Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.
The BDS movement is dominated by privileged white people who falsely claim to be doing what Palestinians want them to do, and when self-described Palestinians tell them they are wrong, they ignore them.
Mathlouthi did end up performing in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah - and those concerts, for some reason, were considered "normalization" with Israel:
A Tunisian singer who rose to prominence during the Arab spring uprisings announced Wednesday an upcoming show in Tunisia had been cancelled for supposed “normalisation” with Israel. Mathlouthi, 41, had been set to perform at the Hammamet International Festival in Tunisia next week. “I am very sorry to announce our much awaited concert in Hammamet has been cancelled with no official reason,” Mathlouthi said in a statement posted on Instagram. “We believe that our latest tour in beautiful Palestine has sparked an unjustified controversy accusing me of normalisation.”
The best possible anti-Israel spokesperson - attractive, talented, and immensely popular - is being canceled for being insufficiently anti-Israel.
When a movement is built on hate, it eventually falls apart because the members start hating each other for not hating enough.
