In interview with UK magazine, Erez, who has grown increasingly popular in Israel and overseas over the last year, says she believes "BDS did an important job in putting a spotlight on the situation."
The play is inspired by the true story of a group of boys at the Terezin concentration camp, who created the longest-running underground publication of the Holocaust.
"Wonder Woman" star under attack for social media posts about Pride 2021 while remaining too silent for some users during latest operation against Hamas in Gaza.
The Jewish Life TV network will also air the original new series "Inside Fauda" and "Inside Prisoners of War" with interviews with actors and directors about the making of both series.
Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the acclaimed director and his family spend a year in Israel, "the country that handled COVID best."
The highly acclaimed miniseries starring Israeli actress Shira Haas is recognized as one of the most "compelling and empowering stories released across broadcast and streaming media in 2020."
Nadav Lapid's "Ahed's Knee" and Eran Kolirin's "Let It Be Morning" will compete for the festival's most prestigious award the Palme d'Or.
Patti Smith, Roger Waters among those calling on artists to refuse to perform at "Israel's complicit cultural institutions." "We believe this is crucial to one day live in a world without segregation and apartheid," signatories say.
Hundreds of anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded in the UK since hostilities between Israel and Hamas.
The singer has broken the all-time record for the highest note in the contest's history, hitting a B6 whistle note in her song Set Me Free.
