"PROTESTS against Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company performing at the Edinburgh International Festival are attracting support from contemporary dance figures including Alain Platel, founder of the Belgian dance company Les Ballets C de la B, and UK choreographer Jonathan Burrows.
Both have endorsed statements opposing the participation of Batsheva because it is part of the Brand Israel campaign, begun in 2005, explicitly using culture as a propaganda tool to distract attention from Israel’s brutal treatment of the Palestinian people."
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