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"Freedom for Palestine" is a song by OneWorld, a collective of musicians, artists, campaign groups and charities working together to "raise awareness of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the resulting poverty and other human rights abuses."[1] Free Nelson Mandela " or "Feed the World ".[2] [2]
Artists on the video include Maxi Jazz (Faithless ), Dave Randall (Slovo /Faithless), LSK , the Durban Gospel Choir, members of the London Community Gospel Choir , Jamie Catto (1 Giant Leap ) and musicians from around the world.[3] War on Want for projects in Palestine.
The song went in at number 10 in the UK indie charts [4] UK Singles Chart on 10 July 2011 at number 79.[5]
Background
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According to the project website: "Palestine is in crisis. Today Palestinians face daily human rights abuse and live in crushing poverty in refugee camps and under Israeli Occupation. In response to this injustice, a group of international musicians are releasing the song Freedom for Palestine by OneWorld."[3]
According to the song's official website, it is supported by War on Want , A. M. Qattan Foundation , Palestine Solidarity Campaign , Jews for Justice for Palestinians , A Just Peace for Palestine , Friends of al-Aqsa , Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK , Stop the War Coalition and Trust Greenbelt .
Reception
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu ,[6] Roger Waters ,[7] Massive Attack , British actress Julie Christie , UK Hip-hop artist Lowkey ,[8] Sami Yusuf ,[9] Billy Bragg ,[10] Ken Loach , writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah , comedian Mark Thomas ,[11] Alice Walker all endorsed the song.[12] Lush also publicly supported the song.[1]
An Early Day Motion was proposed in the British Parliament by Liberal Democrat MP Bob Russell , seconded by Peter Bottomley , commending Tutu for his promotion of the song, and calling on the "Government to join forces with governments around the world to put pressure on Israel to honour UN resolutions."[13] Glenn Beck was critical, calling it "evil" and "pure propaganda" on his Fox News television show .[2] [14]
Coldplay
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On 1 June 2011, UK rock band Coldplay posted on their Facebook page "Some of our friends are involved in OneWorld's new 'Freedom for Palestine' single" with a link to the website and the video clip, causing controversy.[14] [15] [14] [16] [2]
Notes
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^ a b Ben-Tovim, Ron (June 1, 2011). "Coldplay endorses 'Freedom for Palestine' single on Facebook page" . Haaretz . Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2011 .
^ "Indie Singles Chart" . Official Charts Company . 2011-07-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2011-12-14 .
^ "The Official UK Singles Charts" . OCC. 2011-07-10. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-07-10 .
^ "Archbishop Tutu endorses Freedom for Palestine" . YouTube. 2011-06-17. Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 1 July 2011 .
^ "Freedom song for Palestine generates controversy as it vies for British chart success" . Alarabya News . Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-19 .
^ "Lowkey - "Lets get 'Freedom for Palestine' single into the UK charts!" . YouTube. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011 .
^ "OneWorld: Freedom for Palestine" . Stop the War . Archived from the original on 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-18 .
^ "OneWorld: Freedom for Palestine" . Stop the War . Retrieved 2024-01-28 .
^ "Mark Thomas' endorsement" . YouTube. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2011 .
^ Ritman, Alex (3 July 2011). "Freedom for Palestine song echoes anti-apartheid era" . The National Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011 .
^ "EDM 2017 in 2010-11: Archbishop Desmond Tutu And Freedom For Palestine Recording" . EDMS.org . 2011-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-07-03 .
^ a b c Flock, Elizabeth (3 June 2011). "Coldplay angers fans by telling them to check out 'Freedom for Palestine' video" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2011 .
^ "Coldplay angers Israel" . Al Bawaba . 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011 .
^ Coldplay removes link to 'Freedom for Palestine' single from Facebook Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine , Haaretz , 6 June 2011
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freedom_for_Palestine&oldid=1222214634 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 2 0 1 1 s i n g l e s ● A l l - s t a r r e c o r d i n g s ● C h a r i t y s i n g l e s ● P o l i t i c a l c a m p a i g n s i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m ● A n t i - I s r a e l i s e n t i m e n t ● P r o t e s t s o n g s ● S o n g s a b o u t f r e e d o m ● P a l e s t i n i a n s o l i d a r i t y m o v e m e n t i n E u r o p e H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s f r o m D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 9 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h p e r m a n e n t l y d e a d e x t e r n a l l i n k s ● W e b a r c h i v e t e m p l a t e w a y b a c k l i n k s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● O f f i c i a l w e b s i t e d i f f e r e n t i n W i k i d a t a a n d W i k i p e d i a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z r e l e a s e g r o u p i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z w o r k i d e n t i f i e r s
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