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Massive Attack dedicates Lebanon gig to Gaza children
By Korea HeraldPublished : July 31, 2014 - 20:52
BYBLOS, Lebanon (AFP) ― Influential British band Massive Attack dedicated their only Middle East gig to the children of Gaza, openly condemning Israel’s “massacre” of the Palestinians.
As the band played in Byblos, in Lebanon, just a few hundred kilometers north of Gaza, swaying music-lovers on Tuesday night held up Palestinian flags as Massive Attack issued a rare, explicit condemnation of Israel’s offensive.
In an exclusive interview with AFP, frontman Robert Del Naja said: “This bombardment of an area that is one of the most densely-populated on earth, where civilians aren’t allowed to leave, is just beyond belief.”
Referring to Israel, he said backstage: “In order to protect yourself, do you really want to massacre another people? In the 21st century, it’s beyond belief.”
Del Naja, whose Bristol band has enjoyed huge success since the early 1990s, slammed the world’s inaction.
“The politicians, they stay silent. It’s perverse, it almost suggests they’re not fit for office,” he said.
The band accompanied their tracks with a shower of messages flashing on a huge black screen, expressing solidarity not only with the Palestinians, but also with Syrian refugees and with Christians forced by jihadists to flee Iraq.
“Gaza has been occupied or under restrictions since 1948,” flashed the screen as Massive Attack played their signature track, Unfinished Sympathy.
“8 July Israel starts Operation Protective Edge. Population of Gaza: 1,816,000. Israeli death toll 60. Civilians 7. Palestinian dead 1,200. Civilians 864.
In a long history of activism, the band publicly opposed the U.S. and U.K.-led 2003 Iraq invasion.
“Far from making the world a safer place, it was the complete opposite,” said Del Naja.
The concert, which wowed an audience of thousands in the ancient port town of Byblos, just north of Beirut, came after a visit by Del Naja and Grant Marshall to the Palestinian camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in the Lebanese capital.
Part of the concert’s proceeds will go to Al-Nakab Center for Youth Activities, an association working in the camp.
As the band played in Byblos, in Lebanon, just a few hundred kilometers north of Gaza, swaying music-lovers on Tuesday night held up Palestinian flags as Massive Attack issued a rare, explicit condemnation of Israel’s offensive.
In an exclusive interview with AFP, frontman Robert Del Naja said: “This bombardment of an area that is one of the most densely-populated on earth, where civilians aren’t allowed to leave, is just beyond belief.”
Referring to Israel, he said backstage: “In order to protect yourself, do you really want to massacre another people? In the 21st century, it’s beyond belief.”
Del Naja, whose Bristol band has enjoyed huge success since the early 1990s, slammed the world’s inaction.
“The politicians, they stay silent. It’s perverse, it almost suggests they’re not fit for office,” he said.
The band accompanied their tracks with a shower of messages flashing on a huge black screen, expressing solidarity not only with the Palestinians, but also with Syrian refugees and with Christians forced by jihadists to flee Iraq.
“Gaza has been occupied or under restrictions since 1948,” flashed the screen as Massive Attack played their signature track, Unfinished Sympathy.
“8 July Israel starts Operation Protective Edge. Population of Gaza: 1,816,000. Israeli death toll 60. Civilians 7. Palestinian dead 1,200. Civilians 864.
In a long history of activism, the band publicly opposed the U.S. and U.K.-led 2003 Iraq invasion.
“Far from making the world a safer place, it was the complete opposite,” said Del Naja.
The concert, which wowed an audience of thousands in the ancient port town of Byblos, just north of Beirut, came after a visit by Del Naja and Grant Marshall to the Palestinian camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in the Lebanese capital.
Part of the concert’s proceeds will go to Al-Nakab Center for Youth Activities, an association working in the camp.
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