The Yesh Atid party youth wing is planning on protesting against an event with IDF watchdog Breaking the Silence at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev tonight, but say they don’t want to be joined by far-right rapper The Shadow in their demonstration.
Israeli rap singer Yoav Eliasi takes part at a right-wing demonstration in support of Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 9, 2014. (Flash90)
In a press release sent out by the party, the group calls the rapper, whose real name is Yoav Eliasi, “the other side of the same coin as Breaking the Silence, as both of them cause great damage to Israel.”
“Nobody invited him and there’s no room for him at this protest,” the statement reads. “Yesh Atid is against extremists from both sides that hurt the image of the State of Israel.”
Also planning on protesting the event is far-right student group Im Tirtzu.
Breaking the Silence, which collects testimonies regarding military wrongdoing by IDF veterans, has been roundly criticized by many on the Israeli right and plans for the university to award it a prize were nixed in June after the head of the school decided they were “outside the Israeli consensus.”
Instead the group is holding an alternative “prize” ceremony at the university to be keynoted by author Amos Oz.
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