Wafa Younis is the woman responsible for that musical performance by young Palestinians in front of Holocaust survivors. She's now been told to keep out of the West Bank for her own safety. It is said that 'She used innocent children to carry out a political agenda'. Wafa Younis says...
... that the aim of last week's performance in the city of Holon was not at all political and was designed to "revive the hearts of the elderly". "My calling is to serve the Palestinian cause and to prove to the whole world we are a people of culture and that we love music which is the language of peace," she said.
But Hossam Khader, a West Bank MP, wants peace as a precondition of Palestinians paying any mind to Holocaust survivors:
[He] said Ms Younis had made a mistake, but should not be threatened. "If there was real peace and the Israelis recognised our rights, maybe that [the concert] would be a great thing. But not now with the Israelis constantly demolishing houses and after the terrible war in Gaza. She should stand with us against the new Israeli Holocaust."
Do those amongst the Palestinians who talk like this think that Israelis drawing attention to Palestinian suffering should shut up for the time being? I doubt it.
