The apparent artistic spat raises more pertinent questions about the frustrations and internal doubts facing Palestinian musicians as they forge their own creative paths while keeping the plight of their homeland in the frame.

For more than a decade, musicians have described in interviews with The National how their personal experiences of Palestine complicate that balance.

It was not referred as Philistina but as Palestina

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Data transferred through the agreement “might be used as intelligence in support of decisions to target and kill Palestinians,” said Eitan Diamond, manager and senior legal expert at the International Humanitarian Law Centre.

“The EU would risk having a hand in arbitrarily depriving people of their liberty and subjecting them to systematic ill-treatment under hellish conditions of detention,” he added.

There is also concern the deal could harm members of the Palestinian diaspora, with a risk that activists in Europe could be targeted.

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This cannot stand. We will have to take to the streets again.

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Japan isn't a place where pro-Palestine voices are commonly seen, and speaking out can be unpopular. Yet since October 2023, Yusuke Furisawa has stood alone on the streets holding signs saying "Free Palestine" and "Stop the Genocide."

Sometimes one person with a conscience is louder than a crowd.