U.S. actors back Israeli boycott of West Bank theater
More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists sign letter of support for the Israeli actors who said they would not perform in Ariel.
By Chaim LevinsonMore than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists signed a letter of support for the Israeli actors who declared they would not perform in the West Bank.
The American signatories include Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda on "Sex and the City"; Mandy Patinkin, who played Inigo Montoya in "The Princess Bride"; and character actor and writer Wallace Shawn, who played the principal in "Clueless."
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"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon |
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Ten days ago, the Israeli actors caused a storm when they released a petition stating they would not perform in the West Bank. Their move was prompted by reports that the theater companies were planning performances at the new cultural center in Ariel.
The American letter calls the Israelis' refusal brave, notes that Ariel is one of the largest settlements in the West Bank and calls it illegal by any standard.
The signatories said that most of them faced daily compromises with things they found unacceptable, and that when a group of people decided they would make no more compromises and found the strength to refuse, this inspired them and filled them with hope.
The American artists were moved to know the Israelis had refused to allow their work to become part of what they called making the cruel occupation normal and accepted, they said in the letter. The occupation is an obstacle to hope and a just and sustainable peace for Israelis and Palestinians, they added.
The signatories said the Israeli artists' decision should be appreciated by those who seek justice around the world.
The letter made waves in the artistic community in the United States. On Friday, several actors called the Israeli Consulate to ask what they should do, and were advised by the cultural attache not to interfere in internal Israeli affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
Wallace Shawn told Haaretz on Sunday that the Israeli artists' refusal had touched him. They did something that could get them fired, and he found that inspiring, he said. Theater is the art of truth, and the Israeli artists are following their own truth, he said.
If they were to appear in Ariel they would be legitimizing something they do not agree with, said Shawn. If they do lose their jobs as a result of their stand, the world is watching and people will support them, he said.
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The overwhelming majority of settlers are not people who made an ideological choice to live in the territories. They are people who purchased homes there as the result of an aggressive housing policy of subsequent Labour and Likud governments that made purchasing a first dwelling within the Green Line prohibitive while offering financial inducements to buy across the Green Line. Due to the Separation Barrier and a deliberately ambiguous policy on the future of the settlements -- a policy promoted by Labour and Likud -- many if not most settlers are now stuck in limbo. It is these people, these innocent pawns of forty years of a broadly supported "consensus" policy, that are now being chosen for punishment by these actors and artists who appear more interested in being seen as politically correct than just or honest. They would not behave this way in regard to any other people is similar circumstance. They would condemn such conduct as "collective punishment".
All that I can do is stiop watching Sex in the City reruns and a few other movies and the such along with boycotting Mel Gibson movies. Actually Cynthia Nixon converted and is a lesbian. What Arab country will allow the series to be run in their country? Few if any. God Bless Jon Voight.
as you can see, it wouldn't take much to rework that song, and post a remix to youtube. The question is, would Van Zandt grant permission.
Anytime you can comingle with the enemy, providing something positive should be a step taken in the right direction. Alternatively, as a satelliteTV enthusiast, I can assure your readers I never heard on any of the Israeli actors who support the boycott. So, unless you like Israeli humor on channel 2, I do not think that Palestinians are going to miss the Israeli version of Brad and Angelina.
Filmed in the United Arab Emirates? Check them out on Amnest's website. Shame on you!
The settlers have every right to be there and I am sick of American actors and the left telling Israel what to do. I am leaving the democratic party and I will boycott the American actors who signed the boycott.Shame on them for buying into Arab rrevisionist History.
The overwhelming majority of settlers are not people who made an ideological choice to live in the territories. They are people who purchased homes there as the result of an aggressive housing policy of subsequent Labour and Likud governments that made purchasing a first dwelling within the Green Line prohibitive while offering financial inducements to buy across the Green Line. Due to the Separation Barrier and a deliberately ambiguous policy on the future of the settlements -- a policy promoted by Labour and Likud -- many if not most settlers are now stuck in limbo. It is these people, these innocent pawns of forty years of a broadly supported "consensus" policy, that are now being chosen for punishment by these actors and artists who appear more interested in being seen as politically correct than just or honest. They would not behave this way in regard to any other people is similar circumstance. They would condemn such conduct as "collective punishment".
