Friday 15 May 2009

Comment is Free - Hillel Schenker

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/14/leonard-cohen-israel-palestine

Hillel Schenker comments on the news that 'a group of academics in the UK – among them Professor Haim Bresheeth, who spent many years in Israel – is urging Leonard Cohen to cancel his concert in Israel, scheduled for 24 September, because "your songs have been part of the soundtrack of our lives". It is not "the right action" according to the Buddhist precepts he identifies with, because it sends a message of support for Israeli military actions against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.'

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