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Music festival in Belgium (Gent) cancels concert over Israeli conductor (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by RunawayFixer@lemmy.world to c/belgium@lemmy.world

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“Given the inhumanity of the current situation, which is also leading to emotional reactions in our own society, we believe it is undesirable to allow this concert to go ahead,” the organisers said, adding that they had chosen not to collaborate with partners who had not “distanced themselves unequivocally from that regime.”

Also in dutch on VRT.be: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/09/10/gent-festival-van-vlaanderen-annuleert-muenchner-philharmoniker/

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[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

All the usual suspects calling this decision antisemitic, makes me more supportive of it. They could have used other language to appeal to humanism or reason, but nope, straight to fake accusations of racism and hate mongering against the decision makers.