Statement by the Palestinian Performing Arts Network
بيان صادر عن شبكة الفنون الادائية الفلسطينية
End the Longest Occupation in History
We, organizations
and individuals that make up the majority of the Palestinian cultural sector;
musicians, circus artists, actors, and dancers, call upon our fellow cultural
workers and organizations around the world to condemn Israel's deliberate and
systematic policies of occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid against
the Palestinian people.
Despite all the
hardships, Palestinian arts and cultural institutions continue to work in the
West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, using the arts to mobilize and
educate.
In recent weeks, the
occupying Israeli military and armed Israeli settlers have deliberately killed
and targeted innocent children and youth, burned farming lands, homes, mosques
and churches, and have instituted policies of attacking and dividing
Palestinian Holy Sites. These
premeditated policies of provocations, collective punishment and deep rooted
racism against the Palestinian people requires now more than ever a voice of support,
courage and humanity to be heard in Palestine and across the world.
Please find links
depicting Israeli aggression and blatant racism against the Palestinian people:
We call upon our fellow artists and cultural workers and organizations
to:
- · Discredit and oppose mainstream manipulation of news and facts;
- · Continue your solidarity, advocacy and lobbying with regards to the injustice that Palestinian people have witnessed;
- · Pressure your governments to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, dismantling the Israeli settlements and Separation wall and barriers and support international protection for Palestinians;
- · Support and endorse the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), thereby boycotting and refusing to be complicit in the ongoing occupation until Israel fully abides by International Humanitarian Laws.
- · Share your statement or action with us by e-mailing to info@ppan.ps
Representative
organizations in the Palestinian performing arts community who have
endorsed this call:
Palestinian Performing Arts Network: www.ppan.ps
Al-Harah Theatre, Bethlehem: www.alharah.org
The Magnificat Association, Jerusalem: www.magnificat.custodia.org
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, Ramallah and Gaza:
http://ncm.birzeit.edu/en
Al Kamandjati Association,
Ramallah: www.alkamandjati.com
Theatre Day Productions, Gaza: www.theatreday.org
Yes Theatre, Hebron: www.yestheatre.org
The Palestinian Circus School, Ramallah: www.palcircus.ps
The Freedom Theatre, Jenin refugee camp: www.thefreedomtheatre.org
Popular Art Center, El Bireh: www.popularartcentre.org
El Funoun Dance Troupe, El Bireh: www.el-funoun.org
Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah: www.ashtar-theatre.org
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