German Music Festival Censors Composer for Israel Criticism
(WorldNews Germany)

German composer Wieland Hoban was banned from this year’s Donaueschingen music festival. Hoban’s ‘Hora´ot Pticha Be´esh (Rules of Engagement I)‘ is an instrumental piece featuring sampled declarations from an Israeli sergeant who took part in Operation Cast Lean in Gaza between 2008 and 2009. Speaking in Hebrew, the sergeant can be heard saying “the rules of engagement were to shoot,â€� looped throughout the composition. Composer Wieland Hoban may be risking his career, because the German state and its apparatchiks don´t take kindly to their unconditional support for Israel being questioned https://t.co/nThDzRrm0b — Electronic Intifada (@intifada)...