{"id":52278,"date":"2017-05-24T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=52278"},"modified":"2017-05-20T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T14:13:03","slug":"20-05-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=52278","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Lumley condemns \u2018appalling\u2019 cultural boycotts of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Joanna Lumley condemns \u2018appalling\u2019 cultural boycotts of Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

JUSTIN COHEN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Celebrated actress and campaigner says she \u2018hates barriers, walls and boycotts\u2019, whilst speaking at a Jewish charity event.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanna Lumley at the Tikva dinner (Photo credit: Blake Ezra photography)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

National treasure Joanna Lumley has condemned cultural boycotts of Israel as \u201cappalling\u201d.<\/span>
\n The celebrated actress and campaigner spoke to the Jewish News after addressing charity Tikva\u2019s annual dinner in central London.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hate barriers, I hate walls, I hate boycotts,\u201d she said when asked about cultural boycotts. \u201cI think it\u2019s appalling. I would never join in such a boycott.\u201d Music stars from around the world are frequently targeted by BDS campaigners, urging them to cancel planned concerts in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lumley, who will receive the Bafta fellowship this weekend, said one of her \u201cgreatest heroes in life\u201d is Daniel Barenboim, the Israeli conductor who established with Edward Said the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to bring together young Israeli, Palestinian and Arab musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Absolutely Fabulous actress earlier delighted more than 200 guests at the event, regaling tales of her 40-year career from starting as a model to becoming a Bong Girl and starring in the hit sitcom opposite Jennifer Saunders. She also successfully led a campaign for Gurkha veterans who served in the British Army to have the right to settle in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event raised \u00a31.1 million was raised for the charity\u2019s children\u2019s homes in Odessa, Ukraine, with the funds going towards continuing the search for at-risk Jewish children in the region. Tikva also operates schools and a university in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the reason I wanted to be here was the extraordinariness of the people I\u2019m hearing about tonight, the person who started it all and you all being here to support it,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the point of life is actually to help other people and to make life better. What you are doing here is something that I admire you and adore you for.\u201d What started with one man\u2019s vision to help a handful of children now helps hundreds, she said. \u201cThese children have had their lives completely given back to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The event saw a powerful animated film about one young girl\u2019s true-life story of rescue and was addressed by Rachel Grigoriva, who studied english language and world literature at Tikva\u2019s accredited university. \u201cYou have given me my education, my Judaism, my community and my future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Joanna Lumley (centre) with guests at the Tikva dinner (Photo credit: Blake Ezra photography)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joanna Lumley condemns \u2018appalling\u2019 cultural boycotts of Israel JUSTIN COHEN Celebrated actress and campaigner says she \u2018hates barriers, walls and boycotts\u2019, whilst speaking at a Jewish charity event. Joanna Lumley at the Tikva dinner (Photo credit: Blake Ezra photography) National treasure Joanna Lumley has condemned cultural boycotts of Israel as \u201cappalling\u201d. The celebrated actress and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52302,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52278\/revisions\/52302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}