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An Egyptian rock band is facing calls for boycott by Palestinians for coordinating travel arrangements with Israeli authorities ahead of a performance in the occupied West Bank.
Compulsory Detour ("Massar Egbari" in Arabic), a four-member group founded in Alexandria in 2005, is set to perform today at the Birzeit University near Ramallah.
Although entering the occupied Palestinian territories requires a "compulsory detour" via the Israeli authorities, some Palestinian students see any Arab contact with Israel as legitimising the occupation.
They called for a boycott of the concert, while others have dismissed this as posturing.
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