For shame on them all. Americans have no idea what is going on in Israel and shouldn't interfere in our own country. They are always there to "protect" Palestinians but never bother protecting Jews when their blood is on the line. And shame on the Israeli actors. Politics has no place here and art should be enjoyed by all regardless of their political beliefs.
THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT BUT HOW MANY OF THOSE SIGNED HAVE VISTED OUR MILITARY HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES., IF YOU ARE FOR THE WAR OR AGAINST WAR WE HAVE WOUMDED MEN AND WOMAN THAT NEED HELP
Don't actors research the political/religious settings of the roles they play? One would think that Cynthia Nixon might have a broader perspective on the global threat of Islamicism, and, therefore a greater appreciation of little Israel's role in preserving freedom for women. In Sex and the City 2 her character had to deal with the real dangers facing women in Arab countries. Even "international law" can't help many women whose very lives are endangered simply by wearing comfortable summer clothes, indulging in a PDA, etc. In the film, Miranda had to help Samatha escape such a fate and at the end has the opportunity to meet the women forced to be hidden behind burkas. The press generally did not like the film, perhaps because it let the characters deal with some of the uglier realities of world outside their privileged American lives. Ms. Nixon and her co-signers need to learn more about the "big picture" before their little pictures face the scrutiny of Sharia law.
So I really don't what this adds to it
Provide the list of the 150 American actors so that we can boycott their films, theater, and any other play in which they take part.
Try not to obfuscate and don't bother with the same old same old TWADDLE, it just does NOT stand up to scrutiny. http://wp.me/PDB7k-Y#look
Both Nixon and Ptamkin are Gay, yet promote regimes that openly view homosexuality is a capital crime and execute Gays. Nowadays, it is fashionable to attack Jews, regardless of the reality on the ground...much like Europe of the 30s
The biggest myth of all is that the settlements are illegal. They are not. The west bank is disputed territory. The last sovereignty to claim the land was Jordan. There claim was not internationally recognizef and they gave up their claim in the 70s.(jordan by the way could have established a Palestinian state, had they been so inclined.) Before that the land was part of the Ottoman empire. U.N. resolution 242 does not the land for peace resolution does not call Israel's control illegal nor does it require Israel to give up all the west bank. Whether Israel should give up parts of the west bank for peace is a political question, not a matter of international law. The fact is in '48 the surrounding Arab states wanted the land for themselves not for a Palestinian state. The other Arabs and their countries could care less about the plight of the poor Palestinians. The left wing Israeli's (self-haters) and the anti-semites posing as anti-Zionists in the rest of the world show more concern about the plight of the Palestinians, then their Arab bretheren have. Otherwise, the problem would not have festered for so long, w/ no end in sight.
They have been pathetic and irrelevant for years. narcissistic, incestuous, drug infested amoral idiots make up most of hollywood today. bottom line? who cares what they have to say and why does haaretz even print this garbage?
Things like that are better for a countrie's reputation than an politician ever could be. It shows the conscience of a country and its people, and is one of many very important steps towards a future peace for Israel and Palestine. Onwards for peace! :D
common she is 44 years old and is not getting roles. There are plenty of such examples. Bogus activism just in hope that they might get noticed. Other examples: -Clooney, Shawn Penn..... many more but can't remember their names. Greetings from india.
They are in good company with Mel Gibson
"I am Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to be boycotted!"
The long awaited and well deserved delitigimisation of the Criminal land greedy Zionist project whose leaders have from day one ---there would be no Palestine---only the greater Israel. Naturally the anti boycotts chorus will scream and yell --"Anti Semitism --pogroms---etc etc etc---but will call for boycotts on all and sundry who dare to speak out against the said criminal regime ---Israel. Hypocracy--or just the words of a dying entity taking it,s last gasps.
Let's see, the Arab countries kicked out nearly all their Jews and control 99.8% of the Middle East. They demand even more land be cleansed of Jews, but the Jews are the greedy ones. Anti-Israelis are moronic a-holes.
Hes'a fabulous actor, but I had no idea he was such a brave and righteous man!!! I see him in lots of shows at Theater J in Washington DC. He's my new hero.
She's one of the most respected actresses in both England and the US.
They'd surely appreciate him now!
so long time haters - like vanessa redgrave - singed a letter. actors supported the nazis, stalin, and all sorts of nefarious people as well.
She is on the rand of the Eternity anyhow ,soon will she answer to the Judge of All of Us ,who'd ask her why hadn't she said a word about the plight of Gilad Shalit
And one of the most anti-Semitic, being one of the most fervent supporters of the terrorist PLO for many years.
Is this the way no talent hacks grab the spotlight? Whew! glad to know, their acting surely doesn't.
I saw Theordore Bikel perform and half way through the show the audience thinned out as people headed for the exists. He is a pompous jerk...a lefty without a brain...and is an embarrassment to Jews. He should think before he boycotts....
I've been boycotting Vanessa Redgrave films for many years, due to her consistent anti-semitic views, but, sadly, will now have to add Mandy Patinkin to my boycott list.
A well known antisemitic. What is all this suprise?
Why don't they give back the land to the Native Americans? They're all on stolen land. At least Israel is partly disputed territory. America is 100% stolen. They only fight for "justice" when it's someone else's home.
and that is exactly why these Americans cannot support us. We Israeli Jews (Israelites) are in our homeland and the Native Indians are in their homeland and everyone else is just occupying the land. But how can they admit that? Puts themselves in the wrong! So they twist the facts around. There is no real dispute - just a manipulation of history to whitewash the action of the real occupiers!
One and a half million Arabs are full Israeli citizens represented in the Knesset ... they have full rights to social services, hospitals, education etc. etc. How many settlers do you think there are that you give them credit for such power? Some tens of thousands, that is all. And many of them are children!
Murderers don't deserve a state--except in the ignorant twisted precincts of certain has-been Hollywooders
and children, they might have garnered more sympathy? As someone told me, "Sympathy is between shit and syphilis in the dictionary." Just where the pals belong, between shit and syphilis. And to think that Hitler had advanced stages of syphilis, same thinking as the pals.
Then it's a good thing you rounded them all up on to "reservations" so you could pass out their papers.
Can't wait for the wing nuts to call these actors either self-hating Jews or anti-semites. How about people of conscience?
in other words, unemployed bums. Maybe Gaza can invite them to their next film festival"?? LOL I'm cracking myself up with that one. Who will they play? The raped women or the abused men?
these actors really do have to come and perform in Israel in the areas they do in their wisdom approve of. What's that? They aren't coming? Can't actually identify where Israel is on a map? Well, there's a surprise! Now please report on all the other actors - the ones who didn't subscribe to these childish attempts to get their egos massaged as thinking people! Trust this lot are all supporting building a mosque at Ground Zero too. Freedom and all that.
Maybe when Israel produces a map---we can all understand what---where and why it is.
You need to ask the Palestinians to produce a map with borders. Go to Egypt, go to Lebanon, go to Syria, got to Jordan ... all countries who border Israel. Not one of them will show you a map with ISRAEL on it at all!
For better than a half a century actors and other artists have supported Israel, there is nothing to gained in denying it. So, should not the question be asked, what has changed their minds?
HOW MANY OF THOSE THAT SIGNED HAVE VISTED OUR MILITARY HOSPITALS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
They are boycotting the illegal settlement of land by the settlers. There is a difference, and it is why the boycott movement is gaining traction. Originally a boycott against Israel proper failed because pweople wuite like the idea of a Jewish homeland. As they don't want Jews living next to them. The main reason Israel was reinvented as countries didn't want to absorb the survivors of the camps. Tweaking the message to boycotting the settlers and the settlements is less problematical because the settlements are in clear breach of international law, and the settlers are illegal squatters.
