Three acts from Israel are due to play at Glastonbury this summer - marking the first appearances by performers from the country at the leading music festival. Acollective, a seven-piece band performing punk, folk and electronic jazz; Saz, a Palestinian rapper who lives in Ramla and has been compared to Will Smith; and soul singer Ester Rada will all sing on the Silver Haze stage at the Somerset festival. Glastonbury will be headlined in June by the Rolling Stones, Mumford and Sons, Arctic Monkeys and American-Jewish sister trio Haim. Acollective lead singer Idan Rabinovici, who will perform at two other festivals in Britain this summer, said: “It’s been a while since we were last on tour in the UK, and we’re really looking forward to trying out some of our new material live - particularly to the unsuspecting festival masses.” The deal with the Israeli acts was struck by Jeremy Hulsh, chief executive of Oleh! Records, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes Israeli musicians and exports their work to a global audience. Mr Hulsh’s company helps Israeli artists book foreign tours, sell merchandise, cover travel costs and manage marketing. He has orchestrated deals worth more than £3.4 million to the Israeli music industry.