Over 250 cultural organisations, theatre companies, and festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium have signed a statement calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural organisations in protest against the continuing genocidal violence in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. We can stop working with Israeli organisations but you can stop buying dates from Israel the next time you go to the supermarket,” she said. The boycott is aimed exclusively at Israeli cultural organisations and companies connected with the state, for instance, by subsidies. Individual Israeli artists are not included in the boycott, TivoliVredenburg director Jeroen Bartelse told the paper. “Artistic exchange is the lifeblood of the cultural sector but it is no longer ‘business as usual’: the lawlessness must end.”