For Netanyahu, Lithuania is a dream come true since the Palestinian issue isn’t on their public agenda, and the term “West Bank settlements” isn’t part of the country’s lexicon.
By Tal Shalev
With international discontent over Israel’s policies growing, the Israeli dance company “Bat Sheva” has gotten its fair share of boycott threats. But the strident sounds of BDS demonstrators were replaced this week by loud applause as the celebrated ensemble performed at the Lithuanian national theater in Vilnius. Clapping enthusiastically, alongside the Israeli ambassador, was Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.
Former Israeli President Peres, Lithuania President Grybauskaite – Photo: GPO/Moshe Milner
Even as the BDS movement appears to be gaining traction and the EU is intensifying its warnings to Israel, Lithuania is singing a totally different tune.
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