The Epic Failure of the BDS Cultural Boycott
For weeks, the headlines focused on the campaign by Roger Waters to persuade Radiohead to cancel its Israel gig. Yet the self-appointed musical boycotter-in-chief was no more successful with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke than with hundreds of other performers who have ignored him. In fact, many are now more comfortable joining in the condemnation of the antisemitic boycott. Just last week, Nasreen Qadri, a Muslim Israeli Arab singer who performed with Radiohead, blasted Waters and other BDS advocates for actions detrimental to the causes of peace and tolerance.
For weeks, the headlines focused on the campaign by Roger Waters to persuade Radiohead to cancel its Israel gig. Yet the self-appointed musical boycotter-in-chief was no more successful with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke than with hundreds of other performers who have ignored him. In fact, many are now more comfortable joining in the condemnation of the antisemitic boycott. Just last week, Nasreen Qadri, a Muslim Israeli Arab singer who performed with Radiohead, blasted Waters and other BDS advocates for actions detrimental to the causes of peace and tolerance.