“Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Daniel Barenboim has defended his decision to deny an interview to an Israel Army Radio reporter, saying she was insensitive to have worn a military uniform at a literary function attended by Palestinians. The incident took place Thursday at the Jerusalem launch of a book on music Barenboim wrote with the late Edward Said.” Barenboim, an Israeli citizen, has regularly raised the hackles of some of his countrymen with his statements of support for Palestinian causes.