A scheduled club night in East London featuring Israeli and queer DJ Roi Perez was abruptly cancelled after the events promoter yielded to pressure from a pro-Palestinian group that objected to the performer's national identity.
The Cancellation and Promoter’s Stance
Perez was slated to run a house and techno event on October 7 (the date of the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel) for the promotion group Origins. However, on Friday, September 27, Origins announced on social media that it was pulling the set after receiving and reviewing a statement from an activist group called "Ravers for Palestine."
In its public statement announcing the cancellation, Origins explicitly linked the decision to its political alignment:
"As a collective, we firmly and unequivocally support Palestinian liberation. We do not want to take any action that undermines that struggle or risks platforming voices in ways that contribute to the ongoing genocide and Israel's settler-colonial project.”
