{"id":25555,"date":"2015-08-23T23:26:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T05:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=25555"},"modified":"2015-08-23T23:26:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T05:26:12","slug":"after-apology-from-spanish-festival-matisyahu-confirms-he-will-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/after-apology-from-spanish-festival-matisyahu-confirms-he-will-perform\/","title":{"rendered":"After apology from Spanish festival, Matisyahu confirms he will perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>(JTA) \u2014 After being re-invited, American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu confirmed he will perform at a Spanish music festival.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On Friday, two days after the Rototom SunSplash Festival apologized for canceling his performance in the face of pressure from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, Matisyahu announced on Facebook that he will perform at the festival on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In his Facebook post, the singer wrote, \u201cToday music wins. Freedom of expression wins.\u201d Describing his feeling that he \u201cwas being used as a pawn for political convenience,\u201d Matisyahu explained that, \u201cIt is my deep conviction however that acceptance and the ability for rebirth allow us to move forward.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that the \u201cincredible outpouring of worldwide support from fans and organizations who rose up as one to protest the intrusion of politics into a borderless celebration of music has been humbling.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Matisyahu is not Israeli, but was apparently singled out by BDS activists because he was the only Jewish performer on the festival&#8217;s roster. Last week, after he ignored requests that he issue a statement declaring his support for Palestinian statehood, the festival cancelled his act. That sparked condemnation from Jewish organizations, the government of Spain and Matisyahu himself, who wrote on his Facebook page Monday that the festival organizers\u2019 behavior had been \u201cappalling and offensive.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a lengthy apology posted on Facebook Wednesday, festival organizers wrote, \u201cRototom Sunsplash rejects anti-Semitism and any form of discrimination towards the Jewish community.\u201c<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The festival said it had cancelled Matisyahu&#8217;s performance under pressure from the BDS movement, citing a \u201ccampaign of pressure, coercion and threats\u201d against it that stoked fears the festival would be disrupted and \u201cprevented the organization from reasoning clearly.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"After%20apology%20from%20Spanish%20festival%2C%20Matisyahu%20confirms%20he%20will%20perform\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7137],"tags":[8790,8795,2277,8788,7287,2739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25556,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25555\/revisions\/25556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}