An appeal to Leonard Cohen to abandon his plans to play a concert in Israel in September 2009 in acknowledgement of the distress caused by that country's insurgence into Gaza and the West Bank
Monday, 20 July 2009
Protests outside Dublin concerts
Members of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a protest against Leonard Cohen's plans to play in Israel outside the Dublin O2 venue where Leonard is playing his latest shows in Ireland, according to today's Irish Times.
The Leonard Cohen Boycott Israel Campaign was formed by a small group of longtime fans of Leonard Cohen. We take no pleasure is asking Leonard and his management to deprive Israeli fans of their long awaited moment to see him live, but feel that with circumstances as they are in the Palestinian territories and Gaza in particular, the priority must be to appeal to them to refrain from giving credibility to the Israeli state by playing there.
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