European dance magazine bans Israeli articles

[Behind the Aegis]

A UK-based European dance magazine has banned an article from being published in its magazine because it was about an Israeli dance troupe. The magazine told the writer it would only publish the article if the dance company stated its opposition to the Israeli "occupation."

Purporting to offer “an unbiased platform for dance,” Dance Europe was approached by freelance journalist Stephanie Freid about publishing a piece on the Dance Drama Company in Tel Aviv.

Freid told the Jewish Chronicle that she was quizzed about the dance company’s view on the Israeli occupation and asked whether it was government funded.

Disclaimer needed

Dance Europe’s Editor Emma Manning told Freid, "they had allowed an Israeli advertisement once, but only with a disclaimer saying it disapproved of the occupation.”

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[marmar]

1. That's el bizarro...

:shrug:

[benburch]

2. I'm betting they know their audience.

And know that the occupation does NOT sit well with their audience.

[Coastie for Truth]

5. Boycotts don't sit well with this Chemical Engineer

of the Hebraic, Mosaic Persuasion

Chemical Engineering - in the era before semiconductor fabrication and massive pharmaceutical companies - pretty much meant PETROLEUM REFINERY engineering.

[cali]

7. It's generally true

that the dance world doesn't support the occupation, but this is still an unusual and puzzling move. My closest friends are dancers and the three of them have all done a fair amount of work with Palestinian and Israeli groups. The arts world, and particularly the dance world is committed to working across political divides and borders.

[Tom Joad]

3. Israel arts groups are going to feel like Israel's deceased

ally... Apartheid South Africa. They were shunned by the international community as well.

[Coastie for Truth]

4. I shall not deal with graduates or faculty of any universities

or with any companies that participate in any based on dhimmi, race, religion, creed, national origin, gender, or gender orientation or is in violation of any law of the United States.

Cf: Ye'or, "Islam and Dhimmitude", Karabel (U. C. @ Berkeley), "The Chosen"

[Behind the Aegis]

9. Sounds like collective punishment.

This group is not associated with the Israeli government other than being citizens. Sounds like this move is censorship brought on by prejudice and ignorance.

[Coastie for Truth]

10. I know

and some appenders have posted at least seven times in 2006 alone that they are morally and legally opposed to "collective punishment"

[Phx_Dem]

15. good point

seems like all the calls for boycotts would constitute collective punishment.

[Andromeda]

22. If the group of citizens are Israelis,

it's not censorship or prejudice. Everybody knows that collective punishment is okay for Jewish persons. They're all guilty of the same crime---of being Jews. :sarcasm:

[King Mongo]

11. Was this necessary?

Is it good or bad to allow artists to display their support for apartheid/racism? For example, should someone be able to draw a critical cartoon about a group of other people? How does one define the limit?

Just let the dancers dance. Racist dancers will be criticized for encouraging racism, so if a group is racist, then let them dance so that they'll hurt their own image.

[Coastie for Truth]

12. You should probably worry about Big Oil as they drive us into a recession

(per Jim Kunstler) and not a bunch of dancers. Lookie to see who's slippin it to you.

[The Stranger]

13. Two responses to Tom Joad's post?

Supporting a group opposing the occupation?

Holy mindfuck. What web site is this?

[Coastie for Truth]

14. Please refer to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=121317&mesg_id=121379

[The Stranger]

19. Are there Cliff's Notes available somewhere?

[Coastie for Truth]

23. Lexis

(Subscription service) - "Employment Discrimination"

Search under "parties" for "Texaco" and "issues" for "Boycott"

Order of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

[pelsar]

21. Collective Punishment...PRO -sometimes

nothing like being pro collective punishment when it involves israelis...(those special species)....but complain when it doesnt..hmmmm

[Coastie for Truth]

6. Includes link to link to the website of Palestine El-Funoun Popular Dance

The website of the 17,500 circulation magazine includes a link to the website of the Palestine El-Funoun Popular Dance Troupe. Asked by the Jewish Chronicle why the Palestinian company was not required to provide a disclaimer against suicide bombings, Mr Kaul responded troublingly, “There’s a reason for people to become suicide bombers. Their land has been occupied.”

The Dance Drama Company is a Tel Aviv based organization that tries to integrate people from differing backgrounds and has a reputation for staking out new territory and going beyond the familiar categories of story ballet and dance-theater.

The head of the dance company Sally-Anne Friedland, said she was against the occupation, “but this is about dance. They are not allowing a chance to move things forward.”

Speaking to Ynet News Friedland said she was sure the magazine’s editors were simply anti-Semtic.

[barb162]

16. China occupies Tibet. I wonder if they allow articles on China

dance companies.
This smells of hypocrisy.

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[barb162]

17. Britain still occupies Northern Ireland, right? I wonder if they

publish articles on dance companies from their own country, such as the Royal Ballet. They should not.

This editor from this magazine needs to take a look in the mirror.

[idontwantaname]

18. yo.

hey barb. yes it is a sad state of affairs that this is the litmus test for whether something will be news worthy or not... but you seemed to be perfectly ok with the rachel corrie show being put on hold... so by that view you could say "maybe some other magazine will do this story"

[barb162]

20. I vaguely remember that thread

and I don't recall that the article explained one way or another why the producers or theater owners (or whoever they were) were putting it on hold and I am way too lazy to look for it.