Madrid .- The political pressure forced the reggae music festival best known of Spain, the Rototom Sunsplash, to reverse the veto the Jewish singer Matisyahu.
After several days of controversy, in which in the last hours came to intervene in the Spanish Foreign Ministry, along with the embassies of Israel and the United States in Madrid, the Rototom today apologized and again invited the artist to act on 22 such and as planned initially.
“We respect the Jewish community and ask sincere apologies for what happened,” he said in a statement, in which he admitted his “mistake”, said the result of pressures one pro-Palestinian group, BDS, pursued by the international boycott of Israel.
Matisyahu, American of Israeli origin, did not say at the moment whether to accept the new invitation. The festival, which is held every summer in Benicassim, in the east of the country, out of the lineup after he refused to make a public statement against Israel.
“No artist should be put in a situation so just for their art, “then he lamented the musician. “Support peace and compassion for all people. My music speaks for itself, and put politics in it.”
The controversy that was generated with the veto became more intense with the pronouncement of political parties . We, the United Left (IU) and the regional party Compromís supported the decision. The Popular Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy, the (PSOE) Socialist Party and Citizens rejected and condemned as an anti-Semitic act and a dangerous precedent.
“The Government of Spain condemns the cancellation of the performance of the singer Matisyahu” on Wednesday sentenced the Spanish Foreign Ministry, increasing pressure on the festival. Matisyahu veto is “a form of action which violates the conscience”
Also the embassies of Israel and the United States spoke. The first spoke of an “anti-Semitic ideological censorship dyes”. The second branded the decision as “worrying” for fundamental freedoms.
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