Consul General walks out of New York gala over Israel slandering – Consul General Dani Dayan leaves annual gala of Bezalel Academy in protest against its president’s anti-Israel remarks. | Israel National News

Dani Dayan, the Consul General of Israel in New York, on Wednesday night participated in the annual gala of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in New York, in the presence of many dignitaries.
As part of his participation in the gala, the Consul spoke about the academy and its contribution and congratulated those present. After Dayan’s speech, the President of the Academy, Prof. Adi Schwartz, took the stage. At first he spoke about the academy’s development plans, but then Schwartz suddenly moved to political issues.