tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post7988399611519889892..comments2024-03-29T08:30:16.027+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Hypocrisy Of The Israeli BoycottAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16326196922516232002017-07-20T18:23:42.348+01:002017-07-20T18:23:42.348+01:00Finklestein explained his issue with the boycott a...Finklestein explained his issue with the boycott and it was nothing to do with the people involved but more to do with it being based on a UN resolution which he rightly judged that if that is the case then the UN also recognises the legitimacy of Israel...what he was saying was you can't have your cake and eat it.<br />I have no intention of smearing anyone for who am I to throw the first Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78501159767594305302017-07-19T11:03:26.417+01:002017-07-19T11:03:26.417+01:00Niall,
this is often how the smear starts. Diverg...Niall,<br /><br />this is often how the smear starts. Diverge from the orthodoxy and you are a drunk, depressed, bitter, a malcontent ad infinitum. <br /><br />Somebody suggested that it might have been a better piece had it have been titled The Hypocrisy of Waters rather than the Hypocrisy of the Israeli Boycott. <br /><br />Norman Finklestone who impressed you so much also has issues with the AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69209550194035607922017-07-19T10:53:03.968+01:002017-07-19T10:53:03.968+01:00AM,
I compared it to his other articles and though...AM,<br />I compared it to his other articles and thought that something seemed to snap rather than a difference of opinion and thought that alcohol could have been the straw that broke the camels back....just my opinion which he can choose to totally ignore also.<br />His rant against Waters is simply annoying and tedious.....there are no saints in any cause but he is beating the person and not Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59261876490003658512017-07-19T06:58:13.618+01:002017-07-19T06:58:13.618+01:00Simon, your right Barenboim has been a rock and he...Simon, your right Barenboim has been a rock and he has faced down much condemnation at times. When I witnesses how Jewish people like him, Avnery and tens of thousands of other Israelis, especially those young conscripts who refuse to serve in the occupied territories, all of whom are appalled at how the Palestinians are treated, they're an example to us all. The Palestinian suffering must Organized Rage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07627288401631451362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36731553564181763062017-07-18T20:52:05.454+01:002017-07-18T20:52:05.454+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36547149099958261612017-07-18T20:46:41.418+01:002017-07-18T20:46:41.418+01:00Niall,
why not just a different opinion rather th...Niall,<br /><br />why not just a different opinion rather than too much alcohol?AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78020858736069766912017-07-18T20:26:15.031+01:002017-07-18T20:26:15.031+01:00Rage, I did a bit more research on Barenboim. He ...Rage, I did a bit more research on Barenboim. He has played many a gig in both the Palestinian Territories and Israel. He is fervently Pro-Palestinian and was the first Israeli Jew to be given Palestinian citizenship. <br /><br />You'd have to be established like Barenboim and have the occasional gig done in secret with support from the United Nations or so small an act like the Guantanamo Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1011760831068246312017-07-18T20:12:59.738+01:002017-07-18T20:12:59.738+01:00Just a rant and I suspect too much alcohol!
Nevert...Just a rant and I suspect too much alcohol!<br />Nevertheless, Matt I shall not bother any longer reading anything you write or give a shit either!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16470324071355361852017-07-18T19:24:08.156+01:002017-07-18T19:24:08.156+01:00Organised Rage- I know Daniel Barenboim plays conc...Organised Rage- I know Daniel Barenboim plays concerts for both Palestinians and Israelis and he holds duel nationality. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine had planned doing likewise but couldn't get funding. I don't know how Barenboim does it but the others had planned separate concerts. It didn't come off but there was a fact-finding visit to the region which was an Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60917503522675317272017-07-18T12:43:35.264+01:002017-07-18T12:43:35.264+01:00Using the arts especially prominent musicians was ...Using the arts especially prominent musicians was one of the main catalysts which got the apartheid boycott off the ground. How can Palestinian living in Gaza or come to that many places in the occupied territories attend a show for both israelis and palestinians when they cannot freely cross the border with Israel, let alone raise the money to buy a ticket.<br /><br />Stanley you are spot, Organized Rage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07627288401631451362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9371466402446637352017-07-17T23:03:21.454+01:002017-07-17T23:03:21.454+01:00I guess there were other states during the Aparthe...I guess there were other states during the Apartheid Era with worse human rights records than South Africa. Not that I am saying China or anywhere else is worse than Israel. Israel is worse proportionately than China. Nevertheless, the boycott of South Africa worked. Saying China has a poor human rights record doesn't take away from the argument for a boycott.<br /><br />I personally, would Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-55834372481876027052017-07-17T21:39:54.020+01:002017-07-17T21:39:54.020+01:00I could really care less about your thing with Rog...I could really care less about your thing with Roger or even the the sophomoric head-note analysis of your 300 words. Whats sad is that in the face of overwhelming evidence off Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity, criminal occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing you roll out the Nazi card to rub up against the teachings of the Nuremberg Tribunals. For those of us who lost family to theAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367164965653441997noreply@blogger.com