The Ramallah concert

Witness History

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History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In August 2005, an unusual orchestra performed an extraordinary concert in the city of Ramallah. The West-Eastern Divan orchestra was founded in 1999 by Israeli conductor, Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian literary critic and philosopher, Edward Said. Their belief was that music has the power to bring people together. Violinists, Tyme Khelefi and Daniel Cohen tell their stories to Gill Kearsley. (Photo: The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Credit: Abbas Momani/AFP via Getty Images)

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0:25.0	You're listening to the Witness History Podcast
0:27.0	on the BBC World Service with me, Jill Curzley.
0:31.0	It's 30 years since the Oslo records were signed.
0:34.0	This agreement in 1993 aimed to bring about peace
0:38.0	between the Israelis and Palestinians.
0:41.0	This week, we're bringing you stories
0:43.0	from Israeli and Palestinian history.
0:48.0	Today, I'm taking you back to August 2005,
0:52.0	when an orchestra was preparing to perform
0:55.0	an extraordinary concert.
0:58.0	A concert which would see Israeli musicians perform
1:01.0	in the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
1:04.0	As soon as the first note was played,
1:07.0	there were no more Israelis, no more Palestinians,
1:10.0	no more Jews, no more Arabs.
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