World Scene: Israel

DJ beaten for Pet Shop Boys song

A DJ hired to spin tunes at a Bedouin wedding in Israel was beaten up for playing Western music which some guests felt encouraged lewdness in the women, the Maariv daily reported yesterday.

The DJ initially put on Arabic tunes for the hundreds of guests attending the event in Aroer village. At one point, he decided to stir things up and put on a song by the Pet Shop Boys, causing some women to "dance exuberantly to the foreign music". Several angry young men gave the DJ a "severe beating" when he refused to go back to playing Arabic music.