Hello
all. I was very honored to perform in the opening and closing closing
nights of the Naples Theater and Arts festival. The concert was
beautiful, the audience, as always in that great city, warm and loving.
But, as we know, even the purest ray of light creates a shadow somewhere.
I would like to share with you some comments I made right before the end of the show. Here they are:
"Dear friends,
I
am aware of the demonstrations against me, calling to boycott my
concerts and Israel in general. I am not angry at these people, I
believe their intentions are good. I prefer to assume they are simply
misinformed.
I do not want to
think in terms of left and right. For me, like race and religion, these
are only semantic terms that serve to separate us, not bring us
together. As I see it, there are only people. People who want to live,
not to die. People who care for each other, who try to learn from their
mistakes. People who keep their minds open always, careful not to
succumb to stereotypes and dogmas. People who are not afraid to
sometimes change their minds and views, always staying true to one
principle: love your brother as you love yourself. To all these people,
wherever they are, in Naples, in Palestine and Israel, in Syria,
Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, in America, Russia, China, Germany, Spain, Greece,
in India or Pakistan, on the smallest island or on the endless plains,
in places whose names I have never heard……. to them, and to you, I
reach out my hands in peace. "
May we know better days.
Love
