Press Releases - Creative Community for Peace

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When Music Kills

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 to rise up above that which divides us in order…

CCFP StaffMarch 5, 2018

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Dream Defenders is misleading rapper Vic Mensa and other artists about Israel

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, unfortunately, contains a great deal of inaccuracies and omits a…

CCFP StaffJanuary 22, 2018

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Entertainment industry group responds to Lorde’s Israel cancellation

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. Artists should never become beholden to the political views of…

CCFP StaffDecember 24, 2017

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Hundreds Attend Los Angeles Premiere of New Documentary Discussing Roger Waters. Global Anti-Semitism and the 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 For Peace (CCFP) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The film,…

CCFP StaffDecember 8, 2017

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From Germany to Los Angeles, accusations of anti-Semitism piling up against Roger Waters

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 example, when German broadcasters made the decision not to air…

CCFP StaffDecember 4, 2017

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“A Principled Stand”: Creative Community For Peace Responds To Roger Waters/ Nick Cave Controversy

Nick Doesn't Cave In his November 18th press conference prior to his two sold-out Tel Aviv concerts, Nick Cave explained why he was defying demands that he cancel these performances. “It suddenly became very important,” Cave said, “to make a…

CCFP StaffNovember 22, 2017

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The Museum on the Seam: Healing Jerusalem’s divides one exhibition at a time

The Museum on the Seam: Healing Jerusalem's divides one exhibition at a time By: Nick Lieber, Editorial Associate and Analyst, Creative Community For Peace There is no shortage of creative and innovative projects working to build bridges between Israelis…

CCFP StaffOctober 10, 2017

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Roger Waters shouldn’t silence Israeli artists

Surely, everybody is familiar with the phrase “The pot calling the kettle black.” Unfortunately it’s what comes to mind when reading Roger Waters’ 9/17/17 piece in The New York Times entitled “Congress Shouldn’t Silence Human Rights Advocates.” In it, Waters…

CCFP StaffSeptember 13, 2017

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Top Entertainment Industry Executives sign open letter supporting Lincoln Center and denouncing Boycott Israel Movement.

Los Angeles, CA (July 10, 2017) - More than 45 high-level entertainment industry executives have signed a letter denouncing the “hypocritical, discriminatory, and dangerous” Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, after activists associated with the movement demanded that…

CCFP StaffJuly 10, 2017