The cultural boycott against Israel is growing and many Israeli citizens are feeling saddened:
Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar, whose 2007 movie “Beaufort
” received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, told JTA that the refusal of artists to perform in Israel is a kind of collective punishment of the culture-loving public — often the very public that is “extra critical of Israeli policies.”
Cedar said that while he believes a boycott is “a legitimate way for an artist to express his political views,” they should be political views the artist has consistently and publicly held.