Comment on LAS partnership

During Berlin Art Week we announced a collaboration with LAS Art Foundation at the CANK venue in Neukölln. Shortly after this announcement, and thanks to people within our network, we discovered that the founder of LAS, Jan Fischer, “has been involved in Jewish and Zionist causes since his youth” - see here. Until now, neither LAS nor Fischer have publicly condemned the ongoing genocide or commented on Fischer’s affiliation to Zionist causes. This is obviously something that we cannot stand behind. We then learned that other participants in the same project had been informed of these details concerning Fischer's Zionism, but the same transparency was not offered to us. That same day we communicated with our contacts at LAS that the partnership was hereby cancelled, and told them the reason why.

We reaffirm our support for Palestinian rights and again publicly call for an end to the ongoing genocide and German complicity therein. Arms supply to Israel must be stopped, and world governments must enforce international law to see the perpetrators of genocide face international accountability and criminal charges. Additionally, we demand the decriminalisation of Palestine solidarity.

Apologies to our friends, partners and network for not doing an adequate background check on the LAS organisation. All partnerships should go through these checks before agreements are reached.

This weekend Saturday 27th September at 14:00 (Moritzplatz, Berlin) there will be a 'United For Liberation' demo organised by Palestinians and Allies. Join if you can and stay safe.