The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) led the call for the boycott, claiming that Cohen was "intent on whitewashing Israel's colonial apartheid regime by performing in Israel."
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) 发起了这次抵制运动，宣称科恩“意图洗白以色列政府实施的殖民和种族隔离政策”。