Sydney Festival
Boycott activists targeted the Sydney Festival due to the Israeli embassy's sponsorship of the Batsheva Dance Company's Decadance.
September 29, 2022, 9:33 am
Festival’s funds folly
"In my view, the losers here will be the arts-loving public of Australia."
By AJN STAFF
The University of Sydney. Photo: Knowledgeispower3/Wikimedia Commons
February 17, 2022, 8:34 am
AUJS requests VC meeting
"The motion explicitly removes any student with a connection to Israel, including Jewish students, from the SRC's definition of the recognised student body..."
By AJN STAFF
USYD student Gabrielle Stricker-Phelps was heckled and silenced by others in the SRC meeting.
February 10, 2022, 8:05 am
Students’ Reprehensible Council
"Any corporation that sides with Israel is no friend of students..." USYD Students' Representative Council
By Gareth Narunsky
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Photo: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
January 27, 2022, 11:55 am
Spokesperson: Albo rejects BDS
"Boycotting an arts festival in Sydney is not going to advance the cause of peace for Israelis or Palestinians" - Macnamara MP Josh Burns
By Gareth Narunsky
Boycott activists at the Sydney Festival earlier this month. Photo: BDS Australia, Facebook
January 20, 2022, 2:08 pm
‘Apology risks legitimising anti-Israel falsehoods’
The only apology needed was from the boycott activists who "sought to bully and pressure other artists".
By Gareth Narunsky
Photo: Maxim Waratt
January 20, 2022, 1:12 pm
Losing the narrative battle as slurs, boycotts are normalised
The Sydney Festival Board refused to hand back the $20,000 to the Israeli Embassy but has that helped the public conversation?
By Gareth Narunsky
January 14, 2022, 10:00 am
BDS exposed
Many well-meaning individuals have been seduced into supporting BDS on the false pretence that it is merely about promoting Palestinian human rights; instead they are playing right into the hands of a genocidal, terrorist organisation.
By AJN STAFF
Instagram post from the Boycott Sydney Festival campaign.
January 13, 2022, 8:59 am
‘We don’t want to alienate Jews’
“We absolutely do not want to alienate Jewish people, or anybody. We are inclusive, that’s what we want to be.”
By Gareth Narunsky
Protesters outside the Sydney Opera House ahead of the performance of Decadance. Photo: Palestine Justice Movement Sydney, Instagram
January 13, 2022, 8:57 am
Time to boycott boycotters?
By Gareth Narunsky
An anti-Israel protester in Sydney last week. Photo: Facebook
January 13, 2022, 8:50 am
Australia needs anti-BDS legislation
By Robert Gregory
Tweets protesting the Sydney festival and Israel.
January 13, 2022, 8:38 am
Festival boycott signposts road to authoritarianism
By Bren Carlill
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter, killed in the May 2021 conflict with Israel, during a rally in Gaza. Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP
January 9, 2022, 4:10 pm
Hamas lauds Sydney Festival boycotters
'We declare our solidarity with the participants who have withdrawn from the festival,' terrorist group says
By Gareth Narunsky
Photo: Maxim Waratt
January 5, 2022, 11:41 am
Sydney Festival pays price for Israeli sponsorship
The Sydney Festival’s refusal to hand back $20,000 of sponsorship from the Israeli Embassy has led over 20 acts to withdraw from the event.
By AJN STAFF
Dancers perform Decadance, created by Batsheva Dance Company's Ohad Naharin.Photo: Maxim Waratt
December 23, 2021, 8:00 am
Boycotters’ decadent act
Attempt to boycott Israeli Embassy funding of Sydney festival
By Peter Kohn
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