When Palestine solidarity activists tried to disrupt a concert by an Israeli string quartet in Edinburgh, members of the audience were having none of it.
The Edinburgh International Festival’s theme this year is “Artists without Borders” and includes performers from Israel, Iran and Palestine.
A spokeswoman said the four musicians – Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Amichai Grosz and Kyril Zlotnikov – had indeed done the military service required of Israeli citizens. However, they are now full-time musicians.
The EIF’s artistic director Jonathan Mills, who also watched the concert, said: “I was moved by the commitment to their artistry in performing their entire programme and in doing so they were rewarded with a rare but very well-deserved standing ovation.”
Yet another futile, counter-productive act by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign - a group tarred by accusations of antisemitism.
Wonder if they’ll get as worked up if their comrades in Cuba try again to slap a jail sentence on this representative of a very different musical style?
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