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Music industry boycott of Israel? Not so much By: David Renzer and Steve Schnur When we saw the article “Radiohead announce Israel gig despite industry boycott,” we at Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) -- an organization comprised of prominent members…

We at Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) -- an organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry dedicated to promoting the arts and culture as a means to peace and to countering the attempted cultural boycott of Israel --…

Rock Band BETTY Slams Boycott Groups in Exclusive Interview to CCFP By: Nick Lieber, Editorial Associate and Analyst, Creative Community For Peace Perhaps best known for their Broadway play “BETTY Rocks” and contributing the theme song to the television show…

The Pink Floyd musician and outspoken BDS proponent was one high-profile attendee at the screening of the film that he narrated. A group of pro-Israel students at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have condemned a recent film screening…

The Radicalism of Roger Waters Hatred and Discord at UCLA and a Campus Near You Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters recently narrated a film entitled “The Occupation of the American Mind,” which purports to expose a vast conspiracy between the…

Why Artists Can't Perform in Israel & Palestinian Territories By: Nick Lieber, Editorial Associate and Analyst, Creative Community For Peace Last year, to our great disappointment, American musician Ms. Lauryn Hill canceled her scheduled concert in Israel, citing her inability…

Billboard ran a story earlier in the week about the first ever Palestine music expo with many factual inaccuracies, including referring to Ramallah, Haifa and Jerusalem as “three Palestinian cities,” and  referring to the “sovereign state" of Palestine. A few…

Artists Bid Farewell to Shimon Peres By: Nick Lieber, Editorial Associate and Analyst, Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) "Dear friends,” Shimon Peres said to Barack and Michelle Obama three years ago, “after everything I have seen in my life, I…

A-WA: Building Musical Bridges By: Nick Lieber, Editorial Associate and Analyst, Creative Community For Peace If you haven’t yet heard of the Israeli band A-WA (pronounced “EY-wah”), you will. The musical trio, comprised of sisters Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim,…