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t can jolt Israelis from their somnolence on Palestine Harriet Sherwood 4 April 2014 -- The Rolling Stones have confirmed they will play a gig in Tel Aviv in June as part of their 14 On Fire tour. Inevitably, they are already under pressure to cancel their appearance in "apartheid Israel" by the Boyc
Aviv in June as part of their 14 On Fire tour. Inevitably, they are already under pressure to cancel their appearance in "apartheid Israel" by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement,a campaign that has had mixed success. The academic rock star Stephen Hawking and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters are
ry well be left standing virtually alone in rationalizing the bombings. Even were it only Israeli planes that carried out the raids, Washington and Tel Aviv would be lumped together as aggressors. Iran's leaders well understand that certain governing elites, especially among the Gulf countries, would be
the right to vote in the state that controls their lives. In response, many Palestinians and their supporters have initiated a global campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (B.D.S.), which calls not only for boycotting all Israeli products and ending the occupation of the West Bank but also d
s also supported the BDS movement. In 2009. he signed on to a declaration condemning Israel as an 'apartheid regime" and dismissing the work of the Tel Aviv filmmakers featured in the Toronto International Film Festival as 'Israeli propaganda." In 2014, Glover joined others featured in "American Revol
thers—be it during Operation Protective Edge or at other times—have gone further than simply supporting the Palestinians by actively supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, making false accusations about the Jewish state, ignoring Israel's position on the confli
play in Israel. The band's co-founder and frontman, Jesse Hughes, responded publicly to Waters with "Fuck You!" in an anti-BDS rant at a concert in Tel Aviv. Hughes, referring to Waters, said : "Never waste your time worrying about w=at an asshole thinks about you." <ref>{{cite web I url=http://www.jpos
een comments from BDS-supporters that the band and venue suffered the worst of the attack (- 90 murdered; - 200 wounded) as 'karma' for opposing the Boycott and expressing affection for Israel. There does not appear to be any comment from Waters, and I cannot even find a single story indicating that anyo
Entities connected to both Tel Aviv and Boycott

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
LOCATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
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Tehran
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West Bank
LOCATIONthe West Bank
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Abraham Lincoln
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Woody Allen
PERSONDoug Band
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Morocco
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East Jerusalem
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Hamid Karzai
PERSONRoger Waters
PERSONDivestment and Sanctions
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