Power of Music

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This is happening at a critical time, in the midst of elections for a new Prime Minister in Israel, when Nethanyahu might be Prime Minister again, and when the world is watching the events unfolding in Gaza and their outcome, again....

These two women being willing to go and perform together, at this time, in a European/World music event is so significant, and it has such an awesome message, I just had to share:

Jewish-Arab duo faces criticism ahead of songfest

By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer Matti Friedman, Associated Press Writer –

"SHMURAT HASHARON, Israel – Israel is sending a Jewish-Arab duo to represent it with a song of peace at Europe's best-known song competition at a particularly fraught moment for relations between the country's Jews and Arabs."...

Full article here:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_musical_politics;_ylt=AoDChUYSJPa_uL2IRXg7rtpvaA8F


Israel's Peres to meet prime minister candidates

By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer Matti Friedman, Associated Press Writer

Full article here:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_politics