More than 150 Irish intellectuals and artists have launched a cultural boycott of Israel and compared their efforts with the fight against apartheid.
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) said the boycott would continue until “Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights”.
The signatories have pledged to reject funding from institutions with any link to the Israeli government. They said that in protest at Israel’s “treatment of the Palestinian people” they will not perform or display their work in the country.
Raymond Deane of the IPSC said they would maintain the boycott until “an end of the occupation of Palestine; dismantling or at least stopping the settlements; and Israel negotiating in good faith with the Palestinians”
