Artist’s Union slams calls to boycott Anat Waxman

The Israel Artists’ Union strongly condemns “calls to ostracize and boycott artists only for expressing their opinion,” in response to calls to boycott theater actress Anat Waxman.

Waxman, in a Channel 2 interview, made dismissive comments against right wing voters which were widely criticized as elitist and out-of-touch. On Tuesday, Dimona Mayor Benny Biton (Likud) called on heads of other regional councils to join a boycott against Waxman for her comments.

According to Israel Radio, Biton sent mayors of other cities a letter where he said only a boycott that will hurt the financial situation of Waxman “and her ilk” will make them “repent and internalize that democracy is an equal mode of government for the residents of Herzliya and those of periphery communities. We will not be able to say it’s not our fault if the insults uttered by people like her bring a civil war,” Biton wrote.

Waxman later said she did never mentioned  voters’ ethnicity and her comments were directed only against the prime minister.