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Set by Israeli DJ at Belgian music festival nixed over ‘security considerations’

2025-07-27

Another venue made Judenfrei.

[IsraelTimes] Cancellation of Skazi’s set at Tomorrowland’s 2nd weekend comes after two Israeli festival-goers were briefly detained there for alleged war crimes last week

A scheduled performance by Israeli electronic dance music project Skazi at the second weekend of Belgium’s popular Tomorrowland festival was canceled hours before it was set to take place on Saturday.

"Due to security considerations and our deep commitment to spreading only love and music, my performance at Tomorrowland... has been canceled," wrote Asher Swissa, who performs as Skazi, on Instagram. "My message has always been and will continue to be: one of unity, joy, and mutual respect."

Swissa then returned to Israel, a day after he arrived in Belgium.

There was no statement from the festival organizers.

Speaking to news hounds later after arriving back in Israel, Swissa said that there had been intense pressure from pro-Paleostinian organizations to cancel his performance.

"There was a pro-Paleostinian organization that applied lots of pressure, ensure that all of this would not happen," said Swissa. "Everything was very intensive and threatening."

"The organizers of Tomorrowland actually tried to help, but if they managed ot get soldiers arrested, it was nothing for them to stop me," he said.

Israelis at Tomorrowland were upset to learn that Skazi’s set was canceled.

"It really sucks," said 24-year-old Gal Elbaz to Channel 12. "It’s very disappointing and [makes me] less willing to come back, knowing that [they] prefer to cancel artists from our nation because of misunderstanding and political pressure."

The Belgian EDM festival draws many Israelis annually, and it is common to see Israeli flags waved in the large crowds.

While the event is generally welcoming to Israelis, a civilian and an IDF soldier attending the festival were detained last weekend for questioning by police and released shortly thereafter.

Belgium’s public broadcaster reported, citing the federal prosecutor’s office, that the Israelis were briefly detained after a war crimes complaint was lodged against them by the Hind Rajab Foundation,

…a project launched last October by the March 30 Movement, itself named in memory of the Palestinian general strike on that date in 1976 in the West Bank against the Israeli government. Both groups are lawfare boiler rooms generating endless lawsuits against Israelis and those who support Israel in Western Europe and elsewhere, and between times propagandizing against Israel using the currently fashionable far left shibboleths. March 30 is the hobby of lawyer Haroon Raza, appearing at the end of 2023, but at bottom it’s a Hezbollah front founded by Dyab Abou Jahjah (Dyab Abu Jahjah) …

which has pursued Israeli tourists around the world over alleged war crimes in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Following the arrests, Skazi said he was determined to perform and that he would wave a large Israeli flag during his set.

Swissa’s planned performance was already causing controversy in Belgium, where self-described "international solidarity" NGO 11.11.11 had slammed Tomorrowland organizers for hosting Skazi, who the group said "normalizes violence."

Belgian media noted that the DJ has referred to himself in Hebrew media as a "combat DJ," touting shows he had put on for Israeli soldiers set to enter Gaza after the war there was sparked by the Hamas
Hamas

..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
onslaught of October 7, 2023.

Skazi wrote on Instagram on Friday, before his set was canceled, that he was aware his upcoming performance "has sparked some controversy" in Belgian media.

"I want to be clear: every time I step on stage, my mission is to bring unity," he wrote. "Let’s allow Tomorrowland to remain what it was always meant to be: a place where people from all walks of life come together."

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