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Here's the full petition:
Petition:
Neil Young, please cancel your concert in Israel in July
Neil Young: We, the undersigned, implore you to
cancel your concert in Israel planned for this summer, and to refrain from booking further
concerts in Israel until it complies fully with the demands of the
international BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign. By
doing so, you will be supporting the human rights of the Palestinian
people, and hastening a just and peaceful resolution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
MORE INFO:
Like many Canadians and fans internationally, CJPME was
extremely surprised and disappointed when an Israeli
promoter announced that Neil Young was scheduled to play a concert in Israel in
July 2014. Given Mr. Young's progressive stances on many other
issues, including his
very recent and public support of Canadian First Nations peoples, his
decision to perform in Israel
is very perplexing.
In 2005, a coalition of over 170 Palestinian civil society
organizations launched a campaign
calling the international community to boycott Israel culturally,
academically, and commercially. As conceived, the boycott will
end when Israel
recognizes the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and fully
complies with international law in Israel and in the Palestinian
territories it currently occupies illegally. Elvis Costello, Stevie
Wonder, Vanessa Paradis, Gil Scott-Heron and many other performing artists
cancelled their performances in Israel in respect for this
call.
For more information about the BDS call, see CJPME's "Why
Boycott Israel" factsheet, CJPME's BDS
talking points, and CJPME's justification
for the cultural boycott of Israel.
Please sign at top right. Thank you!
Sign here: http://cjpme.nationbuilder.com/neil_young?recruiter_id=31181
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