Only one musical eminence in Israel boycott list

Only one musical eminence in Israel boycott list

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norman lebrecht

October 27, 2015

A roll of 343 UK academics have published an advertisement in the Guardian today, pledging to boycott Israeli institutions until Palestinian rights are restored.

The ad is a direct response to the letter by J K Rowling and others last week, urging dialogue rather than boycott as the best means of progress in the Middle East.

Today’s BDS list contains many of the usual suspects from a variety of disciplines. Surprisingly, there seems to be only one music scholar of international standing.

Step forward Laurence Dreyfus, of Magdalen College, Oxford.

laurence dreyfus

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