BDS is unstoppable! Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv show.

On Thursday 9th February 2012 Cat Power, Chan Marshall, cancelled her date with apartheid – a Tel Aviv gig scheduled for 12th February. Palestinian and Israeli anti-apartheid activists had written to her asking her to cancel, as had international activists including DPAI (Don’t Play Apartheid Israel) who set up a Facebook page, wrote to, messaged and tweeted Marshall.

Cat Power, Please Respect the Boycott of Apartheid Israel      (Facebook page)

Cat Power: Listen to Palestinian Voices, Don’t Play Apartheid Israel     (Open Letter)

Letter to Cat Power from Boycott from Within

During the day of Thursday 9th,  Cat Power was looking for a gig in Ramallah on February 13th and soon was inundated with messages explaining that Palestinians didn’t want her to play in Ramallah, they wanted her NOT to play in apartheid Israel and to respect their call for BDS.  Screenshots of her tweets below, click on images to enlarge.

Looking to play Ramallah

Cancelling apartheid

Thanks are due to Cat Power who made this courageous decision to cancel, she should be very proud of her actions and proud to be part of the BDS campaign.

This is a good day for the BDS campaign, a great day for justice! We can only hope it inspires more artists to act in good conscience and not to play in apartheid Israel, artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers .

The beat drops when the wall falls! One world, one love.