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Apr 2, 2009 4:02 PM
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Palestinian youth orchestra director has been told to leave a West Bank refugee camp by security officials amid a row over playing a concert in Israel.
Wafa Younis, an Israeli-Arab, sparked controversy by arranging a concert for Holocaust survivors in Tel Aviv by her small group of children from the town of Jenin on the West Bank. Palestinian leaders accused her of exploiting the children for "political" reasons. They included Zakaria al-Zubeidi, a local leader of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a paramilitary group linked to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's "moderate" Fatah faction. Mr Zubeidi wanted her "to apologise" for the concert.
Another Palestinian officia, the commander of Palestinian security forces in Jenin, Radhi Assidha, told Reuters: "She used innocent children to carry out a political agenda: instead of taking them for recreation, she took them to participate in a day to commemorate the Holocaust. She exploited the children in an ugly way"
A social leader in the refugee camp, Adnan Hindi, who is working for UN, also accused Ms Younis of "exploiting" the children for political reasons.
Local residents had closed the orchestra in protest at the concert.
The concert was organised as part of an annual Israeli charity event called Good Deeds Day, started by Israel's wealthiest citizen, Shari Arison, and designed to foster "hope and understanding".
How Israel suppose to make peace with such crooks - "partners for peace"?
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