Much as Mr Barenboim is feted by the Palestinians, he is a divisive figure in Israel for his outspoken opposition to Israel's policy in the occupied territories, accusing Israel of "a moral abomination" at the height of the Second Intifada, the mass Palestinian uprising. The conductor and musical director at the Berlin Staatskapelle...has also courted controversy with his efforts to perform works in Israel by Richard Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer, much to the revulsion of Holocaust survivors and their families.
Actually, if his behavior regarding the Wagner music is of any indication, it is not so much his "diviseness" as his 'spit-in-your-face' attitude he possesses.
So, he is not quite divisive as he is petulant and provocative.
Oh, and this at BBC:-
The impoverished [Gazan] coastal strip has been subjected to a crippling Israeli blockade since 2006.
Not "crippling" at all. See here.
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