They are boycotting Jews .....
No, you're all for it, obviously.
LOL
Its make believe dummy.
a boycott of their works freedom for all
That its actors and regular people that are taking to boycotting the illegal occupation and not the actual people who make the laws in the USA who should be following the laws. Our politicians are bought and paid for by the very same people who also buy and pay for the settlers to continue their land theft and expansion. Thank these people and ignore the rantings of these fanatical zionists who support and partake in the occupation. In the end history will show you all for what you are and have been.
...and this is an opportunity. Israel is in US papers far more than any other overseas topic. Far more than many domestic topics. Half the world's foreign correspondents live in Israel. Of course, their concern and dismay doesn't mean they have any real knowledge. They often think that Israel holds the West Bank as Britain holds Northern Ireland, so they'd no more appear in Ariel than they'd appear in Belfast. But in reality, the Arabs have a reasonable claim to all of Israel proper, within the Green Line. And Israel has a similar claim to all of the West Bank. The WB isn't an overseas colony; the dispute is zero-sum historically. And because such artists tend to turn up their noses at military experience or knowledge, they refuse even to try to comprehend that most Israelis prefer not to risk re-fighting the '67 war from what that leftist Abba Eban called "Auschwitz borders." Regarding miracles, probably better not to put God to the test. Int'l forces? 99% of these in history are abject failures. But why know history? Better just to emote from the heart, based on news photos, real or contrived.
Allegra claims that by "International Law" Ariel is "illegal". Allegra, by "International Law" are the Jewish neighborhoods in Hebron, and in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City "illegal" ? Just wondering.
The Jewish quarter of the Old City is not a settlement, it is located in Israel. But Ariel is an illegal settlement, and the Israeli settlements in the old city of Hebron are illegal as well. Israelis have an absolute right to go and pray in Hebron, but occupying houses belonging to Palestinians is a gross violation of the Law.
So generous of you to declare the Jewish Quarter of the Old City as A-OK. Unfortunately, the PA, Fatah, Abbas (and Hamas) do not agree with you. What's that you say? Give them control of "East Jerusalem" anyway? So that they can treat it with the same respect they treated Joseph's tomb? On Hebron, thank you for showing your true colors, by revealing the fact that you are OK with a general prohibition of Jews from owning land and houses in the city of Hebron (which they have done on and off for 2,000 years). Your idea of Jew free cities (particularly in a place like Hebron where Jews have always lived) show the true depths of bigotry and discrimination you stoop to in deference to the wishes of your dictator of the moment, Abbas. Perhaps too many years being in bed with what Fatah and the PA are, has corrupted your morailty? How else to explain your support for Jew-free cities?
Of course - it's simply another way of saying "no Jews allowed here".
You know NOTHING of the history of Hebron, or Israel for that matter. If your rantings are due to an anti-semetic gene-then here is NO point in trying to enlighten you. If you actually care about the truth- then actually read about the history of Hebron, and then maybe your opinion will be worthwhile.
...within frontiers approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its Resolution of November 29, 1947" http://wp.me/PDB7k-Y#look Try proving it isn't so. Then tell us the LEGAL annexation date.
International law is about the haziest and most fickle area of law there is. Do you mean Int'l Customary Law? Int'l Human Rights Law?... Up until 1949, international law always acknowledged that conquest meant legitimate ownership. That's how Israel became Turkish property. And how California became American property. Etc. In 1949 a large number of nation-states signed a convention at Geneva declaring this no longer would be true in the case of "aggressive" war. Nu, Israel's argument is that the WB was taken in a "defensive" war. No doubt this is true. China's claim in conquering (and then settling) Tibet in 1950 is that Tibet was always a province of China... W.W. Rostow and others have written cogent legal defenses for Israel retaining the West Bank. Are these views in the minority? Sure. Consider that OPEC has much influence. And a third of the UN is Muslim. What becomes the popular or "consensus" view of what's legal depends a lot on power, in international law. Unlike national laws, int'l law is hazy regarding authority and sway. No one can enforce rules on OPEC, for example. Just because the reading of the 1949 convention by Rostow and others isn't widely accepted, doesn't make it not true. And should power align differently, another convention can meet tomorrow and revoke the 1949 convention. There are practical arguments for relinquishing the WB. And possibly stronger practical arguments for retaining it. But "law" or "right" in this matter? Be serious.
