CCFP In The News

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…

In The City Where Myths Are Made, The Israeli And Palestinian Storyline Is Always In Rewrite. BY BRIAN SCHAEFER March 15, 2018 Throughout the long summer of 2014, as Hamas fired rockets deep into Israel from Gaza and the Israeli military retaliated…

By Allison Stewart January 12 in The Washington Post On Dec. 18, New Zealand pop music sensation Lorde announced plans to play concerts in Israel and Russia. On Dec. 24, she announced the cancellation of her Israeli concert, which was…

Even before celebrities announce their visits, they must be braced to weather the inevitable boycott storm, says pro-Israel artists' collective By TRACY FRYDBERG in TIMES OF ISRAEL, 11 January 2018, 11:42 am When artists book a show in Israel, they can…

BY ELIYAHU KAMISHER MARCH 28, 2017 19:57, Jerusalem Post Spears’ concert, which was announced in a swanky Tel Aviv hotel, looks like a done deal. After years of fighting to get US pop sensation Britney Spears to perform in Israel, promoters…

Top music execs Craig Balsam & David Renzer discuss "the importance of building cultural bridges and not boycotts" in the face of the BDS movement. A common love of music may have carried Craig Balsam (co-founder of Razor & Tie…

Roger Waters’ support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel shows just how much of an anomaly he is at this week’s Desert Trip festival -- not to mention in the wider artistic community. Roger Waters expends…

Out of solidarity with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, British musician Brian Eno has refused permission for an Israeli dance company to use his music, citing alleged efforts by the Israeli government to misuse artists to…