Sunday, October 14, 2007

"Ramallah-based activists who call themselves Another Voice claimed the cancellation had been caused by Palestinian artists pulling out of the concert, planned for Wednesday, which they castigated as 'celebrating apartheid'. 'The reason for the cancellation,' said Haithem El-Zabri of Another Voice, 'was the withdrawal of five of their eight performers due to grassroots pressure against supporting an initiative that undermines Palestinian rights.'"