by Liz Lochhead, poet, dramatist and Scottish Makar2 September 2012 …I was glad to join other Scottish artists and writers in signing a letter protesting the appearance of the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at the Edinburgh International Festival this week. Why? Because I have been profoundly changed by what I witnessed and experienced first hand…
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IF you are angry at the Israeli court blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death under an Israeli bulldozer, while trying to intercede against a – routine – Israeli bulldozing of Palestinian homes and propertyIF you are angry at Israel shelling of Gaza yesterday and its other cruelties IF you want to send a message…
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The Zionist Federation UK will be demonstrating in support of Batsheva and Israel outside the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre. Israeli Minister Limor Livnat will attend one of the Israeli State-sponsored dance group’s three performances for the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) for three nights beginning Thursday August 30th. EIF Director Jonathan Mills has publicly warned pro-Palestine demonstrators…
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Naomi Wimborne-IdrissiPublished in The Scotsman22 August 2012Protests against Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company performing at the Edinburgh International Festival are attracting support from contemporary dance figures including Alain Platel, founder of the Belgian dance company Les Ballets C de la B, and UK choreographer Jonathan Burrows. Both have endorsed statements opposing the participation of Batsheva because…
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Israeli-state funded Batsheva Dance Company’ will dance at the Edinburgh International Festival on 30th, 31st August and 1st September while Israel commits atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people:Send off a letter now to the EIF Director – it just takes seconds. Join the three nights of protests at the Edinburgh Playhouse.Support the protests across the…
Israeli cricket match cancelledBBC 09 August 2006An Israeli cricket team match which was due to take place under armed guard at RAF Lossiemouth has been cancelled. A spokesman for the organisers, the European Cricket Council, insisted the move was not due to any threatened demonstration. It is understood that Israel’s opponents Greece had suffered travel problems…