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Mick Jagger, lead singer of the rock group Rolling Stones, and guitarist Ron Wood performing at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last November. (AP)
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Palestinian group urges Rolling Stones to boycott Israel
By Tamar Sukenik, Haaretz Correspondent

A Palestinian group lobbying for boycotts against Israel has urged the Rolling Stones to cancel their scheduled September performance in Israel, comparing performing in Israel to performing in apartheid South Africa and noting that the legendary rock band had supported the boycott of South Africa in the 1980s.

An open letter calling on the Rolling Stones not to appear in Israel was sent to the band by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on Sunday.

The letter listed groups that have blacklisted Israel and then asked, "Is it too much, then, to expect conscientious artists like the Rolling Stones to similarly uphold the values of freedom, equality and justice for all by supporting the growing boycott against Israel?"
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In the letter the organization "strongly urged" the group cancel the planned concert because of what it called Israel's "colonial and apartheid designs to further dispossess, oppress and ultimately ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their homeland."

It called on the Stones to refrain from performing in Israel "until the time comes when (Israel) ends its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and respects fundamental human rights."

The group's producer in Israel, Shuki Weiss, declined to comment on the report.
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  1.   Rolling Stones 07:30  |  A Goldstein 21/05/07
  2.   PACBI is ill advised 07:54  |  Esther 21/05/07
  3.   alternative concert? 08:36  |  Gershon 21/05/07
  4.   true apartide resides in arab countries.islam true racist religio 08:55  |  ralph 21/05/07
  5.   End the Propaganda; Historians show that the Jews never left 08:58  |  Jonathan 21/05/07
  6.   Paint it black 09:07  |  Stevo 21/05/07
  7.   TO Esther #2 09:33  |  Steve Beikirch 21/05/07
  8.   Sympathy for the Devil 09:36  |  Sweet Lady Jane 21/05/07
  9.   Some Palestinian Arabs Invented International Terrorism 09:39  |  Yosemite 21/05/07
  10.   # 1 to a. goldstein in arizona 09:40  |  eric 21/05/07
  11.   terrorist pressure? 09:41  |  Ivan 21/05/07
  12.   Have fun 09:44  |  Angel 21/05/07
  13.   To Esther #2...how so right you are 09:57  |  SLAVO 21/05/07
  14.   No Epithets Missing 10:15  |  Alan 21/05/07
  15.   Hamas forbade a music concert in Nablus as "unIslamic" 10:52  |  Absolute Sweden 21/05/07
  16.   Reply to # 8 Sweet Lady Jane 10:58  |  Ruby Tuesday 21/05/07
  17.   Mick, give them NO SATISFACTION! 12:37  |  Piotrek 21/05/07
  18.   Palestinians and stones 12:44  |  Steven 21/05/07
  19.   Rolling Stones & their soul brothers,Hamas?Al Aqsa Martyrs? 12:50  |  PETER SM 21/05/07
  20.   Rolling Stones just want to play some good ol rock and roll 13:18  |  Noam 21/05/07
  21.   You Cant Always Git What you Wa-ant 13:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 21/05/07
  22.   Reply for Steve Beikirich #7 13:53  |  Esther 21/05/07
  23.   Prediction? Stones will pull out nearer the date 14:27  |  Nick Ferriman 21/05/07
  24.   Who really cares 15:12  |  ScotGuy 21/05/07
  25.   RollingStones 15:14  |  J.Weinman 21/05/07
  26.   Would the play in Gaza? 15:14  |  Dhimmi Hendrix 21/05/07
  27.   #23 FERRIMAN ROCKS WITH THE STONES AND ROLLS WITH THE ANTI SEMIT 15:18  |  paul harris 21/05/07
  28.   #23 Nick Ferriman 15:27  |  Yonatan 21/05/07
  29.   Shuki Weiss 15:34  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  30.   #4 True apartheid? What? Is Israel 15:35  |  T A Sheppard 21/05/07
  31.   Nick Ferriman copy edited for correctness 15:36  |  Laura 21/05/07
  32.   N.Ferriman.There a lot of concerns in the world 15:44  |  PETERSM 21/05/07
  33.   Fear of Violence 15:46  |  Ron 21/05/07
  34.   Nick Ferriman # 23 15:51  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  35.   Let Them Appear in Ramallah 15:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 21/05/07
  36.   To Eric, # 10 15:54  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  37.   To Alan # 14 15:58  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  38.   You can`t always get what you want 15:59  |  Yaron 21/05/07
  39.   Play gigs in both Palestine and Israel 16:01  |  Andy 21/05/07
  40.   TA Sheppard "continue to fight the Jews until the last -- 16:02  |  PETER.SM 21/05/07
  41.   Shuki Weiss 16:05  |  JordanisPlaestine 21/05/07
  42.   Is Islam Getting Hip? 16:06  |  Tony Anthony 21/05/07
  43.   Shuki Weiss 16:14  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  44.   SULLIVAN.Racism?Read what Hamas said today. 16:15  |  PETER SM 21/05/07
  45.   To T.A. Sheppard # 30 16:28  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  46.   The only racism here Yaacov is yours 16:39  |  Jacob Blues 21/05/07
  47.   To A. Goldstein # 1 16:40  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  48.   To Steve Bekrich # 7 16:42  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  49.   PETERSM On Ignoring #32 16:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 21/05/07
  50.   You can`t always get what you want. . . 16:47  |  Joe 21/05/07
  51.   To Ya`akov Sullivasn # 35 16:56  |  jordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  52.   `Waiting on our Friends` to play here this summer 17:23  |  Beast of Burden 21/05/07
  53.   Laura # 31 17:30  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  54.   Now this is a reasonable way to protest 17:31  |  Jason 21/05/07
  55.   Re #5 `End the Propaganda; Historians show that the Jews never le 17:32  |  Colin Wright 21/05/07
  56.   #40 Peter...go read my response 17:34  |  T A Sheppard 21/05/07
  57.   "Freedom, equality and justice for all" 17:36  |  Pilly 21/05/07
  58.   Some "Palestinian" Rolling Stones Favorites 17:40  |  pace306 21/05/07
  59.   AS IF ANYONE REALLY CARES 17:47  |  CLUTCH 21/05/07
  60.   To Pace306 # 55 17:55  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  61.   Decrepid senile hasbeen band can stay away! 18:10  |  Yehuda Maccabbee 21/05/07
  62.   #58, here are some more Pali faves 18:24  |  Gerald 21/05/07
  63.   A Mickey Mouse People 18:25  |  Squeek Squeek 21/05/07
  64.   Yonatan 18:45  |  Danite 21/05/07
  65.   "Yaakov" the Renegade 18:46  |  Danite 21/05/07
  66.   To T.A. Sheppard # 56 18:52  |  JordanisPalestine 21/05/07
  67.   Peacful protest 19:08  |  Sam 21/05/07
  68.   Oh my! No Rolling Stones. This is awful... 19:09  |  bat yam 21/05/07
  69.   Call in the ultra-orthodox 19:16  |  W 21/05/07
  70.   Sam # 67 19:26  |  JordanisPalesine 21/05/07
  71.   #66 I am not blinded 19:37  |  T A Sheppard 21/05/07
  72.   No rock `n` roll in Arab countries 19:43  |  H50 21/05/07
  73.   Rock and Stones 20:41  |  Palestian Hypocricy 21/05/07
  74.   Get stoned and play in GAZA 20:59  |  Rolling Stones=peace 21/05/07
  75.   30 - The Big Lie: Apartheid 21:02  |  Bruriah Sarah 21/05/07
  76.   The Whining Bones 21:11  |  Ricky 21/05/07
  77.   This is important!. 21:30  |  Andy 21/05/07
  78.   #23 NOT FOR YOUR REASONS 21:45  |  TOBIA 21/05/07
  79.   Enjoy The Old Farts 22:06  |  Ziggy Stardust 21/05/07
  80.   Anything to do with Sex, drugs, Rock & roll is forbidden in Islam 22:17  |  Aaron 21/05/07
  81.   Rolling Stones Boycott Israel? 22:27  |  Paul 21/05/07
  82.   Puh-Lease 22:33  |  Paul 21/05/07
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