The group Artists4Ceasefire put up an Instagram post recently that calls for the United States to halt weapons sales. If you think that this is a general message of peace that applies to all war-torn regions, you would be disappointed to know that it specifically and solely references U.S. sales to Israel.
Read MoreNot a day goes by without a malign comment being made against Israel by someone in the arts and entertainment industry, whilst artists and entertainers planning to visit the Jewish state are threatened and their performances are disrupted and cancelled. Lana Melman addresses these issues in her book, Artists under Fire, focusing on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in what she rightly describes as a ‘war against celebrities, Jews and Israel’.
Read More“A new book artfully explains how the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has infected the entertainment industry and turned art into a political cudgel––and how to fight back against it.”
Read More“Melman is an industry insider who has been on the frontline of the fight to educate celebrities and try to insulate them from the global assault waged against them by BDS advocates through relentless social-media campaigns, threats and disinformation. She does not mince words in defining antisemitism as ‘demonizing Israel.’ The BDS campaign, she writes, ‘seeks to use the celebrity of artists as a tool to destroy Israel and stir up hate against Jews worldwide.’”
Read MoreIn spite of a possible backlash from the anti-Israel lobby, two South African artists have decided to share their genius with Israeli audiences in 2023.
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