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6 unusual facts about Boycott from Within


Boycott from Within

Boycott from Within issued a statement in 2013 urging actor Morgan Freeman to turn down the Key of Knowledge Award from the Canadian chapter of the friends of the Hebrew University.

The group rose to prominence for its role in convincing the rock bank The Pixies to cancel its Israel shows, and it has been involved with mixed success in other efforts to dissuade artists and actors from performing in Israel.

In 2010, Boycott from Within successfully called for the rock band The Pixies to boycott Israeli.

Boytcott from Within took part in an unsuccessful effort by a broad-based group of BDS activists to persuade the Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel a 2012 performance in Tel Aviv.

Another Boycott from Within activist, Kobi Snitz, is a mathematician employed by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.

Ronnie Barkan, a longtime Jewish Israeli activist and math teacher who was raised in Raanana, near Tel Aviv, is a co-founder of Boycott from Within.



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