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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Bunch of F.A.G.s
Actor Sam Heughan, from Outlander fame, claims he “inadvertently signed something that does not reflect my beliefs.”
...must be a Harvard guy.
Filme actors guild?
I need to watch that movie again.
And He will bring back on them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God will wipe them out. Psalm 94
What is really stupid is that at least two of the four in the photo at the site, are of Jewish extraction. What the &*^%% is wrong with them?
Talk about stupid...learn to read. They were in support of ISRAEL
Those are in support of Israel. This thread is about of British wankers who are in support of Gaza.
Yeah, I caught that after I posted. 😳 Gave myself a talking to.
Groupthink
I’ve been living the dream for a number of years now
The Jew haters really came out of the woodwork..maybe this is a good thing, because it shows the evil scum that walk among us and there is unfortunately PLENTY OF THEM
Artists from Palestine UK? So the signatories are mostly/all from the UK? This may be a situation in which the reactions of the “creative community” will vary significantly from country to country.
The Jewish contribution to the U.S. film and music industries is ... well, let’s just say “substantial.” Hollywood is pretty philosemitic.
There will be some who try to draw the distinction between being anti-Zionist and antisemitic, but they will be walking on eggshells. There is also a scattering of people in the business who are of middle eastern origin and may have tribal issues, but they are also on thin ice.
One would that U.S. academia would be the same, but a lot of the universities seem hopeless. We may be in a place where Hollywood is saner than Harvard. Has anyone checked whether Hell has frozen over?
Funniest thing I've read today!
isn’t Hollywood Jewish and/or Zionist ???
Any well known names on the list?
A complete listing of these hater artsy fartsy types would be handy in selecting which artsy fartsy stuff to spend money on.
I’m not big into Hollywood and the music scene anyways so avoiding supporting those people won’t be an issue for me.
” Gave myself a talking to.”
LOL! But did you LISTEN? 🙃
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