Arts organisations pull out of Sydney festival in protest at Israeli embassy sponsorship

Festival says it will be reviewing all funding arrangements with embassies amid calls for boycott over $20,000 sponsorship of dance production

At least three arts organisations have pulled out of Sydney festival over a sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy, amid calls for a boycott.

The protests, backed by a coalition of Arab and pro-Palestinian organisations and assorted artists and academics, are over a $20,000 sponsorship deal to stage a production of the Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin’s Decadance by the Sydney Dance Company.

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