Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sitting in the dark and cursing the world. I believe they consider this some sort of success? I suspect this is the work of the usual pack of political busybodies and "leaders," rather than the average fellow (leaving aside the fact that, as pointed out, it's likely that very few people there know or care who Leonard Cohen actually is). How helpful of them. West Bank cancels Leonard Cohen concert in protest against Israel
A Leonard Cohen concert planned in Ramallah on the West Bank in September has been cancelled after the artist became embroiled in a campaign to boycott Israel.
The 74-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter announced he would perform in Tel Aviv as part of his world tour. The Ramallah date was added later, allegedly in response to pro-Palestinian campaigners who had tried to dissuade Cohen from appearing in Israel.
Now his Palestinian hosts have cancelled the West Bank concert, amid claims that the planned gig was a hollow attempt to "balance" performances.
"Ramallah will not receive Cohen as long as he is intent on whitewashing Israel's colonial apartheid regime by performing in Israel," the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) said in a statement...
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Oh for pete's sake.
No wonder people can't make peace. Nobody will let them.
Kind of ironic, ain't it? The only people the boycott fools managed to get boycotted were the Arabs.
First we take Ramallah, then we take Hebron!
Islamofascists prefer artists who support and whitewash islamofascism.
Daniel Barenboim also canceled his Ramallah appearance this week after threats from the same boycott groups. One can only wish them more of these successes.
Looks like Barenboim's recent 'honorary PA citizenship' did not buy him much welcome there. This is beyond being ironic.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1100976.html