The Anti-Israel Boycott by music and movie personalities is again in the news.
I've been mulling over the recent spate of celebrities who have joined (or supposedly joined) a well-organized boycott of The State of Israel.
Many of these performers have cancelled dates in Israel after being pressured by pro-boycott groups.
The list reads like a what-the--#@@# of well-known singers, writers, actors and performers, including Elvis Costello, Carlos Santana, Alice Walker and others.
The news isn’t that these performers and artists have supported the boycott. The news is the number of performers who have not. Elton John appeared in concert recently in Israel and proclaimed that “no one” is going to tell him where to play. Ditto Neil Young. And Madonna. And the list goes on.
Why the divide? Artists have long argued that art must stand above politics and many artists today seem to have forgotten that notion.
The latest laugh from the anti-Israel boycott crowd is that scientist Stephen Hawking has endorsed the boycott. After learning of his own participation, Hawking made it clear that his supposed membership in this fraternity had come as news to himself. Another day, another boycott...or not.
I've been mulling over the recent spate of celebrities who have joined (or supposedly joined) a well-organized boycott of The State of Israel.
Many of these performers have cancelled dates in Israel after being pressured by pro-boycott groups.
The list reads like a what-the--#@@# of well-known singers, writers, actors and performers, including Elvis Costello, Carlos Santana, Alice Walker and others.
The news isn’t that these performers and artists have supported the boycott. The news is the number of performers who have not. Elton John appeared in concert recently in Israel and proclaimed that “no one” is going to tell him where to play. Ditto Neil Young. And Madonna. And the list goes on.
Why the divide? Artists have long argued that art must stand above politics and many artists today seem to have forgotten that notion.
The latest laugh from the anti-Israel boycott crowd is that scientist Stephen Hawking has endorsed the boycott. After learning of his own participation, Hawking made it clear that his supposed membership in this fraternity had come as news to himself. Another day, another boycott...or not.
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