Daniel Barenboim to conduct Israeli, Palestinian musicians in Jerusalem
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Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim will lead an orchestra of 33 young Israeli and Palestinians in Jerusalem Friday in what he called a concert ''against ignorance and lack of curiosity'' on both sides of the conflict.
At a news conference Thursday in the concert hall of the YMCA on the Jewish side of the city, Barenboim said he would not be taking part in festivities later this year marking 60 years since the founding of the state of Israel, which Palestinians mark as the anniversary of what they call al-Naqba, Arabic for catastrophe. ''It is 60 years of Israel's independence, which also means that it is 60 years of suffering of the people who were here,'' he said. (AP)
