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Jewish musician Matisyahu called out hypocrisy after his show in Santa Fe was canceled without warning at the last minute Thursday night.
Matisyahu posted on X Thursday night to express his frustration after a show at a venue in Santa Fe and another show at a venue in Tucson were canceled at the last minute.
— Matisyahu (@matisyahu) February 15, 2024
According to local news channels, the Santa Fe venue canceled due to safety concerns after it was inundated with social media posts and phone calls.
The venue expected there would be protests during the show, prompting 150 staff members to express concern about the lack of security.
Local pro-Palestinian groups claimed to have been responsible for the cancellation.
Attack hypocrisy
However, Matisyahu disputed this saying that the venues had misinformed fans that the cancellation was due to safety concerns, saying that the shows had actually been canceled due to a group of staff being unwilling to work at their venue. show.
He said his team had offered to cover replacement staff out of pocket, but this too was rejected.
“They do this because they are anti-Semitic or they have confused empathy for the Palestinian people with hatred towards someone like me who feels empathy for both Israelis and Palestinians,” the musician said in his post.
“Tearing down posters of kidnapped children does not bring peace,” he wrote. “Preventing fans of all ethnic and religious backgrounds from singing together in Santa Fe or Tucson does not make peace.”
“It may make some people feel good about expressing their anger publicly in hopes of obscuring the hypocrisy of us Americans living on real colonized lands taken through real genocide of Native Americans.”
Matisyahu apologized to his fans in Tucson and Santa Fe for the cancellation and promised that he and his band would return.
“We will not respond to hate with more hate. We will be together again. We will make music together again. We will sing together again One day soon…” he wrote.