ALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Nov 4, 2015
Fifty-four stabbings, 5 shootings, 5 car-rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may be an island, but you are not alone.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - NOV 2, 2015
Fifty-four stabbings, five shootings, five car rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may feel like an island, but you are not alone.
Read MoreTHE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Fifty-four stabbings, five shootings, five car rammings and daily news of seemingly endless strikes. Israel, you may feel like an island, but you are not alone.
Read MoreTIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN, OCTOBER 19, 2015
The cultural boycott effort against Israel, wherein international artists are pressured to cancel their performances for their Israeli fans and Israeli artists routinely face discrimination based on their nationality, has created a dangerous threat to freedom of expression across the globe.
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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - OCT 17, 2015
The cultural boycott effort against Israel, wherein international artists are pressured to cancel their performances for their Israeli fans and Israeli artists routinely face discrimination based on their nationality, has created a dangerous threat to freedom of expression across the globe.
Read MoreTHE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN, OCTOBER 23, 2015
Misappropriating an artist’s song to create an emotionally manipulative video is a common tactic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. An artist voluntarily appearing in the same is a blow against hope of reconciliation.
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ALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Sep 13, 2015
Proponents of the cultural boycott want to prevent international audiences from experiencing Israeli art and want to cut the flow of world art going into Israel. They want to bar films from festivals, silence instruments, and take canvases off walls.
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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN AUG 20, 2015
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread this past week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) effort against Israel in the supposedly open, liberal societies of Norway and Spain.
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ALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Aug 30, 2015
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread last week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort against Israel in the supposedly open, liberal societies of Norway and Spain.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - AUG 20, 2015
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread this past week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) effort against Israel in the supposedly open, liberal societies of Norway and Spain.
ALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN July 19, 2015
The cultural boycott against Israel strikes at the heart of freedom of expression. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement seeks to rob the world of one of its most valued treasures – freedom of expression – one artist, one performance, one exhibit at a time.
Read MoreTHE JEWISH CHRONICLE BY LANA MELMAN - JUNE 2, 2015
The cultural boycott against Israel strikes at the heart of freedom of expression. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement seeks to rob the world of one of its most valued treasures – freedom of expression – one artist, one performance, one exhibit at a time.
Read MoreJERUSALEM ONLINE - INTERVIEW WITH LANA MELMAN
Exclusive Interview with Lana Melman, an expert on the cultural boycott: The cultural boycott effort against Israel seeks to separate artist from audience to advance its own political agenda. Do you know where else we see that? In totalitarian regimes.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAY 21, 2015
Roger Waters’ recent Salon.com commentary about Dionne Warwick’s tour in Israel is insulting, profoundly presumptuous, and smacks of sexism.
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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAY 21, 2014
BDS attempts to delegitimize Israel based on misinformation, including false accusations that it is an apartheid state that denies its citizens civil rights and engages in discrimination and segregation.
Read MoreTHE JERUSALEM POST - BY LANA MELMAN May 7, 2015
Proponents of the cultural Boycott, Sanctions and Divestments (BDS) campaign against Israel claim that their cause is human rights and their goal is Palestinian self-determination.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - FEB 19, 2015
The cultural boycott against Israel is anathema not only to peace but also to artists and artistic freedom.
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAY 16, 2014
I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you’d want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for.
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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAR 25, 2014
Anyone who believes in the power of music to heal should applaud Natacha’s inspiring leadership in taking a stand for music as an instrument of peace and dialogue by maintaining her commitment to perform, despite pressure by misguided groups that seek to politicize art.
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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAR 2, 2014
We thank Cyndi for her commitment to using her influence as an artist to bring people together.