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| Artists attack Trump over Jerusalem move | Artists attack Trump over Jerusalem move |
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| You report (10 December) President Macron’s comment that recent US moves on the status of Jerusalem are a threat to peace. They are much more than that. In recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Donald Trump seeks to achieve through a declaration what Israel has been trying to do for 50 years through force of arms: to erase Palestinians, as a political and cultural presence, from the life of their own city. The Palestinian people of Jerusalem are already subject to municipal discrimination at every level, and a creeping process of ethnic cleansing. | You report (10 December) President Macron’s comment that recent US moves on the status of Jerusalem are a threat to peace. They are much more than that. In recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Donald Trump seeks to achieve through a declaration what Israel has been trying to do for 50 years through force of arms: to erase Palestinians, as a political and cultural presence, from the life of their own city. The Palestinian people of Jerusalem are already subject to municipal discrimination at every level, and a creeping process of ethnic cleansing. |
| In addition to the continuing policy of house demolitions, in the last 15 years at least 35 Palestinian public institutions and NGOs in occupied East Jerusalem have been permanently or temporarily closed by the occupying forces. | In addition to the continuing policy of house demolitions, in the last 15 years at least 35 Palestinian public institutions and NGOs in occupied East Jerusalem have been permanently or temporarily closed by the occupying forces. |
| Cultural institutions have been a particular target. At the same time, Israeli authorities and entrepreneurs have spent millions in clearing Palestinian neighbourhoods to create “heritage” projects that promote a myth of mono-ethnic urban identity, said to stretch back 3,000 years. | Cultural institutions have been a particular target. At the same time, Israeli authorities and entrepreneurs have spent millions in clearing Palestinian neighbourhoods to create “heritage” projects that promote a myth of mono-ethnic urban identity, said to stretch back 3,000 years. |
| We reject Trump’s collusion with such racist manipulation and his disregard for international law. We deplore his readiness to crown the Israeli military conquest of East Jerusalem and his indifference to Palestinian rights. As artists and as citizens, we challenge the ignorance and inhumanity of these policies, and celebrate the resilience of Palestinians living under occupation.Tunde Adebimpe MusicianNick Broomfield Film directorCaryl Churchill PlaywrightJulie Christie ActorMolly Crabapple Writer and artistAngela Davis WriterBrian Eno MusicianEve Ensler PlaywrightPeter Gabriel MusicianMona Hatoum Visual artistAki Kaurismaki Film directorAL Kennedy WriterHari Kunzru WriterMike Leigh Writer, directorKen Loach Film directorLiz Lochhead Poet, playwrightEmel Mathlouthi MusicianThurston Moore MusicianMaxine Peake ActorMichael Rosen PoetMark Ruffalo ActorJames Schamus Screenwriter, producer, directorGillian Slovo WriterAhdaf Soueif WriterJuliet Stevenson ActorTilda Swinton ActorMarina Warner WriterRoger Waters MusicianVivienne Westwood Fashion designerRobert Wyatt Musician | We reject Trump’s collusion with such racist manipulation and his disregard for international law. We deplore his readiness to crown the Israeli military conquest of East Jerusalem and his indifference to Palestinian rights. As artists and as citizens, we challenge the ignorance and inhumanity of these policies, and celebrate the resilience of Palestinians living under occupation.Tunde Adebimpe MusicianNick Broomfield Film directorCaryl Churchill PlaywrightJulie Christie ActorMolly Crabapple Writer and artistAngela Davis WriterBrian Eno MusicianEve Ensler PlaywrightPeter Gabriel MusicianMona Hatoum Visual artistAki Kaurismaki Film directorAL Kennedy WriterHari Kunzru WriterMike Leigh Writer, directorKen Loach Film directorLiz Lochhead Poet, playwrightEmel Mathlouthi MusicianThurston Moore MusicianMaxine Peake ActorMichael Rosen PoetMark Ruffalo ActorJames Schamus Screenwriter, producer, directorGillian Slovo WriterAhdaf Soueif WriterJuliet Stevenson ActorTilda Swinton ActorMarina Warner WriterRoger Waters MusicianVivienne Westwood Fashion designerRobert Wyatt Musician |
| A longer list of signatories is available here | A longer list of signatories is available here |
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| • This article was amended on 12 December 2017 to correct the spelling of Nick Broomfield’s name. | • This article was amended on 12 December 2017 to correct the spelling of Nick Broomfield’s name. |
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