Matisyahu inbjuds att delta i alla fall

Arrangörerna för "The Rototom Sunsplash reggae festival" har bett Matisyahu om ursäkt och inbjudit honom att delta i festivalen som planerat. Detta efter att deras agerande fått mycket kritik och även Spaniens utrikesminister fördömt arrangörerna för att de dragit tillbaka Matisyahus inbjudan och försökt tvinga honom  att göra politiska uttalanden till stöd för palestinierna som villkor för ett deltagande.

Spanish festival apologizes to Matisyahu, reinvites him to perform (Jerusalem post)

"Rototom Sunsplash would like to publicly apologize to Matisyahu for having cancelled his concert and invite him to perform at the festival next Saturday 22 August, as was initially programmed in the lineup," an official statement on Wednesday read.

The festival said that it made a mistake "due to the boycott and the campaign of pressure, coercion and threats employed by the BDS País Valencià"   threatening to affect the festival from functioning as normal. BDS had convinced five artists out of the 250 scheduled to drop out of the festival, convincing Rototom to cancel Matisyahu's performance instead."

Spanish festival flipflops on ban, re-invites Matisyahu (The Times of Israel)

 "The new invitation follows condemnation of the move by Spanish authorities.

“Requiring a public declaration, which was demanded of him alone, is a violation of conscience and — to the extent that it came because Matisyahu is Jewish — challenges the principle of non-discrimination which is the basis for all plural and diverse societies,” the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday."