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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Shakira abandons plan to play in Tel Aviv
Shakira, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, performs during the opening of a United Nations development conference in 2015.
UN Photo
Palestinians are welcoming the news that Shakira won’t be playing in Tel Aviv this summer.
PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of
Israel, said that Shakira’s decision dashes Israel’s hopes “to use her
name to art-wash its latest massacre in Gaza.”
“Artists, especially UN goodwill ambassadors, have a moral duty not to
be complicit in covering up human rights violations and apartheid,”
PACBI added.
Meanwhile, a number of international artists have announced that they
are pulling out of the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival in
solidarity with Palestinians.
Shakira, the Grammy-winning Colombian superstar with Lebanese ancestry, serves as a goodwill ambassadorfor UNICEF, the UN children’s agency that has documented many of Israel’s abuses.
“Hundreds of Palestinian municipalities and cultural organizations, as
well as thousands of fans and boycott activists, from Gaza and Lebanon
to Colombia and the US, appealed to Shakira to cancel,” PACBI said.
Israel supporters had presented Shakira’s planned show as a blow to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement and as a sign of Shakira’s “support for Israel.”
Now, Israeli sources are attempting to downplay her cancellation.
“The media has incorrectly reported that Shakira will be performing in
Tel Aviv this summer,” concert promoter Live Nation tweeted on Monday.
“While no dates this summer will work, Shakira and Live Nation hope to
bring a show to her fans in Israel in the future.”
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