{"id":61558,"date":"2021-05-28T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=61558"},"modified":"2021-05-30T14:39:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T20:39:17","slug":"patti-smith-and-julian-casablancas-among-over-600-musicians-to-call-for-boycott-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/patti-smith-and-julian-casablancas-among-over-600-musicians-to-call-for-boycott-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Patti Smith and Julian Casablancas among over 600 musicians to call for boycott of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Patti Smith and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes are among the more than 600 musicians who have signed a letter calling for artists to avoid playing concerts in Israel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61559\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61559\" class=\"wp-image-61559 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/167;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61559\" class=\"wp-image-61559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/juliancasablancas-1536x853-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-61559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs at the BBK Live Festival in Bilbao, Spain, July 12, 2019. (Jordi Vidal\/Redferns\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe call on you to join us with your name in refusing to perform at Israel\u2019s complicit cultural institutions,\u201d says the letter, which began circulating Thursday in media reports.<\/p>\n<p>It claims Israel committed war crimes in its recent fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and that the \u201cIsraeli government operates a settler-colonial project committed to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roger Waters, the former frontman of Pink Floyd and a longtime leading activist in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, is among the signers, but it is unclear if he spearheaded the letter. Waters has convinced a number of musicians to sign similar letters in the past, but this appears to be the largest such group of mainstream artists calling for a boycott.<\/p>\n<p>Other big-name musicians who signed include the band Rage Against the Machine, rap group Run the Jewels, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, and the DJ and drummer Questlove. 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