Why we are asking Aziza Brahim to boycott the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival

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We are asking Aziza Brahim to respect the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel. Initiated in 2005, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) is a call endorsed by the great majority of Palestinian civil society to pressure Israel into ceasing its systematic oppression of Palestinians and abide by their legal right to self-determination and independence.  After 67 years of denying such rights, with thousands of Palestinians massacred and millions remaining refugees, Israel has been accused of committing genocide and crimes against humanity. Like the Indigenous Saharawi people, Palestinians also have been awaiting justice, freedom and the realization of their rights since 1948.

Viewing the list of musicians and singers attending the 2015 fourth edition of the “Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival”, it was brought to our attention that the singer Aziza Brahim from occupied Western Sahara…