: Indian boycott activist talks about “tremendous response” to Palestine solidarity call
On this week’s roundup of BDS news: A South African university adopts a full academic and cultural boycott of Israel; A new Sodastream store will be protested every week in Brighton; and much more! Read more about BDS roundup: Full cultural and academic boycott of Israel adopted at South African University
Campaigners strengthen calls for divestment against Caterpillar following the Corrie verdict; Indian activists, scholars and artists denounce India-Israel free trade agreement; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Following Corrie verdict, activists strengthen divestment campaigns
Lollapalooza isn’t the only cultural cover that Israel’s apartheid system is getting abroad. Read more about The "pop-washing" of apartheid? Veolia sponsors "green" music festival
Lollapalooza, the corporate concert franchise founded by Jane’s Addiction frontman, pro-Israeli fundraiser and activist Perry Farrell, is to launch in Tel Aviv in August 2013 on the ruins of the Palestinian village of Jarisha. Read more about Promoter who raised money for Israeli army to hold Lollapalooza on ruins of Palestinian village
On the opening day of a Cirque du Soleil revue in Amman, scores of demonstrators lined the sidewalks leading to the VIP entrance to protest the group’s upcoming performance in Tel Aviv. Read more about Jordan and the effort to support BDS in the Arab world