Following boycott campaign, 1st Israeli Feis attempts to smear activists as it cancels performance
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/07/following-activists-performance
Following an intense campaign by Irish BDS activists, organizers of the 1st Israeli Feis, a first time competitive tournament of traditional Irish Dance in Israel, announced the cancellation of the event on their Facebook page yesterday. In the initial cancellation announcement, the event accused the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), of threatening to kill “everyone” participating in the event, by shooting them in the head.
Talk about massive social media fail.
The announcement, now removed, was eventually replaced hours later by one slightly less hysterical, inflammatory and accusatory, also published on the Facebook page of Carey Academy Israel, hosting the event. But not before being captured in a screen shot by Israeli BDS activist and Boycott from Within co-founder Ronnie Barkan. The original cancellation reads in part:
IPSC [Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign] and their idol organization BDS claim they are a peaceful campaign, they felt very comfortable not only sending aggressive messages to people, saying they want to destroy Israel or that everyone who takes part in the feis would be shot in the head…
…they are equally fine threatening US and UK dance teachers or a teenage musician from Europe. It really did scare us when IPSC/BDS campaigners organized a not-so-peaceful protest outside of our dance studio…