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Not just boycotts: Why it's hard to bring singers to Israel
Ami Friedman
Published: 19.10.15, 22:43
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1. ??"principled opposition"
David ,   New york   (10.20.15)
Regarding waters, I would have said more like "rabid antisemitism" its sick how some people defend our enemies: let those people choke on their own vomit
2. WHO CARES?
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED HONESTY   (10.19.15)
3. Entertainments lead a person away from haShem. Re-creations
Rivkah   (10.20.15)
restore the body, mind and/or soul and/or spirit and lead a person toward haShem. So it is something to be thankful for that the entertainers are reluctant to play in Israel.
4. Israel is the Just Compensation for the Shoah
Zika   (10.20.15)
No matter what the Ideology Israel is the Searing Just compensation for the Shoah growing tougher and waiting for for the betrayal .
5. Priorities
Shlomo ,   Phoenix USA   (10.20.15)
You'd pay Beyonce 3.5 million to come over? How many of you are living in poverty? Some situational awareness is badly needed.
6. Most of these acts are "Reality-era music", so I agree: not
(10.20.15)
everything's lost. Real musicians do come over. You want to "see" a concert together with other 20-50.000??! -On a huge screen and you paid hundreds of hard earned Shekels..? Beats me, how people agree do it.
7. concerts
Jeffrey Oshin ,   Efrat, Israel   (10.20.15)
Why no mention of the Pais Arena? Why is the Arena unable to house a big act, it has over 15,000 seats. If not for concerts and other acts to supplement the sporting events held there, why was it built? Why is it insufficient for a big act?
8. #7:Because unlike sports, concerts can't be seen from behind
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9. Neither singers or musicians secured Israel
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (10.31.15)
but, if I recall King David sang some beautiful songs unto the Lord and invented the symbols. T( Psalms are AKA 'songs' .) the rest, who cares? Compare that to the pals where ONLY violence is worshipped. KEEP BUILDING BABY !!!
10. Israel is famous for religion & war not music
zionist forever   (11.04.15)
Israel is just not seen as a country that is a country full of fans of western music. It has never produced any musicians of its own who made it outside Israel. Apart from the unwanted war image the country sells itself as the capital of religion and religion and music have never been good bed partners so there is image. The stadium issue is about money, government is not going to finance a national stadium of some kind so it comes to private investment and private sector won't invest millions in building a stadium unless they see big rewards because they are not there to provide a public service. Even the O2 Arena that was not paid for privately its based in the Millennium Dome financed by the government for millennium celebrations and it is currently leased by the concert exhibitions company without financing these big projects don't happen anywhere and especially Israel.
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