INternational law says that any territory conquered in a defensive war need not be returned.
I think you should visit Hebron and take a look at the pictures of what the arabs did to the jewish population who lived there before independence
It's all part of the same region torn by a civil war. Just because Jordan kicked every Jew out of the part that they captured and held for 19 years doesn't mean it had to "stay" that way or "be illegal," birdbrain.
These Hollywood actors know nothing of the realities here, let alone the history of this place. They are very good at cheap shot principles--has one heard one word from these armchair lefties about Tehran, Cuba, Libya, Syria, North Korea and scores of other totalitarian regimes who slaughter their own people like dogs? Let these idiots continue to make their asinine movies for their ever-diminishing audiences.
Interesting that you profess to know what I know and what I don't, and even more amazingly, what these people know. It so happens I'm a lawyer and these people are not, so I know infinitely more about the law than they do. And if you knew anything about international law you'd know that territory captured in a defensive war does not need to be returned. Any more ignorance or lies you'd like to foist on this bulletin board?
Hollywood actors are well-known experts on international law. Why don't you hire one the next time you are in court.
Which one, the one that allows for the murder of Jews?? Which law exactly was in place in Hitlers time Allegra, you're an idiot. Simple, ignorant and wrong. Thenaks for posting it for the world Smuck.
What will happen if the Jews start boycotting the world ? We will send you back to stone age.
The overwhelming majority of Jews in the world will not lift a finger to help the insane policy of occupation, illegal settlements and perpetual war that settler lobbies have imposed on Israel.
They unfortunatly have lost their way after 2000 years of persecution and being without their own country and temple. Most people who know the history going back 100 years would have a different opinion of occupation but many of these Jews have not even been to Israel and many aren't afiliated with even a real synogogue. So if someone has a heart attack he shouldnt go to an accountant because they know nothing about medicine. SO to these Jews no very little about tora about their religion about Muslems and about Israel and its history. These movie stars who aren't even in Israel aren't significant as far as their opinion because they are just Jews by birth
No, dear Ralph. Nothing will be happen; only all World will be happier. Please you - boycott all of us, boycott Palestine, boycott all the World forever... I am courious, who will be in the stone age faster :o)))
When are you reopenning The German University of Prag ? Your country deserves a total boycott for not doing it ,no artists in Chech Böhmen ,full of settlers and totally cleansed of the native Germans!
Forgetting all this boycott talk, the fact is that it's time that fundamentalist Muslims come out of the stone age, modernize their beliefs, join the rest of the world which did so a long time ago, and we'll all be better off.
a little "googling" research and I found the actual list of "American Actors" on the petition: Vanessa Redgrave (says: " Zionism is a brutal, racist ideology" CBS 1June2007) , Ed Asner (defends murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal, more recently, is 911 conspiracy nut), Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City star, engaged to marry actress Christine Marinoni), Tony Kushner (married to Mark Harris, says: "it would have been better if Israel never happened" Theodore Bikel (actor, Chair of the Board of Directors of Meretz USA), Jennifer Tilly (say: at this point in her career she's "more interested in pursuing poker than acting"), Eve Ensler ("Playwrite" whose plays include a rape scene of a 13-year-old girl by a 24-year-old woman who uses alcohol to lower the inhibitions of her victim. At the conclusion of the segment, the narrator (the grown-up thirteen year old girl) fondly reminisces about the rape, claiming that it helped to nurture her and help her grow as a woman, and finishes the play with the line, "If it was rape, it was good rape". , OK, you get the idea. (2 or 3 popular actors, and then, the usual "progressives".) There are also non-Actors on the list, like: Ruth Reichl, Writer; PBS Television host former restaurant critic, NYTimes Michael Singer, Television News Producer Former producer, CBS News To Allegra: At long last have you no shame, in openly supporting ethnic cleansing? Jews Out! of Judea. No Jews in allowed. What is it about Ariel that bugs you, that couldn't also be said about Ramle Lod Yaffo, and Akko. And why do you have no shame in hopping on the bandwagon of those who would ethnically cleanse Jews out of Hevron, the Old City of Jerusalem and other "West Bank" locations called "settlements"? And why is assigning collective guilt OK for Jews ("settlers") but not for Palestinians?
