11 January 2025

The illegality of the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team in the Tour Down Under

The presence of the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team in the forthcoming Tour Down Under is illegal under international law. The Australian Friends of Palestine Association is calling on government and private entities to prohibit the unlawful participation of the Israeli team in the event.

2 December 2024

Pedalling for Israel is peddling genocide

Unfortunately the Australian Friends of Palestine Association’s campaign to ensure that an Israeli team is not registered for any events in the International Cycling World Tour 2025 and especially in the South Australian Santos Tour Down Under has not met with success.

21 August 2024

Campaign to keep Israeli cycling team out of Tour Down Under

Earlier this year the Adelaide-based Australian Friends of Palestine Association planned and delivered a campaign to protest WOMADelaide, Adelaide’s premier music festival. The board of this festival had defended and lauded Zionist supporter, Ziggy Marley, and promoted political activism from a Ukrainian group. Meanwhile a Palestinian group, 47 Soul, was disinvited from this event. Our protest of this shameful prejudice galvanised considerable support within the confines of the event in the local community and even built international connections with political activists in New Zealand where Ziggy Marley was an invited guest of WOMADNZ.

11 March 2024

Siding with the oppressors: WOMAD defends Ziggy Marley, uninvites Palestinian artists

Two significant acts invited to play WOMADelaide 2024 have been treated in vastly different ways in recent months by the Director, Ian Scobie.

30 January 2024

WOMAD headliner Ziggy Marley raised $60 million for an IDF now committing genocide

Renowned reggae artist, Ziggy Marley, the headline artist at WOMADelaide 2024 (World Music Adelaide), is an outspoken supporter of Israel even during its current genocidal operation in Gaza. In 2018, fans worldwide were shocked by his attendance at a star studded benefit for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). This event raised $60 million for a military that had already received more than $120 billion dollars from the US government since the end of World War II. WOMADs values are in stark contrast to the actions of their headline performer.