MADRID (AP) — Organizers of an international reggae festival in Spain have backtracked and apologized for cancelling a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu because he had declined to state his position regarding a Palestinian state.
Rototom Sunsplash festival said in a statement Wednesday it publicly apologized for canceling the concert and invites Matisyahu to play as originally planned on Saturday.
It said it recognized its mistake, adding that it had been the fruit of pressure by a local branch of a pro-Palestinian group.
The change comes after the World Jewish Congress wrote to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy protesting the incident. The government also slammed the festival’s decision.
It wasn’t immediately known if Matisyahu would accept the new invitation.
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