Ending complicity

Bloomberg Philanthropies: boycott builds as Belgian municipalities refuse to greenwash apartheid
September 28, 2026September 30, 2026

Four Belgian municipalities have decided to end their partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies following a thorough review of the evidence contained in Artists for Palestine UK’s briefing. They each determined that receiving funding would not be in line with their commitment to human rights and respect for international law. Artists for Palestine UK renews its call for British and international cultural institutions to refuse funding from and cut ties with Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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British Museum, Exhibition Sponsorship, Cultural Genocide: Briefing
September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Days after the release of a new report ‘Cultural Genocide: Devastation of Cultural Heritage in Gaza’, the British Museum opens a prestigious exhibition – sponsored by a major investor in Israeli military tech.

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250+ artists urge UK theatres to end Bloomberg Philanthropies ties over Israel war crimes
May 28, 2026June 5, 2026

Playwrights Caryl Churchill, Sabrina Mahfouz, and Hannah Khalil and actors Alex Lawther and Billy Howle are among 262 artists calling on five leading British theatres to end partnerships with Bloomberg Philanthropies over its ties to Israel.

Bloomberg Philanthropies funds the Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City Leadership at Tel Aviv University. The centre provides leadership training to mayors and municipal officials, including those governing illegal settlements in Palestine’s occupied West Bank. The letter sets out new evidence documenting the centre’s complicity in a “violent project of settlement that the International Court of Justice has declared to be a war crime”.

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Calls to end Israeli impunity will continue to grow across the arts sector
May 14, 2026May 26, 2026

Last week, a deeply unpopular Keir Starmer suggested that cultural organizations funded by Arts Council of England (ACE) are “platforming antisemitic projects”. The claim is wholly unsupported by evidence. It is an attack on our sector and on the many arts workers who have taken a principled stance against Israel’s horrific and ongoing violence against…

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Over 1,000 musicians support Eurovision boycott over Israel inclusion
May 8, 2026May 15, 2026

“As artists, we recognise our collective agency – and the power of refusal.” Leading figures including Paul Weller, IDLES, Primal Scream, Paloma Faith, Kneecap and Sigur Ros are among more than 1,000 musicians supporting the boycott of Eurovision. In an open letter published today by No Music for Genocide, the signatories say the contest will “whitewash and…

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Arts Sponsorship, War Crimes: Briefing
March 2, 2026May 26, 2026

The Bloomberg-Sagol Center perpetuates war crimes through its training of Israeli settler leaders and officials in the Palestinian West Bank. It also empowers officials who incite crimes against humanity.

Armed with this knowledge, British and other international cultural organisations should not partner with Bloomberg Philanthropies for as long as it is implicated in grave violations of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people.

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How to Take Action for Palestine as a Charity
January 30, 2026May 20, 2026

A guide: How to take action for Palestine as an arts charity

It’s a myth that registered charities in the UK are prohibited from undertaking work that is political.

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The Royal Shakespeare Company, the fashion label and the IDF
October 17, 2025April 10, 2026

Artists for Palestine UK is dismayed to learn of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collaboration with the US fashion label Alice + Olivia on “a licensed apparel collection inspired by Shakespeare’s literary works”. A + O is a label that declared itself “in support of Israel” while Israel was indiscriminately bombing civilians in Gaza and had already killed hundreds of children. As the death toll rose, the label hosted a fund-raising event for US Friends of the Israeli Defence Force, designated ‘official US partner’ by the Chief of Staff of the Israeli military. Today, following Artists for Palestine UK’s findings and the subsequent backlash from artists, The Stage reports that RSC artistic directors will convene a special meeting of its ethics committee.

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Model EthicS Policy for Cultural Institutions
October 6, 2025May 27, 2026

What are the responsibilities of a British cultural institution, organisation or charity at a time when the gravest of crimes are being committed in plain sight in Gaza?

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Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo Among 1,300+ Refusing Collaboration with Israeli Film Institutions Complicit in Gaza Genocide
September 8, 2025April 13, 2026

In a historic move, Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, Cannes, Berlin, Venice, César, Goya, and Peabody Award winners are among more than 1,200 filmmakers who launched a pledge Monday saying they refuse to work with Israeli film institutions “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.”

