From: The Jerusalem Post January 21, 2025
Amsterdam comedy club cancels Israeli stand-up Yohay Sponder, after threats

Postponing the trip:
Sponder said on Instagram on Monday that the show had been postponed, and a new date and location would be announced soon.

"We're working on a new bigger venue, more beautiful, more central, better, we're going to get together and laugh as Jews are supposed to," Sponder thanked his fans for their support.

Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Netherlands welcomed Boom's decision to cancel the show, asserting that the venue had listened to arguments against allowing him to perform.

BDS NL said on Instagram Sunday:
"Yohay Sponder is a cultural ambassador for Israel, tasked with whitewashing Israel's atrocities against Palestinians,"

"Where other cultural ambassadors do so with music and art, Yohay Sponder chooses:
1. hate speech,
2. dehumanization of Palestinians,
3. anti-Muslim racism
4. and denying and ridiculing war crimes and crimes against humanity."

Sponder's comedy routines:
1. joke about Jewish and Israeli life
2. and recently have made light of and mused about the war
3. and mocked criticism of Israel during the war.