Hamas Movement hailed the Sydney festival boycott by a group of artists over a sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy in a statement issued on Thursday.
The statement was issued after more than 20 acts have pulled out of the 2022 Sydney festival just 48 hours before the opening night boycotting the festival over a sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy.
“We commend and appreciate this decision that came in solidarity with the Palestinians’ legitimate rights and in opposition to the Israeli crimes against our Palestinian people” the statement read.
“We declare our solidarity with the participants who have withdrawn from the festival and we call on all participants to raise their voices in face of oppression and injustice” it added.
The comedian Tom Ballard the Beauvoir theater production of Black Brass former NSW politician Meredith Burgmann First Nations dance company Marrugeku and commentator Yumi Stynes are just some of the festival participants who have either cancelled or distanced themselves in protest joining a growing number of Arab pro-Palestinian First Nations and Greens groups spearheading the call for a boycott.