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Victory for staff as Royal Ballet and Opera pulls Israel production
August 4, 2025April 13, 2026

182 members of The Royal Ballet and Opera said they “reject future performances in Israel”. They stand in solidarity with performer who protested with Palestinian flag.

CEO announces decision to cancel 2026 production in Israel.

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Caryl Churchill Pulls Donmar Play Over Barclays’ Role in Arming Israel
June 5, 2025April 29, 2026

Caryl Churchill, one of Britain’s greatest living playwrights, has withdrawn a play from the Donmar Warehouse upon learning that the theatre receives support from Barclays, which invests over £2 billion and provides £6.1 billion in loans and underwriting to nine arms companies supplying weapons to Israel. Over 300 theatre workers have signed an open letter, published in full below, backing Churchill and urging the Donmar Warehouse to cut ties with the bank.

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Leading lights demand Almeida Theatre cut ties with Bloomberg over war crimes
May 21, 2025April 29, 2026

Jack Reynor, Billy Howle, Zoe Telford and Caryl Churchill are among leading lights of theatre and screen demanding Islington’s Almeida Theatre end its partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies over its “links to human rights violations and war crimes” and in particular, its “direct and ongoing support for illegal settlements” in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.

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‘A Licence to Kill’: UK government to face High Court over arms to Israel
May 7, 2025April 30, 2026

Award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson has released the short film, ‘A Licence to Kill’, calling on the UK government to stop providing Israel with the weapons it uses to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

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Dozens of ex-Eurovision contestants demand exclusion of Israel from contest
May 6, 2025April 30, 2026

Britain’s Mae Muller and Bianca Nicholas joined Charlie McGettican , Salvador Sobral and dozens of former Eurovision contestants in calling on the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to ban Israel’s public broadcaster KAN from the popular song contest.

Over 75 previous participants, who include songwriters, lyricists and other creatives from across Europe, accuse KAN of being “complicit in Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza”.

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Turner Prize winner’s inspirational acceptance speech
December 4, 2024April 30, 2026

Artist Jasleen Kaur’s acceptance speech was delivered at the Turner Prize award ceremony at Tate Britain and broadcast live on BBC News, on 3rd December 2024.

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Tate, Cut Your Ties With Genocidal Israel
December 2, 2024April 30, 2026

In the lead up to this year’s Turner Prize awards ceremony, more than 60 artists closely associated with Tate (including three out four of this year’s Turner Prize nominees, two of its judges, and many former prize winners and nominees) have signed an open letter. Supported by a thousand further signatories in the arts, it calls on Tate’s leadership to cut ties with organisations that are deeply complicit with the Israeli state.

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Genocide, With The United Kingdom’s Blessing
October 30, 2024April 30, 2026

Khalid Abdalla Calls On The Government To End Its Complicity.

As Israel systematically eradicates the last remnants of healthcare in Gaza, human rights defenders have screened a film on the walls of St Thomas’s Hospital, London. Actor Khalid Abdalla speaks the words of surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who will never be able to unsee the horror that has been inflicted on Palestinians.

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Top filmmakers urge New York Film Festival to drop sponsor complicit in Israel’s war crimes
September 27, 2024May 3, 2026

Ahead of the opening of the 62nd New York Film Festival this evening, dozens of this year’s featured filmmakers, including Mike Leigh (Hard Truths), Julia Loktev (My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow), Neo Sora (Happyend), Basel Adra, Hamdam Ballal and Yuval Abraham (No Other Land), Truong Minh Quý (Viet and Nam) and Carson Lund (Eephus) have published an open letter saying that in the face of Israel’s near year-long “brutal onslaught of killing, maiming and displacement” of Palestinians in Gaza, they are “acting collectively towards ending the complicity of our institutions”.

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Top Artists Join Campaign to End UK Arms Sales to Israel
July 1, 2024May 3, 2026

Award winning British artists – Juliet Stevenson, Khalid Abdalla, David Calder, Charlotte Church and Maxine Peake – have released a series of short films, ‘Stop Arming Israel’, calling for “an end to Britain’s role in killing Palestinians”, ahead of the UK elections.

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