While you and a small number of your fellows who support the occupation and suppression of the Palestinians whine as loudly as you can - your tactics of distortion, distraction and discrediting are lost against even just a select few luminaries of this calibre.
The headline speaks of "U.S. actors". and then gives us 4 or 5 actors and 100 left wing political hacks. Here is a better representative sampling of "U.S. Actors" - the ones who won't sign: Top 20 US actors (number of films): Michael Caine,Gene Hackman,Robert De Niro,Antonio Banderas,Sean Connery,Willem Dafoe Anthony Hopkins,Dennis Quaid ,Jackie Chan,Christopher Walken,Samuel L. Jackson Robert Downey Jr.,Clint Eastwood,Nicolas Cage,Bruce Willis,Morgan Freeman Dan Aykroyd,Ed Harris,Jon Voight,Jack Nicholson. OR, List of top 20 US actors (box office $): Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks,Harrison Ford,Eddie Murphy,Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman,Tom Cruise,Hugo Weaving,Bruce Willis,Gary Oldman Will Smith,Willem Dafoe,Owen Wilson,Jim Carrey,Orlando Bloom John Travolta,Ben Stiller,Alan Rickman,Robert De Niro,Johnny Depp. The masses are NOT on your side. Most rational, moral people (actors included) still recognize that the people who want "Jews Out!" of this spot and that spot and the other spot, are the bad guys. Why are Jews forbidden to live in Ariel, Mr. Dismayer? Why are Jews forbidden to live in Hebron Mr. Dismayer? Why are Jews forbidden to live in the Old City of Jerusalem, Mr. Dismayer? All of these are what the PA and Abbas call "settlements", Mr. Dismayer. Did you notice the Fatah convention this past summer, where the need to liberate the "settlements" of Jaffa Akko Ramle and Lod was supported by all PA present? Or are you going to "distort and distract" from what happened at the PA gathering?
Colonialism is the very opposite of the American spirit.
Allegra is concerned about the "colonialism", but somehow has no problem with installing a dictatorship run by people who support Sbarros and Dolphinarium bombs and TV shows for children praising these. Facilitating this, (which YOU have done, Allegra) is worse that supporting "occupation". Allegra do you honestly think Palestinian families have been better off during the 15 years of the "Peace Process" (1994 to 2010) than they were during the first 15 years (pre-intifada) of the IDF occupation (1967 to 1982) ?? If so, you betray the fact that you couldn't care less about the actual living conditions of Palestinians, in fact it just bugs you to see Jews controlling towns of People with no national representation. That YOUR Peace Process has installed a PA dictatorship where Palestinians who blow up (themselves!) and Jewish babies, bothers you less than the sight of a Jewish soldiers checking ID's, shows how little you care about Palestinians. One other thing: As an American, I know all about colonialism through history. I've studied colonialism. Allegra, an IDF presence that controls the 50 miles from the Jordan to the Med, instead of the 9 miles from the '67 border to the Med is NOT colonialism. It's common sense, as long as the alternative is having those FEW miles controlled by thugs who like killing Jews.
Absolutely-America against colonialism. And dispossessing native americans, enslaving blacks and denigrating hispanics. They have come a long way in 200 years-give Israel a little credit and a little time and we could be as tolerant and relaxed about these things
Hollywood and the left always needs victims to embrace... they love the underdog even when the facts don't fit the theory... when Israel was weak and the holocaust fresh in memory, Hollywood stood up for Israel. Now that Israel is strong and the Palestinians seem weak in comparison, their sympathies have changed. There is more to it than that but that is part of it. Anti-semitism would be an easier explanation were it not for the fact that many of the signatories are Jewish. But I suspect they are Jewish in name only (non-observant) or reform to the point of being atheists. The phrase that comes to mind is 'self-loathing' Jew; I think on some deep level they want to be totally assimilated in the hope that their Jewishness won't be recognized.
native-American occupied land the land the US occupied in the southwest which was Mexico Puerto Rico Hawaii and will the US remove troops from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Japan, Korea, Europe, etc. I think Israel's so-called occupation of land it really won in a war of defense pales in comparison to the occupations of the US. Not only that, the Palestinians have millions of square miles of Arabic-speaking Moslem land to live in if the countries liked them enough to let them become citizens there. Not so with the places that the US occupies. I'm not opposed to what the US does. I just think it's important to keep what Israel does in perspective.
I wonder why on earth anyone would care about yet another petition signed by 150 actors in the USA. They have the right to say what they wish, we have the right to ignore them. I look forward to seeing more petitions signed by American actors against the war in Afghanistan, against the abuse of women in Islamic countries, against the brutal murders of Israeli pregnant women and children (oops I forgot that they deserve to die because they are Israeli Jews). I am in full support of the peace negotiations and hope (against all odds) that a settlement will be reached. There is NO doubt that Ariel will be within the boundaries of Israel in such an agreement - after all even Arafat agreed to that. As Israelis we should stop getting so upset about the actions of people who don't have our interests at heart.
and WHO?...celibrities???????????
except in a zionists eyes, i know why pals used to hijack planes and so on, i used to think they were bad, but once i learned i now see their plight, and i back them, back to the 48 lines or someone will make you do it, you all think i'm mad, but hsitory is on my side and will show many it just keeps repeating itself, no matter what.
You are right. Me too used to see Palestinians as the bad guy. I am more and more convinced that Israelis can't change this in their mind. They see Palestinians as inferior, subrace people because we ashkenazi came and bought their lands easily. Since them, they kept the image of the poor, defenseless Palestinians stuck in their head. This is against Judaism.
Ignorants don not know about history.
on Israelis .And btw ,why do your co-religionists in Venezuela beseech an "indegenious " Hugo Chavez to have pity on them ? They ,like you ,should bow their heads and submit.
That was a really silly comment. Ranting about Venezuela and Hugo which has nothing to do with anything here. And then claiming you know anything about her heritage only proves you to be prejudiced.
How come? She is a "real humanist ,protesting against injustice wherever she sees it" .. Venezuela is closer to her than Israel and she should hit Jews of Venezuela on the head with her boundless love of the "natives" ,instead of focusing on Israel.
Indian people are some of Americas biggest boosters and heroes. They help win the second world war and were known as the 'code breakers.' The American Indian has more class in his smallest toe than all of the lying maniacal Pals. They fight like men, the pals fight with their women and kids. You could learn a lot from Americas indians.
This guy always does that when he looses an argument. If you are Chilean, he invokes Pinotchet. If you French, he appeals to Petain. If you are American, he remembers Macartism. He is kind of childish. Dont lose your time with him.
sounds like mccarthyism...they ain't never learned
A great move. I will try to start this move in Latin America too. The most beautiful in that is that we are supporting decent, correct Israelis against a gang of real state idiots shielded in political arguments.
Chile ? After all the "settlers" have more right to live in Hebron ,the City of of the Patriarchs ,than you in Chile ,a fruit of colonial murder of natives.
