Posted on 10/19/2023 1:54:52 PM PDT by bitt
An open letter from Artists for Palestine UK, signed by more than 3,000 actors, artists and musicians, is being criticized for its tone deaf condemnation of Israel and complete omission of the Hamas terrorist attacks which targeted civilians.
The letter claims Israeli airstrikes and the government’s decision to cut off food, water and fuel to the region amounted to “war crimes,” but of the slaughter of babies and elderly at the hands of Hamas terrorists, apparently not so much.
THE LETTER IN FULL:
“We are witnessing a crime and a catastrophe. Israel has reduced much of Gaza to rubble, and cut off the supply of water, power, food and medicine to 2.3 million Palestinians. In the words of the UN’s undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, ‘the spectre of death’ is hanging over the territory.
Gaza is already a society of refugees and the children of refugees. Now, in their hundreds of thousands, bombarded from air, sea and land, Palestinians whose grandparents were forced out of their homes at the barrel of a gun are again being told to flee – or face collective punishment on an unimaginable scale. Dispossessed of rights, described by Israel’s minister of defence as “human animals”, they have become people to whom almost anything can be done.
Our governments are not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them. There will come a time when they are held to account for their complicity. But for now, while condemning every act of violence against civilians and every infringement of international law whoever perpetrates them, our obligation is to do all we can to bring an end to the unprecedented cruelty being inflicted on Gaza.
We support the global movement against the destruction of Gaza and the mass displacement of the Palestinian people. We demand that our governments end their military and political support for Israel’s actions.
We call for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow humanitarian aid to enter unhindered.”
David Mencer, an expert on the Middle East and former director of Labour Friends of Israel, joined GB News and pointed out the ridiculousness of the letter saying, “I’m speaking to you live from Tel Aviv,” Mencer said, “and I think the perspective from here right now is to me, it looks like you’ve got to be a special kind of Jew hater to sign this sort of drivel.”
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Typical Jew hating bigots.
YAWN
Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics,
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the muslems,
And everybody hates the Jews.
— Tom Lehrer
And 300 million folks also signed ISGAS statements. (I Scarcely Give A S**t.) Go say some lines, plink some strings, get a shower, and STFU.
Actors, is there anything they don’t know?
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I’m sorry => but that’s because they’re all IDIOTS!!!
Caring what 3,000 actors and musicians sign is like caring what brand of fly paper strips to place in a barn.
We shouldn’t let the 98% of Palestinians who are crazy-assed killers of old folks, women, and children cloud our opinion of the 2% who are kind, decent people.
On record.
Going forward, any one of them who lands a job or gig, is subject to this being shown to their boss, co-workers, patrons, etc.
Who would have thought the degenerate, immoral deviants would do such a thing.
Us.
Amoral anti-Semitic dumbasses.
That’s why they’re in the entertainment industry and not leading nations.
let’s have their names and their employers so we can divest, boycott, and sanction them. The idea of never paying to consume another execrable Hollyweird product is sublime.
Hollywood Reporter: 700 Notable Hollywood Figures Sign Open Letter in Support of Israel
Get a job. Sorry, no!
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