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| 2003/08/02 |
Israeli occupation, a "cancer tumor"
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Berlin, Aug 2 - World-renowned Jewish conductor and star pianist, Daniel Barenboim urged an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian-run territories, calling the continued occupation the "cancer tumor of Israeli society", the website of the wee kly Der Spiegel magazine reported Saturday.
"We have no right to be an occupation power, no nation has this right," said Barenboim who is a Jew of Argentine-origin.
He branded the construction of a controversial Israeli security fence in the Palestinian-controlled areas as a "mistake".
"We don't have to build a wall but have to build bridges," the famous musician, a vocal critic of the illegal Jewish state, added.
Barenboim is also music director of the Chicago symphony orchestra as well as the Berlin state opera.
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