Irish creative and performing artists have launched a cultural boycott of Israel, saying they will not perform or exhibit in the Jewish state "until it respects international law".
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign launched the boycott with a concert in Dublin, declaring that performers "should not be used as propaganda tools by the Israeli apartheid state".
In response, the Israeli Embassy in Dublin said the move was "regrettable and ill-informed".
The IPSC pledge states: "In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail ourselves of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights." Ireland-based Israel supporters said around 100 of the boycotters were well-known "troublemakers", but that another 50 were "unknowns".
