Taiwanese Artists Hold Music Festival To Fundraise for Palestine
Artists from Taiwan's punk and techno scene organized a music festival to fundraise for humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip. Along with performances, there was a symposium and several artistic booths promoting solidarity with Palestine.
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00:00 Artists in Taipei have held a music festival to raise money for the Palestinian Red Crescent
00:06 Society.
00:08 Alternative music collectives in Taiwan's punk and techno scene hosted Saturday's event,
00:15 which also included a talk on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
00:20 The Enclave's health ministry says more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed since
00:25 the Israeli-Hamas war began in October.
00:29 The organizers say proceeds will go towards emergency humanitarian aid efforts.
00:34 They say the event is an opportunity for people in Taiwan to show solidarity with Palestinians.
00:40 "Music can touch people like this.
00:45 We can use the same way to understand the situation of Palestinians."
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