April 2019

By: Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian Nick Cave has elaborated on his stance regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict, calling the cultural boycott of Israel “cowardly and shameful”. Cave played a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv in November 2017 with his band the…

BY ARI INGEL, The Jerusalem Post It was disturbing to see Roger Waters once again publicly denounce and vilify a band that was booked to play a show in Israel. His recent Facebook post also contained his usual lies about…

By Matthew Kalman, JQ Jewish Quarterly UK The Palestinian boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) campaign has been largely unsuccessful in slowing Israel’s booming economy. “It’s had a handful of symbolic victories, like Airbnb, but the economic impact has been nil,”…

By Roy Trakin, Variety SB Projects founder Scooter Braun, Geffen Records President Neil Jacobson and Warner Music Group Global VP of A&R Aton Ben-Horin were recognized as “Ambassadors of Peace” by Hollywood organization Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) on Thursday night. The sold out event…

By Jewish News Reporter, Jewish News More than 11,200 people have signed an online petition calling for the European Broadcasting Union to support the planned Eurovision Song Contest due to be held in Israel in May.  Launched by Creative Community…

By Variety Staff, Variety Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), an organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry that’s dedicated to promoting the arts as a means to peace in the Middle East, will honor several music business executives…