יום שני, ד׳ אלול תשפ״וMonday, August 17, 2026
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By JTA
YouTube removed a video calling on Alicia Keys to cancel a concert in Tel Aviv. The video, set to Keys’ popular song “This Girl is on Fire,” was removed on Monday, according to the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. The video, “Alicia Keys, Come Together with Your Sisters, Boycott Apartheid,” […]
"Keys would have none of it from a person who is one step above a lunatic shouting anti-Semitic canards on the street."
USA Today posts Boycott Israel press release as a "news" article. Lies about Israel are reprinted as if true, assisting in the effort to convince US singer Alicia Keys to boycott Israel.
Police arrived when a confrontation between a screaming protester and a Walker supporter threatened to erupt into physical conflict.
"We can use our wallets to punish as well as to reward. If we can close it to attacks on the Jewish state, we can also open it in friendship," Abramson said about showing appreciation to Keys for performing in Israel despite pressure to withdraw.
Richard Allen of JCC Watch said, "There has been a pattern - first with [BDS activist] Roger Waters and now with Alice Walker. All of our efforts to speak with the 92nd Street Y administrators have been met with closed doors, closed ears and closed minds."
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