Last night demonstrators outside Radio City Music Hall called on Leonard Cohen to cancel a gig he has planned for Israel in September. The pressure will continue through Cohen's tour this summer. From Adalah:
“With the construction of the Apartheid Wall and Israeli settlements on
Palestinian lands, and on the heels of the brutal Israeli attack on
Gaza that killed over 1,400 Palestinians and injured 5,000 more, the
Palestinian Catastrophe continues and we demand that artists start
taking a courageous and principled stand by refusing to entertain
occupiers and oppressors,” said Riham Barghouti, Palestinian-American
activist with Adalah-NY.
Reports Hannah Mermelstein, "It was good. We gave out 500 flyers in less than an hour to folks
going inside. Some hostility, but more curiosity, and some support."
