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Music festival in Belgium cancels concert over Israeli conductor
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Why are you assuming the religiosity of an Israeli person?
He is literally Jewish.
I have never heard of this type of moral panic over a Palestinian Israeli, or a Druze Israeli for example. It doesn't seem to be about just citizenship.
Source? The article only confirms that he is Israeli, doesn't mention his religion at all. Because it's not fucking relevant.
Russian citizens who refused to condemning the Ukraine invasion have faced similar consequence. There's plenty of precedent internationally for these sorts of decisions. The only difference here is that Israel has been purposefully supplying propaganda for decades to conflate antizionism with antisemitism.
Yes, he is Jewish. That is his ethnicity. Feel free to look it up.
Where in the article does it say that he refused to condemn anything? It actually says that he has made statements in favor of peace and reconciliation.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said the cancellation seemed “excessive. ...We must not confuse the Jewish community and Israelis with Netanyahu’s policies,”
The German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer criticized the move as a “disgrace for Europe. ...Under the guise of supposed criticism of Israel, a cultural boycott is being carried out here,” he said in a statement.
What's happening in Gaza is Israeli policy, the majority of them support it.
Uh huh
I feel like maybe your confusion comes from the fact that you don't realize over 20% of Israeli citizens are of Palestinian ethnicity.
Give me a break.
Do you know of an example? I'm always open to learn.
Thought I would put a little work into your question; I checked a random musician from this list and looked for recent news. They've literally been doing charity shows to get support for gaza.
It seems like some groups of people in israel feel there is an emergency that cannot be ignored; and some who do not.