Despite facing weeks of intense pressure from supporters of the boycott Israel movement, Grammy Award-winning Colombian musician Carlos Vives (perhaps best-known in the USA for his collaboration with fellow Colombian…
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“When we started the band, we were seven, and one of them didn’t want to travel to Israel [because of the boycott]. I found that very terrible and stupid, and…
Itzik Cohen, who plays Captain Gabi Ayub on the hit Israeli TV show Fauda, wrote this guest blog for Creative Community For Peace (CCFP), expressing his views on the show…
Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) recently visited Musrara: The Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society and spoke with people who are blending art and social activism to improve their…
Dear Mr. Sarandos and Mr. Friedlander, As the Chief Content Officer and Vice President of Original Series for Netflix, you’ve surely heard that Fauda, the hit Israeli television series which is…
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…
We at Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) have long admired the ability of art and music to bring people together. Art is our shared human language which can allow us…
“When I appear in israel I really feel the energy and in particular the love of the audience for me.. it’s one of those things that you don’t forget and…
Grammy-nominated American rapper Vic Mensa recently published an article in TIME magazine wherein he compared the experiences of Palestinians to his experiences as a black man in America. This article,…
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,…
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…
We — the undersigned artists and entertainment industry executives — are deeply disappointed that Lorde canceled her show in Tel Aviv after receiving pressure from the radical boycott Israel movement….
Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center – More than 200 people attended the LA premiere of the documentary “Wish You Weren’t Here,” hosted by Creative Community…
By Simon Johnson, Jewish Telegraph As a teenager in Bury in the 1980’s, it was almost obligatory to be a fan of The Smiths. From the moment that the first…
From the headlines he’s been making, it seems that former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters is becoming better known for his politics than for his music. Take this week, for…