Massive Attack Speaks Up About Their Boycott Of Concerts In Israel Since 1999

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JAKARTA - Massive Attack has been discussing their boycott of concerts in Israel since 1999.

Through the official X/Twitter account, the trip-hop group responded to someone's comments about their performance in Israel. Your show in Tel Aviv is incredible," the tweet read.

Massive Attack then replied: 'Massive Attack has never appeared (and will not appear) in Israel since international demand was made by civil society and Palestinian art institutes in 2002 (recurred in 05 as BDS) as a form of pressure without violence against Israel will end its brutal occupation of Palestine.

They continued: This group took the decision not to appear in Israel in 1999 years before the Palestinian call to international boycott based on our observations of the repression of the military, occupation and apartheid.

Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine. https://t.co/SKnl2Q7FKZ

— Massive Attack (@MassiveAttackUK) January 12, 2024

Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine. https://t.co/SKnl2Q7FKZ

According to the website of the BDS Movement (boycotts, divestment and sanctions), In 2005, Palestinian civil society organizations called for boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) as a form of violenceless pressure against Israel.

The report continues: The BDS movement was launched by 170 Palestinian unions, refugee networks, women's organizations, professional associations, people's resistance committees and other Palestinian civil society bodies.

Inspired by the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, calls for the Palestinian BDS to press for pressure without violence against Israel until the country complies with three demands: ending the occupation and occupation of the entire Arab land and tearing down the Wall, recognizing the basic rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens in Israel for full equality and respect, protecting and advancing the rights of Palestinian refugees to return home and their property as regulated in the 194 UN Resolution.

At the time of writing, at least 23,469 Palestinians were killed and 59,604 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health (per Al Jazeera). Meanwhile, about 1,200 Israelis have been killed since October 7.

Last year, Massive Attack teamed up with Fontaines DC and Young Fathers for limited edition 12 singles to support the charity Mredecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

100 percent profit from this single will be donated to the charity to assist their emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank. In a statement, artists also called for an immediate ceasefire in the region, "in solidarity with the Palestinian people living under brutal military operations".