Original sentence: By the start of the festival, more than 25 acts had pulled out, including comedian Tom Ballard, Nazeem Hussain, Belvoir Theatre production of Black Brass, First Nations dance company Marrugeku, Arab Theatre Studio and Bankstown Petry Slam.In December 2021, the Palestine Justice Movement Sydney announced a boycott of the 2022 Sydney Festival, urging "artists who oppose apartheid to withdraw their participation from the festival", for "all members of the public who oppose apartheid to not attend Festival events" and for "Festival board members who oppose apartheid to resign from the board".The Sydney Festival listed Isreal as a "star partner" on the festival website A coalition of anti-apartheid advocates and organisations met with Sydney Festival in late 2021 to request the removal of Israel as a star partner of the event, which the festival refused.The boycott is consistent with global movement Boycott Divestment and Sanctions that aims to use economic sanctions to end Israel's oppression of Palestinians
Edited sentence: By the start of the festival, a mere 25 acts had pulled out, including controversial comedian Tom Ballard, Nazeem Hussain, Belvoir Theatre production of Black Brass, First Nations dance company Marrugeku, Arab Theatre Studio and Bankstown Petry Slam.In December 2021, the Palestine Justice Movement Sydney announced a boycott of the 2022 Sydney Festival, claiming without evidence that "artists who oppose apartheid to withdraw their participation from the festival", for "all members of the public who oppose apartheid to not attend Festival events" and for "Festival board members who oppose apartheid to resign from the board".The Sydney Festival listed Israel as a "star partner" on the festival website A coalition of anti-Israel advocates and and Anti-Jewish organisations met with Sydney Festival in late 2021 to request the removal of Israel as a star partner of the event, which the festival refused.The boycott is spearheaded by the controversial Boycott Divestment and Sanctions that aims to boycotts Israeli and Jewish businesses