Artists for Artists stands in solidarity with Palestinians confronting 77 years of settler-colonial occupation. We recognise the ongoing crisis in Palestine as genocide, and urge that it be addressed accordingly. Israel’s illegal occupation must end: this requires ending Israel’s 17-year-long illegal blockade on Gaza, and all other aspects of Israel’s system of apartheid imposed on all Palestinians. 

Artists for Artists understands the vital role of artists, cultural workers, students, and educators around the world in confronting this occupation and imagining new futures. We stand unequivocally for artistic and academic freedom and condemn all attempts to silence or constrain an open debate about Palestine's past, present, and future.

• We stand in solidarity with artists, academics, students, and cultural workers in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel facing unprecedented levels of violence - killing, intimidation, harassment, and arrest. 

• We stand with artists, academics, and students around the world who have lost their jobs or been subject to campaigns of harassment and intimidation due to expressing their views on Israel and Palestine in the course of their work or study.

• We commit to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)—an effort “anchored in international law and universal human rights” that “rejects on principle boycotts of individuals based on their identity”. 

• We affirm our determination to maintain and defend the right to learn openly, honestly, and fearlessly on subjects including genocide, ethnic cleansing, settler-colonialism, and racism.