Artists as ‘ambassadors’ for NGOs: on what terms?
Dear Oxfam,
We’ve been reflecting on Oxfam’s unwillingness to take any kind of stand against Baaba Maal’s imminent performance in occupied East Jerusalem. Your last letter to Artists for Palestine UK said, ‘Oxfam’s policy does not extend to supporting a boycott of Israel’. But this is to misunderstand the meaning of Baaba Maal’s action and its very real challenge to Oxfam policy. Oxfam is behaving inconsistently with respect to Israeli violations of international law.
