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An Israeli Army dance troupe has been forced to cancel its performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London after campaigners threatened to stage protests. The Zionist Federation had organised an Israel at 61 event featuring a performance by a uniformed troupe of singing IDF soldiers. Organisers claimed it was in the spirit of ‘It ain’t half hot Mum’.

* Well temperatures certainly rose at the thought of a Butcher-Shop Quartet performing at the Bloomsbury Theatre and they were forced to move to an undisclosed location in North London with a ZF spokesman saying “We don’t want it spoilt by a group of people who transfer from a climate camp celebration to an animal rights protest to a dance troupe protest”.

To check out the spirit of this popular 70s sitcom see www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWjwrQvHWQ

Keywords: idf, israel, it aint half hot mum, london, zionist federation


 

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