northern lad2
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תראו מה מצאתי בראיון שפורסם באתר undented: You mentioned you just got back from Tel Aviv. Many artists refuse to play shows in Israel, and there are several academic boycotts of the country that cite state practices against Palestinians. Did you experience any ethical conflicts when deciding to play there for the first time? Quite a few people have flown into see me over the last many, many, many, many months. And you begin to realize that there are citizens within countries. There are some people in the world who think America should be boycotted right now for what they’re doing. Yet I am not those in power who have made these choices, and neither are millions and millions of other people. So, as an American, you can’t just align me with the administration, you can’t do that. It’s one thing if you’re going to play a state dinner, it’s another if you’re going to play to human beings. So I chose to play to humans and it made a lot of sense to me. I’ve been there before, I went to Jerusalem before. This time I stayed pretty much in Tel Aviv, with Tash. It was beautiful where we were and the people couldn’t have been kinder and warmer to us. And I think a lot of them have a lot of questions about trouble in the Middle East and what’s happening. When you listen to them, they have to live with it every day. There are all kinds of viewpoints about this. It’s a very complex matter. מה אתם אומרים ?
תראו מה מצאתי בראיון שפורסם באתר undented: You mentioned you just got back from Tel Aviv. Many artists refuse to play shows in Israel, and there are several academic boycotts of the country that cite state practices against Palestinians. Did you experience any ethical conflicts when deciding to play there for the first time? Quite a few people have flown into see me over the last many, many, many, many months. And you begin to realize that there are citizens within countries. There are some people in the world who think America should be boycotted right now for what they’re doing. Yet I am not those in power who have made these choices, and neither are millions and millions of other people. So, as an American, you can’t just align me with the administration, you can’t do that. It’s one thing if you’re going to play a state dinner, it’s another if you’re going to play to human beings. So I chose to play to humans and it made a lot of sense to me. I’ve been there before, I went to Jerusalem before. This time I stayed pretty much in Tel Aviv, with Tash. It was beautiful where we were and the people couldn’t have been kinder and warmer to us. And I think a lot of them have a lot of questions about trouble in the Middle East and what’s happening. When you listen to them, they have to live with it every day. There are all kinds of viewpoints about this. It’s a very complex matter. מה אתם אומרים ?
