Israel debut feis cancelled over threat

A dance academy in Tel Aviv has claimed that threats and protests by an Irish group expressing solidarity with Palestine has forced the cancellation of what would have been the first feis to take place in Israel.

The chairman of the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign said his group had written to the Irish dancing authority and the feis judges to request that they observe a cultural boycott of Israel, but denied they threatened anyone associated with the event.

The 1st Israeli Feis was due to take place in Tel Aviv on August 15, and was set to have a number of competitions across a variety of age groups and dance styles and contests were to be marked by certified Irish dancing adjudicators.