TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - AUG 10, 2016
The cultural boycott effort seeks to rob the world of one of its most valued treasures – freedom of artistic expression – one artist, one performance, one exhibit at a time.
THE AMERICAN THINKER - BY LANA MELMAN JAN 7, 2016
Prior to an Israeli Knesset conference this month concerning the delegitimization of Israel, M.K. Michael Oren called for a "legal and hasbara Iron dome."
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ALGEMEINER - BY LANA MELMAN Aug 12, 2016
How do you steal a beach? For the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, the answer is: one grain of sand at a time.
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LIBERATE ART EXCLUSIVE
Lana Melman, Liberate Art: What is Ricky like as a person?
Gad Oron, concert promoter: In the short time we had a chance to meet – He sounds and looks a great & happy person who works quite hard.
Read MoreCultural boycott “campaigns” are asking us to do something that tears at the very fabric of what makes us human beings: to de-humanize a particular people by equating their art and their culture with particular policies of their government that they themselves may even oppose.
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TIMES IF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - APR 17, 2016
Since attending a recent conference on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort in Jerusalem, comedian and television star, Roseanne Barr has taken center stage on the subject – loudly denouncing the boycott effort against Israel.
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“With their hundreds of millions of fans, artists and pop icons have enormous power to influence public opinion across the world and are increasingly becoming the weapon of choice in the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Jewish homeland.” (Lana Melman)
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In my Jerusalem Post op-ed I noted, “Nobody pressures artists to perform in Israel. Over 300 international artists perform in Israel each year because they want to.”
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“It is time to lift the veil on the objectives, strategy, and methods of the cultural boycott effort against Israel and point the finger of shame where it belongs – at those who seek to hold art hostage to politics.” – Lana Melman, Jan 2016
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Whether or not you agree with Grietzer’s ill-founded characterization of the Jewish state, performing in Israel is not an endorsement of the policies of the Israeli government any more than performing in the US or France is an endorsement of their policies.
Read MoreJNS BY LANA MELMAN, APRIL 8, 2016
The United Nations recently designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of musicians from Israel, the Palestinian territories, and other parts of the Middle East, as a Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - MAR 1, 2016,
I am certain that BDS proponents will crow in many years to come that Mark Rylance, best supporting actor of 2016, endorses the cultural boycott of Israel and will pay little heed to the fact that best actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, does not. Nor does Sylvester Stallone, Seth Rogen, Kelsey Grammer or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Last Wednesday an ad ran in the Los Angeles Times, the de facto neighborhood paper for the movie capital of the world, pressuring Academy Award nominees including film stars Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence and Christian Bale to refuse the gift of a trip to Israel included in this year’s Oscar “SWAG bag”.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - FEB 20, 2016
Gad Oron is one of Israel’s leading concert and entertainment promoters. He is responsible for bringing great entertainers such as Robbie Williams, the Harlem Globetrotters, Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Sir Tom Jones, Juliette Greco, Metallica, Rod Stewart, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon to Israel.
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LIBERATE ART EXCLUSIVE
Gad Oron is one of Israel’s leading concert and entertainment promoters. He is responsible for bringing great entertainers such as Robbie Williams, the Harlem Globetrotters, Elton John, Leonard Cohen, Sir Tom Jones, Juliette Greco, Metallica, Rod Stewart, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon to Israel.
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ALGEMEINER- BY LANA MELMAN Jan 27, 2016
Prior to an Israeli Knesset conference this month concerning the delegitimization of Israel, MK Michael Oren called for a “legal and hasbara Iron dome.”
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Musicians cancel concerts for a variety of reasons. When a cancellation occurs in Israel, however, BDS advocates often misrepresent the cancellation as support for the boycott. Their goal is to create the illusion of wider support for their campaign.
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I am very proud to have brought Ziggy Marley together with the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and to have made this video which went viral.
TIMES OF ISRAEL BY LANA MELMAN - OCT 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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