I’ve had the great fortune to work with a few of the world’s most outstanding artists for over 50 years.
However considered one of my largest regrets is that in that point so many people have remained silent about Palestine.
Usually that silence has come from worry—actual worry—that talking out might provoke a backlash, shut doorways or finish a profession.
However that’s now altering—partly as a result of some artists and activists have lit the trail, however largely as a result of the reality of what’s occurring has turn out to be not possible to disregard.
What we’re witnessing in Gaza isn’t a thriller, and neither is it a blur of competing narratives making it ‘laborious to grasp’.
When dozens of non-partisan organisations like Amnesty Worldwide and Docs With out Borders describe it as genocide, the ethical line is evident.
We are able to’t stay silent.
Which is why I’m serving to to organise Collectively for Palestine—an evening of music, reflection and hope at Wembley Area on 17ᵗʰ September.
My honest perception is that this night can turn out to be a second of braveness the place artists come collectively to talk the reality of their hearts—which is what we belief artists to do.
Whether or not on stage or by video from world wide, this can be a probability for us to face collectively and say: this will’t proceed.
