(Ha'aretz) Nasreen Qadri, an Israeli Arab singer who will perform alongside Radiohead in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, spoke out against calls by BDS activists for the band to cancel their concert in Israel. In an op-ed in Newsweek, Qadri described the efforts to "boycott the only democracy in the Middle East" as "counter-productive." "Those who call for boycott are only trying to divide us. They are trying to shut down the music. I will not be a part of that. Sadly, there are too many countries in the Middle East in which such a concert could have never taken place," she said. Qadri, who is Muslim, wrote, "I was lucky to be born in Israel, and I am grateful for the opportunity to build bridges of understanding."
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