#SineadOConnor (#ShuhadaSadaqat) told #Israel’s Itamar Ben Gvir his 'soul had failed' after death threat

Irish singer, who converted to Islam, wrote to current Israeli national security minister after a group he led threatened to kill her

By Daniel Hilton
Published date: 27 July 2023

'Nobody with any sanity, including myself, would have anything but sympathy for the #Palestinian plight'

- Sinead O'Connor

"Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who died on Wednesday aged 56, wrote a letter to Itamar Ben Gvir, now Israel’s far-right national security minister, condemning him and his group for threatening to kill her.

"The incident happened weeks after O’Connor cancelled a planned concert in #Jerusalem in June 1997, organised by #Palestinian and #Israeli women to promote the idea of the city as a shared capital. The death threats were claimed by #JewishSupremacist group the #IdeologicalFront.

"The Irish singer was one of the most famous names in music after her cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U topped the charts worldwide in 1990. She became a Muslim in 2018 and changed her name to Shuhada Sadaqat.

"#BenGvir, who was then a leading member of the Ideological Front, had appeared on Israeli radio after the cancellation. O’Connor said in an open letter that he 'gloated' about his 'success' in preventing my appearance'.

"She added: 'I have some things to say in response to your organisation's recent threat upon my life..."

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sinead-oconnor-letter-israel-itamar-ben-gvir-concert-threat

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