Monday, March 30, 2009

Palestinian orchestra dissolved in an address at a concert for the victims of the Holocaust.

The government of Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin dissolved children's orchestra, speaking in Israel at a concert for the survivors of the Holocaust of Jews, the Associated Press March 29.
The orchestra of 13 young musicians, "Strings of liberty" under the direction of conductor Vafy Younes accepted an invitation from the sponsors and presented at a concert organized in the framework of the "Day of good deeds" in Tel Aviv. After returning to Palestine, however, the team leader accused of that, she led the children in politics, and the orchestra dissolved.
"She used the children in a great political issue" - said the community leader of the Jenin camp, Adnan Hindi. "The Holocaust took place, but we were the victims of the same destruction on the part of the Jews" - Hindi said, adding that because of Israel, many Palestinians are forced to live 50 years in refugee camps like Jenin. Most parents of children who participated in the orchestra, also condemned the concert in Tel Aviv.
In late December 2008 and the first half of January 2009, Israel held Gaza military operation "Cast lead, against a radical Palestinian militant group Hamas. As a result, the Israeli army in Gaza killed about 1300 Palestinians. According to the IDF, about 750 of them were militants, but Hamas has confirmed the deaths of only 48 members of the organization, and the rest, according to Palestinian figures, were civilians.
Recall, in April 2002 during the IDF military operation in the Jenin camp were killed, several hundred Palestinians. This episode has caused a wide resonance in the world, as well as in the opinion of many observers, the Israeli army actions were not justified.

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