Elder of Ziyon: Hamas shuts down hip-hop concert

Hamas shuts down hip-hop concert

Either they really hate hip-hop or we have more evidence that Hamas is an autocratic, repressive, extremist theocracy: Hamas police have broken up the Gaza Strip's first major hip-hop concert. The B Boy Gaza group had just started a lively dance set late on Saturday in a crowded auditorium when police from the Islamist Hamas group that rules the Gaza Strip ended the performance with shouts of "the show is over", witnesses said. "I told one of the policemen that rap meant respect for all people, but he didn't seem to be listening. He said it was an immoral dance," one of the dancers said. PCHR adds: The policemen cancelled the show, expelled the audience, and arrested six of the show's organizers. The detainees were taken to al-Abbas police station in the center of Gaza City. The policemen confiscated the videotapes and cameras that were used in the show. According to the testimony of one of the organizers, the police forced two of the arrested ones to sign a pledge not to organize shows without obtaining permits from the Palestinian police.

Elder of Ziyon: Hamas shuts down hip-hop concert