Join the protest against a play at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera promoting anti-Semitism and defending the murder of an innocent disabled victim! Act now!
A large and important demonstration – at the initiative of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) – is planned in New York City against an anti-Semitic program that humanizes terrorists at the Metropolitan Opera, titled The Death of Klinghoffer.
“The Death of Klinghoffer justifies PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) terrorists’ brutal murder of an innocent, elderly, disabled, wheelchair-bound Jewish-American on the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985,” the organizations explain. “The Met’s own form letter openly states that this opera ‘looks for humanity in the terrorists!’ PLO murderers sing, ‘We are men of ideals.’ A passenger even sings that a terrorist is ‘extremely nice.’”
Met Continues with Program, Others Cancel
“The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) had the decency to cancel Death of Klinghoffer,” the protesting organizations continue. “Several opera houses that commissioned the opera refused to perform it when they saw how it promotes terrorism, anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism and a false anti-Semitic version of Israeli history.”
Several other organizations have joined in this protest effort against the performance at the Met.
Act Now!
United with Israel urges New York-area residents to join the demonstration at the Lincoln Center, starting at 4:30, on Monday, September 22, which is the opening night of the play.
Further protests will be taking place on October 20 and other evenings. See http://stopdeathofklinghoffer.com/protest-news/
You can also write a letter of protest to Metropolitan Opera manager Peter Gelb at pgelb@metopera.com. Or go to http://stopdeathofklinghoffer.com/write-for-us/ for a list of board members and donors.
For more information, contact ZOA at 212 481-1500 or AFSI at 212 828-2424, or contact liz@zoa.org or afsi@rcn.com.