Human rights activists have welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to block Israel’s participation in the first International Culture Summit, which is being held in the Scottish Parliament building next week. A coalition of campaign groups labelled “Don’t dance with Israeli apartheid,” which had planned to protest any official Israeli presence, said that Tel Aviv had declined the invitation to attend a conference “encouraging cultural dialogue among nations,” reports said. The coalition campaigners are organising an audio-visual, singing, and spoken-word event, which is entitled “Israel’s Culture of Apartheid,” outside the parliament for the duration of the Cultural Summit.
Israel Banned From Edinburgh International Summit
Human rights activists have welcomed the Scottish government’s decision to block Israel’s participation in the first International Culture Summit, which is being held in the Scottish Parliament building next week.
