Hey all. My name is Bezalel and this is why I need your signature!

My parents (Sarah and Ya'acob Raviv Buchris) were born in Tunisia and moved to Israel in 1951. My mom told me, throughout my childhood, stories of how the Muslims and Jews in Tunisia were living together as one. being born  in Israel, a country of harsh conflict between Jews and Arabs, I was infatuated. I was filled with hope. 

At age 10 I got involved in music and started singing and writing music. I realized music had a special impact on people. It took me almost 18 years to weave my roots into my music.

This is how the song "Tunisia" came about, and quickly after it was released, the Jasmine revolution erupted in Tunisia and the song became so popular that Al Jazeera T.V. announced it "the anthem of the Arab Spring". Not knowing I live in Israel. when I was exposed on Palestine T.V. something amazing happened. The majority of the Tunisian people, kept on loving the song and I got a historic invitation to perform in "Pop In Djerba", a summer music festival in Tunisia. I was jumping up and down in the street. I remembered what my mom told me about Tunisia years ago. my heart was pinched and I was moved like never before. 

At the day of my concert, I still had waited for my visa to enter Tunisia to arrive, but one phone to the Tunisian consulate confirmed: the new government in Tunisia doesn't want me to enter. the new government in Tunisia just said "NO" to my dream to visit the dear people of my origins.

Just "NO".

This is a great story, but it's not just about Tunisia. It's about the fact that the world is being shut down to many people, just because their nationality, their belief, sexual preference, their skin color. 

For the sake of all this I ask you to help me push back the gate of racism, ethnoracism, discrimination and ignorance. 

Sign this petition and be a part of a change for Tunisia and every country in the world. 

Open Skies - Open Heart - Open Land, 

Bezalel