Do you think the cultural boycott campaign against Israel is a colossal failure?
Think again.
Scotland's Sunday Herald recently published an open letter signed by artists, media workers, and academics calling for a boycott against Israeli artists at Edinburgh's "Fringe Festival," the largest performing arts festival in the world.
This is the third such letter by artists in twice as many weeks. Over 50 artists recently called for Radiohead to cancel its concert in Israel, and high profile members of the theater community asked The Lincoln Center to scrap the performance of an Israeli play.
The cancellations of scheduled concerts in Israel due to boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) pressure peak and valley, but pressure on international venues to rescind invitations to Israeli artists by other artists is growing.
Regardless of whether a boycott campaign results in a cancellation, the damage to Israel's image is heading in the wrong direction.
The disturbing drumbeat of international artists urging the boycott of Israeli artists should concern us all.
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