Friday, August 01, 2014

Threats to freedom of speech in Israel never get attention in US media

"Israeli singer-songwriter Rona Kenan canceled a performance that was supposed to take place Thursday evening in Haifa over fears for her life.

Over the past two weeks, various anonymous Facebook pages have been opened calling for a boycott of Kenan’s show over a claim that the singer “held a moment of silence for [Palestinian] martyrs” at an event that took place two years ago. Kenan vehemently denied the claim at the time.

Kenan’s public relations representative said her performance at the Turkish market in Haifa was canceled over “inciting messages, threats against her and slander over the past week via social media.” "