The Belgian city of Gent cancelled a show of an Israeli conductor. He is also the conductor of the National Israeli Orchestra, and is therefore a representative of the state of Israel. The city festival did not want to give a place to such a representative, and therefore cancelled his gig as they could not 100% conclude that he is against the genocidal actions of his state.

The media framing, however, is that he was refused because he is Israeli. This has led to a lot of ‘RACISM!!!’ reactions, and discussions about the topic are now endlessly more tiresome than they need to be.