ARTSWATCH
‘Artswatch’ is a digest that monitored attacks on Palestinian cultural life between 2016 and 2020. Such attacks are a constant and shocking part of a long-term campaign that attempts to undermine Palestinian collective identity and resilience. The pattern of this systemic abuse is overlooked by the mainstream media, yet is testimony to the fact that ‘freedom of expression’ and ‘free cultural exchange’ are privileges that have never been extended to Palestinians by Israel. This fact demands an urgent response from international arts workers and organisations in particular.
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Artswatch Palestine: September – December 2019
Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians Cádiz – and…
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Artswatch Palestine: April – August 2019
*Art and power
* Palfest re-formed
* Borders and visas
* Reinventing Jerusalem
*A spectacle of demolition
*A spectacle of punishment
* Lopez performs in Israel, and Egypt -
Artswatch Palestine: December – March 2019
Our digest of news from Israel’s cultural war against the Palestinians
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Artswatch Palestine: September- November 2018
Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa (pictured) was on her way to Palestine Literature Festival when…
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Artswatch Palestine: June-August 2018
Artswatch: June-August report-
*Gaza – The War Against Culture.
*Gaza – The War Over Meaning
*Gaza – The Forbidden Subject
*Tatour – The Forbidden Poet
*Nakba – The Forbidden History
*Daniel Barenboim: Israel Is An Apartheid State
*Artists In Opposition To Israel’s Policies -
Artswatch Palestine: January – May 2018
Artswatch reports on some of the events before, during and after the 14th May massacre…
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Artswatch Palestine: October – December 2017
Our regular report on Israel’s war on Palestinian cultural life and expression.
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Artswatch Palestine: August-September 2017
Not the Radiohead Experience
A musician from East Jerusalem said Israeli officials jeopardised his band’s UK tour last week by withholding his electric guitar at security at Ben-Gurion Airport
Apo Sahagian, the lead singer of Apo and the Apostles, said security officials held his guitar back for further testing, promising that it would be on the next EasyJet flight to Luton, but after three days there was still no sign.
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Artswatch Palestine: June-July 2017
Our regular report on Israel’s war on Palestinian cultural life and expression. In this edition:
* How Israel maintains a free and thriving press
* Tatour – progress measured in small victories
* Theatre under seige in Acre
* Mohammed Bakri in France
* On not crossing borders (1): Gaza to Nablus is an impassable road
* On not crossing borders (2): the visa problems of a Palestinian photographer
* On not crossing borders (3): Thom Yorke and Abu Rahss -
Artswatch Palestine: February-March 2017
ARTWATCH DIGEST: FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017
* Raiding Jenin
* Raiding Aida
* Shutting down a Theatre
* Controlling the film industry
* Putting poetry on trial
* Making Music -
ARTSWATCH December 2016 – January 2017
Regev Watch Miri Regev, Israel’s Minister of Culture and Sport, has commented , 27th December, on the…
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ARTSWATCH November 2016
The dangers of satire A blog by ‘John Brown’ in +972 magazine (27thNovember) reports on recent experiences of…
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ARTSWATCH October 2016
‘The National Puppet Theatre of Israel’ Habima, Israel’s National Theatre, has announced that in…
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ARTSWATCH August 2016
Gaza’s celebrated Dawaween refused exit permits [photo Shadi Alqarra] Borders closed to musicians from Gaza Israel…
