Refusing to boycott Israel has the Red Hot Chili Peppers in hot water with Palestinian activists. The band is scheduled to play Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Sept. 10, 2012. The concert’s opening act, Lebanon’s Mashrou’ Leila, has canceled, and many are calling for the band to ditch the date. It seems even a liberal bunch like RHCP is not immune to the ire of the Left. After all, one can’t allow art — or economics — to betray politics.
Famed Lebanese band @mashrou3leila announce will not open 4 @ChiliPeppers given subsequent concert in Israel: http://t.co/ZRu5MKVH #bds
— IMEU (@theIMEU) September 4, 2012
Lebanon's @mashrou3leila cancels on @ChiliPeppers after latter refuses Israel boycott call http://t.co/SofiwI3I #BDS
— Electronic Intifada (@intifada) September 4, 2012
we will not be opening for the red hot chili peppers on september 6 in beirut
— Mashrou' Leila (@mashrou3leila) September 4, 2012
.@ChiliPeppers You attended the Hoping Foundation show in 2011 and u contributed to raising money for Palestine. Pls do not perform Tel Aviv
— Made In Nablus (@MadeInNablus) September 4, 2012
.@ChiliPeppers would you entertain white south africans during apartheid? Heed the words of Desmon Tutu http://t.co/Px0RDmSq
— Zalameh (@BDS4Justice) September 4, 2012
Still time to do the right thing, stand up for oppressed people and boycott apartheid Israel, @ChiliPeppers #BDS
— Jinjirrie ?⬛ (@Jinjirrie) September 4, 2012
@ChiliPeppers 100s of Palestinian villages have been ethnically cleansed +destroyed.don't u mind? http://t.co/MgBIOHD0 http://t.co/dzh4emCr
— bubu (@_Barbi_U) September 4, 2012
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But not everyone wants the band to bail. Some are willing to put politics aside for good music.
MT @haivri: @chilipeppers Don't give in to BDS terrorism. Feel free to perform in Israel.
— Yishai Fleisher ? ישי פליישר (@YishaiFleisher) September 4, 2012
@ChiliPeppers can't wait to see u in concert on the 6th in Lebanon :))
— nour harfouche (@NourHarfouche94) September 4, 2012
http://twitter.com/lkh0ja/status/243032202688995328
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