Alicia Keys face-slaps anti-Israel bigotry

http://www.thecommentator.com ^ | june 14, 2013 | Robin Shepherd

[lowbridge]

One of America's greatest musical and artistic talents, Alicia Keys, has shown the kind of moral and artistic integrity that is so sadly lacking among some of her more excitable contemporaries, (not to say clichéd windbags unable to break free from fashionable anti-intellectual prejudice against the Jewish state).

As the World Jewish Congress (WJC) is highlighting today, Ms Keys has refused to bow to pressure from characters such as Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd fame, and Alice Walker, a Pulitzer prize winning writer.

In response to a call to boycott Israel by cancelling a July 4 concert in Tel Aviv, the singer, song-writer, and actress said: "I look forward to my first visit to Israel. Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love, and that is the spirit of our show."

How could one disagree? Well, one could disagree if, instead of "peace and love", one's primary motivation was hatred and lies.

[Lurking Libertarian]

"I was thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys, couldn't keep from crying
But she was born in Hell's Kitchen, I was living down the line
I'm wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be
I been looking for her even clear through Tennessee"
-- Bob Dylan, Thunder on the Mountain

[Timmy]

You're right about Swift. She does her own writing and made it on her own. Too bad she can't sing worth a darn.

[sergeantdave]

“We need to support her, as she’ll likely be getting rail-roaded for taking this position.”

She has more support than people realize.

We have her back.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks lowbridge.

[cdga5for4]

That may be true about Taylor Swift. I guess I just meant Taylor Swift can’t sing live. She has a studio-produced voice.