John Michael McDonagh has contacted the Cultural Boycott Officer of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), Raymond Deane to say that he has pulled out of attending the screening of his film The Guard at the Haifa International Film Festival “in view of the political situation”.
Although the film will still be screened, such victories are significant and illustrative of how appearing at Israeli cultural events is becoming increasingly unattractive to artists, filmmakers etc as the BDS campaign goes from strength to strength.
I’m sure the PACBI, IPSC, DPAI calls, the Haifa International Film Festival: A Call to Boycott Facebook page and everyone’s great efforts, helped to persuade John Michael McDonagh that “the political situation” of apartheid is not something anyone should endorse.
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Thanks Jin!
Can you please remove John Michael McDonagh’s private e-mail address – he has complained to me that it’s not meant to be in the public domain, and he has started receiving hate mail.
Thanks –
Raymond Deane
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Deleted Raymond and apologies to John Michael McDonagh, we thought it was a public email address.