More than 100 British artists have added their names to 600 others by joining the cultural boycott of Israel.

In a letter to the UK’s Guardian newspaper – reproduced below – the artists, who include such luminaries as the electronic music pioneer and producer Brian Eno, filmmakers Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, former The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft and novelist and essayist Hari Kunzru, said they were joining the anti-Israeli petition titled “Artists for Palestine UK”. This brings the total number of signatories to the petition to over 700.

Here is the text of their letter: