Madonna supports Apartheid while calling for Peace
“I truly believe that Israel is the energy center of the world. And I also believe that if we can all live together in harmony in this place, then we can live in peace all over the world.”
Meanwhile in Gaza on Monday, fishermen were attacked by Israel “Defense” Forces for…fishing. Apparently, they failed to live “in harmony” well enough.
KabobFest previously campaigned for Madonna to cancel:
Dear Madonna,
As a super fanatic Palestinian-American fan, it’s very sad to learn that you confirmed your last date of your Sticky & Sweet Tour in Israel. At a time when the international community is sickened by the unconscionable, merciless attacks and wanton destruction rained down upon the Palestinians of Gaza, your final tour date suggests that you don’t acknowledge Israel’s continued international law violations and pending war crimes against its indigenous population, nor do you realize that you will only be performing to one people in a land shared by two.
It’s hard to fathom that you didn’t see the absolutely gruesome and harrowing scenes in Gaza during its massacre. This year alone, Israel killed over 1,400 Palestinians in the blockaded strip with 5,300 more casualties either injured, blinded, amputated or brain dead after the assault as its citizens celebrated the destruction of the encaged people. During its bombing campaign, Israel experimented its new weapons on a population under siege and long suffering from fear, hunger and hopelessness with no where else to go.
For someone that has been so concerned with human rights as you have, please understand that while half the population lives in a vibrant first world, the other half is confined to a life of ghettoized misery by the Israeli military occupation. Palestinians not only suffer from a siege in Gaza, but the remainder are either discriminated in Israel proper or have to deal with systematic killings, dehumanizing checkpoints or have their land and water confiscated and houses demolished in the West Bank. The state of Israel usurps, suppresses, denies and continues to destroy its native inhabitants on a daily basis…. [read more...]
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