Approximately 50 human rights activists held a protest in front of Leviev diamond store in New York on December 18 to protest owner Lev Leviev’s human rights violations.

Africa Israel and Leader Management and Development, which are owned by Leviev, have built thousands of homes for Israeli settlers on Palestinian land in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank, according to Adalah-NY’s press release.

Leviev, known as “King of Diamonds,” is an Israeli billionaire that produces and sells diamonds. Leviev has jewelry boutiques in various countries, including the United States.

Adalah-NY has released a video featuring eight artists who have come forward to support the cultural boycott of Israel. Since April 2004, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has called upon intellectuals and academics worldwide to “comprehensively and consistently boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions as a contribution to the struggle to end Israel’s occupation, colonization and system of apartheid”, BDS Movement states.

“How can I perform in Israel when millions of Palestinians cannot attend?” asks renowned musician Roger Waters in a new video.

The video, released by Adalah-N.Y.: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, features influential New York City-based artists calling on other cultural workers to pledge their support for the boycott of Israel, in protest of the country’s illegal 48-year occupation of the Palestinian territories and constant human rights abuses against indigenous Palestinians.

A new video starring Roger Waters and other U.S. artists is calling for a cultural boycott of Israel. The video begins with the artists explaining the different ways in which Israeli control dictates the life of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The clip then details the economic cost of the occupation. [Article in English.]