Police will protect a show starring Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar at the Haifa festival this evening, for a performance that Culture Minister Miri Regev wanted banned.
Two people were briefly detained but released on condition that they stay away from the concert at the opening of a community theater festival in the northern city, police say.
“The police presence will be strengthened to prevent friction and to preserve citizens’ safety and public security,” says police spokeswoman Luba Samri.
Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (screen capture: YouTube)
Regev demanded that Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav withdraw the invitation to Nafar to perform, accusing him of incitement against the Jewish people. But city officials decided to stick to the original running order for the municipality-sponsored event, which they say is meant to bring Jews and Arabs together in the mixed city.
Nafar confirms he will still attend, telling reporters that “no one can silence my voice.”
— AFP
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