In a move that has some very surprised, Deputy Minister of Religious Services Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan has come out strongly against President Reuven Rivlin after the latter has canceled a performance by singer Amir Benayoun in the President’s Residence. The president was displeased by the singer’s latest song, “Ahmed Loves Israel”, which describes the intentions of an Arab student who plans a terror attack. The song has since been removed from YouTube.
Ben-Dahan is extremely critical of President Rivlin for daring to attempt to infringe on one’s basic freedom of speech rights. Taking it a step further, Ben-Dahan is calling on performers to boycott the President’s Residence in response to Mr. Rivlin’s decision.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo: Ben-Dahan’s Facebook page)
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Would Ben-Dahan like to host Hitler ym”s??
Not only should this propagandist singer not be recognised by prominent Israeli figures he should be stripped of his rights and shipped to Turkey on the next flotilla.
SO Rivlin is standing up for safety,
while BY MK and RABBI Ben Dahan is standing for cultural freedom