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Israeli Palestinian singers attacked by media and shunned by students

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Published: 27 November 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

National newspaper attacks female singer for defining herself as Palestinian, while male rapper is disinvited from campus performance to avoid ‘unpleasant friction’

Israeli daily attacks singer for defining herself as Palestinian (Haaretz)
Newspaper article criticises Lina Makhul for allegedly refusing to perform on Independence Day 'because it's the Palestinian Holocaust Remembrance Day'

Israeli Arab rapper disinvited from campus event: 'we don't want friction' (Haaretz)
Official reason given was shift in focus to 'local artists,' but student union representative told Tamer Nafar's manager she didn't want 'unpleasant friction’

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Weekend of hate crimes: Anti-Arab slogans scrawled in Palestinian village in latest act of vandalism (Haaretz)
Palestinians from the village of al-Mughayyir report inscriptions spray-painted on walls, two days after suspected hate crimes in two other West Bank villages

Avigdor Lieberman switches seats in Israeli parliament to avoid contact with Arab lawmaker (JTA)

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