In a statement Tuesday Tutu compared the troupe's visit next month to international artists performing in apartheid South Africa.
He says it would be 'unconscionable' to perform 'Porgy and Bess,' which he says has a 'universal message of nondiscrimination.'
Tutu charges that by bringing international artists to perform, the Tel Aviv Opera House 'advances Israel's fallacious claim to being a 'civilized democracy.''
Tutu has emerged as a sharp critic of Israel. Last month, he backed calls for a South African academic boycott of Israel." (source)
UPDATE: Click here to see the letter that was sent from Palestinians to the Cape Town Opera. Of course the usual mention of "Apartheid" is included in the letter as the only way to fool them into canceling it, how lame do these people get?
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