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Reuters AlertNet - Israeli pianist Barenboim takes Palestinian passport

Reuters AlertNet - Israeli pianist Barenboim takes Palestinian passport: "RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Daniel Barenboim, the world renowned Israeli pianist and conductor, has taken Palestinian citizenship and said he believed his rare new status could serve a model for peace between the two peoples.
'It is a great honour to be offered a passport,' he said late on Saturday after a Beethoven piano recital in Ramallah, the West Bank city where he has been active for some years in promoting contact between young Arab and Israeli musicians.
'I have also accepted it because I believe that the destinies of ... the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked,' Barenboim said. 'We are blessed -- or cursed -- to live with each other. And I prefer the first.'"

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