Well, what a surprise. The Power of Nightmares, the TV series which articulated the malevolent conspiracy theory that the threat of of Islamist terror has been deliberately and artificially whipped up by American neo-conservatives who have spent the past thirty years confecting one phantom enemy after another for their own power-crazed ends, has won a BAFTA award. No surprise, because Britain has now been consumed by a culture of lies, where palpable untruths win public acclaim and prizes because they play to a vicious set of prejudices against America and the Jews. Thus the BBC's Orla Guerin gets the MBE; and 'My Name is Rachel Corrie', the London play which draws on the writings of the ISM activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer, has become a sell-out. The Observer reported that the play was attracting young people who were avid for its message:
'Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall. Actor and director Alan Rickman, whose idea it was to transform Corrie's life into drama, is already looking at taking the play to the US where, unlike in Europe, the 23-year-old's death has generated modest media coverage.In Britain in particular, the woman from Olympia, Washington, has become an aspirational figure for young people often seen as apathetic and uninterested in international issues.'
So young Britons are drawing inspiration from a play that incites hatred of Israel by presenting a selective, distorted and highly emotive account of the sad death of a misguided person who chose to support attempts to frustrate Israel's defence of its citizens from mass murder.
In an article in the Jerusalem Post entitled 'The Forgotten Rachels, Tom Gross writes:
'It is ironic to reflect that there have been several real victims of the intifada called Rachel — and hard to believe that these critics have ever heard of them. All these other Rachels died within a few months of Corrie but — unlike her — in circumstances that weren't disputed. They were deliberately murdered: Rachel Levy (17, blown up in a grocery store); Rachel Levi (19, shot while waiting for the bus); Rachel Gavish (killed with her husband, son and father while at home celebrating a Pessah meal); Rachel Charhi (blown up while sitting in a Tel Aviv cafe, leaving three young children); Rachel Shabo (murdered with her three sons aged 16, 13 and five, while at home) … Rachel Corrie's death was undoubtedly tragic. But ultimately, this play isn't really about Corrie, but about fomenting hatred of Israel.'
His article is not just a memorial to the murdered Rachels but to the lost culture of truth and justice, now eclipsed in Britain by lies and racial hatred.
(Melanie Phillips in 'Melanie Phillips's Diary', April 25, 2005)
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Some folks just don't like Jews---I've never found one who could give me an actual reason. The finer academic points of the discussions vary from one hi-brow bigot to another. But it really isn't news.
The resurgent Nazis. National Socialism = socialism = the left.
Why they don't see this when they look in the mirror beats me.
Failed to mention it wasn't the Jews who killed Jesus---it was the Italians. That old saw doesn't work either.