Thursday, October 11, 2012
Jewish choir silenced
Are planting trees, building parks and setting up nature reserves “war crimes”? Apparently so for pro-Palestinian activists who on October 4th stormed a concert of elderly Israeli singers raising money for the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) efforts to rebuild the Carmel Park in Haifa that suffered a devastating forest fire in 2010.
It’s happened at concerts, dance performances and on campus: pro-Palestinian activists speaking their minds, or rather shouting their pre-planned talking points, while at the same time manipulatively blocking Israeli artists’ and supporters’ own right to free speech. And like in past cases, this one pitted protesters vs. audience members in physical scuffles, shoving, and knocking each other to the ground.
It hardly matters that this latest protest occurred in Berlin; in the past these orchestrated interruptions have targeted Israel-supporting speakers across American college campuses, at times with the help of Occupy Wall Street activists.
The Israeli choir Gevatron was performing at a JNF fundraiser in a Berlin church when suddenly about a dozen pro-Palestinian activists barged in, shouting, unfurling banners and throwing leaflets into the audience.
Direct Action Berlin insists its objectives are not anti-Semitic. In a statement it posted on its Facebook page after the protest, it wrote: Resisting apartheid is not antisemitism. Resisting war crimes is not antisemitism. Critic against Israel is not antisemitism.
Berlin-based Jerusalem Post Correspondent Benjamin Weinthal – who writes extensively about anti-Semitism in Europe spoke to German journalist Alex Feuerherdt, who covers anti-Israel activity in Germany:
“The anti- Semitic character of the ‘protest’ was made clear through two points.” First, he cited the slogan “From the river to the sea: Palestine will be free,” which “can only mean ‘free from Jews.’”
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It shows the complete dishonesty of the Left when they call Israel an "Apartheid state" -- when it is in fact the Arab states that practice Apartheid -- witness the severe restrictions on Christians in Saudi Arabia. There are no such restrictions in Israel.
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The soviet union isnt dead after all
Ironically, most of the radical left-wing anarchists and protestors are themselves jews. This is not the first time their leftist ideology has turned and bit them.
I don't think the statement necessarily means 'Free from Jews'. I like to think my country is 'free' and it is certainly not free from Jews (nor would I want it to be).
Plus, Israel does not actually have a strong record on religious liberty - see for example http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2009/127349.htm
@ 8:01
If the comment doesn't indicate that the elimination of the Jewish state, along with all jews, is paramount then Osama Bin Laden should be presented with a posthumous peace prize.
On second thoughts, Arrafat got one, Jimmy Carter Got one, Obama got one without doing zip so Bin Laden's is probably in the queue.
In a world where Islam rules, people like Osama Bin Laden and President Ackmadinnerjacket of Iran definitely would receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to ensure that Islam does not rule. Whether we act on that opportunity, however, is another thing.
Any "Aparthied" in that region is self inflicted due to hostile arabs who are unwilling to live along israelis. They have isolated themselves with their constant violent attacks against the Jewish residents, usually attacking military targets such as school buses filled with children. They are Arabs, not "palestinians". Palestine is a region which Israel is a part of. Technically, jewish people living in israel are "palestinians" like those living in the US are americans.
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