When musicians boycott countries there are no clear winners

Elvis Costello is the latest pop star to pull performances in Israel. But can a boycott do more harm than good?Last week, Elvis Costello became the latest, though probably not the last, musician to pull out of a concert in Israel under pressure from various groups calling for a cultural boycott of the country over its mistreatment of Palestinians. Before him it was Gil Scott-Heron, whose recent London show was disrupted by protesters, and Carlos Santana. But Israel has by no means been struck of...

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