Some 150 American actors, writers and directors have called to boycott the Jewish town of Ariel located in western Samaria. The artists include Cynthia Nixon, Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn. The move follows calls by Israeli theatre professionals to do the same thing.
Pro-Israel critics slammed the American artists noting the only city they have called on to boycott is a Jewish one, while ignoring human rights abuses in Iran, North Korea and Syria.