“As someone who stands against the routine killing of children, the starvation of civilians, and public declarations of ethnic cleansing … As someone who left Israel, in part, because of its moral collapse … As someone who stands in full solidarity with the civilians of Gaza, I still feel, as a person and as a dancer (and I believe we are all dancers), that this boycott might be missing the mark,” she wrote. Soon, the conversation had ricocheted out of Skoblinski’s circle to include pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian voices beyond Montreal — and to highlight how an escalation of anti-Israel sentiment in the dance world is pitting pro-Palestinian voices against some of Israel’s most vociferous internal critics. He added, “It is obvious that this cancellation does nothing to help reduce the suffering of people in our region or to reduce anger and frustration of the people in Ireland over the wrongdoing of the Israeli government and army in the Gaza Strip.”
Author: BY GRACE GILSON/JTA
Published at: 2025-06-01 20:34:03
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