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JERUSALEM - In 1997, death threats compelled Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor to cancel a peace concert in Jerusalem. At the time, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed responsibility for the campaign against her. Today, he serves as Israel's national security minister, signifying the significant rise of Israel's far-right. Back in 1997, O'Connor received…
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Tragically, Sinead O'Connor is dead at 56. Many of the obituaries of Irish protest singer …
Death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997.
Death threats forced Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor to call off a peace concert in Jerusalem in the summer of 1997. At the time, a young man named Itamar Ben-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her. Today, he is Israel's national security minister. The transformation of Ben-Gvir from a fringe Israeli extremist trying to take down O'Connor's coexistence-themed concert to a powerful minster overseeing the Israeli police force reflects the dramatic rise of Israel's far-right.
In 1997, Sinead O'Connor cancelled a performance in Jerusalem after receiving death threats from Israeli extremists. Itamar Ben-Gvir - a Jewish hardliner who now sits as Israel's National Security Minister - celebrated the move as a 'success'.