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CULTURAL BOYCOTT UK/Israel: Rock star changed his mind about concert venue Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters Roger Waters has called off his summer concert in Tel Aviv and will instead perform in a chickpea field near a joint Jewish-Arab village 20 April 2006 UK/Israel: Pink Floyd star rejects cultural boycott Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters has been asked by Palestinians to cancel his show in Tel Aviv or to put on a separate performance for Palestinians 13 March 2006 Freemuse statement on cultural boycott The Executive Committee of Freemuse met in Copenhagen on 30 January 2005. One of the issues it discussed was cultural boycotts 07 February 2005 Cultural Boycott - of any use? Freemuse Conference The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003 Rania Elias: Cultural boycott on Israel? Video Interview with Rania Elias from Palestine - recorded at the WOMEX trade fair in 2002 13 November 2002