I didn't see any of their soaps, I know the kind of movies. It is a relief that I can know that I'm really not missing anything by boycotting them in return, as well as the entire Jewish people, not only the West Bank.
dinner of somebody ,as she did with mine.. Years ago ,when the "Sex and the CIty" was a rage ,I was forced to look at it togther with the rest of family-and then Cynthia smiled ,exhibiting ugly yellow teeth. Nobody protested when I zapped to another channel And I hurry to add my TV has been perfoct ,no color distortions.
Any Jew who stands for peace and justice is the pride of the Jewish people.
I don't think she is. Any other injustices that she is bothered about? Love to hear so we can really be proud of her. Wonder if she is as passionate about Haiti where US and other aid amounted to precisely $78 a person (Gaza it's $580 per person).
It is interesting that the first boycott by Israelis against the settlers is by actors, but this profession allows them to be less inhibited. For a similar reason, foreign actors are the first to boycott Israel for the sin of occupation. A boycott by Israelis is appropriate because it allows the citizenry to express its true opinion, which the Knesset has a more difficult time doing due to political considerations. The boycott should be more widespread, and not only for cultural events. People who are against the occupation should not employ or give work to settlers, thus allowing them to maintain their harmful "lifestyle". Let the people of Israel speak out in a way the settlers can hear. Of course, the theater companies as organizations being supported by the State will not be able to participate. They will put up performances with replacement actors. The settlers will see B-level shows, but the most important thing is for them to know what Israelis think of them.
Well this will at least disprove the guys who claim that the Jews are running Hollywood ;)
Wait and see which big names have the courage to join this movement..or are too afraid their acting careers will be over..
Ariel has existed more than 30 years. to protest the people of Ariel seems a waste of energy. If we want to protest, protest the new illegal settlements, protest the need for Palestinian building in the WB, protest the ugly violence on both sides. No, we protest a play in Ariel. Does this make sense considering the multitude of issues?
And for more than 30 years it has never been even a second legal.
One should realize that American actors take a risk in advocating a boycott, since Hollywood is dominated by Jews. Perhaps because of this reason they supported only boycott against the settlements, not against the State of Israel. But Israelis should realize that more and more individuals and commercial firms are getting on the boycott bandwagon. If Netanyahu ends up being blamed with the failure of the peace talks, there is a good chance that a tsunami of boycotts will hit. Something for Netanyahu to think about: his usual deceptive approach might be too costly in this case.
"If they would" transfer Jews " they would be legitimizing something they do not agree with. If they do lose their jobs as a result of their stand, the world is watching and people will support them" - yet the Left did not - proving that this has nothing at all to do with a point of principle.
The only time the West Bank and East Jerusalem had no Jews living on it in the last 3000 years was from 1948-67. The anti-Israeli pieces of crap demand that these areas be ethnically cleansed of Jews once again. What's the basis? That it's "Palestinian territory." When was this EVER territory which belonged to the Palestinians without Jews? NEVER.
Even the Palestinians have said that some Jews would be allowed to remain in Palestine , but I doubt they will welcome any of the radical Jewish extremists to stay and certainly not as occupiers. Just as Israelis seek to maintain the Jewish character of Israel, the Palestinians will surely want to maintain the Palestinian character of their homeland as well, so most all of the Israeli settlers living today in the occupied territories will have to return to Israel unless the two sides can agree on equitable land swaps. There is plenty of open land in the Negev for Israel to build permanent homes for those returning to Israel from the occupied territories.
already exists, Jordan is Palestine.
Jordan is Jordan & Palestine is Palestine !! Jordan isn't Palestine as you really want it to be !!
And it's pretty unconvincing. You know that the religion of the settlers is irrelevant. It's their nationality that makes their settlement illegal. And if you want to look at "religious cleansing", tell me how many non-Jews are in the settlements?
So when are you going to stop discriminating against the non-Jewish population in Judea/Samaria, which is presumably a part of eretz Israel? Or can you tell us what's going to happen to them?
Four years ago every single Jew left Gaza. Now if a single Jew steps into Gaza - let alone suggests living there - they are literally lynched! How come this apartheid state is OK for you? A few thousand Jews live amongst the Arabs on the West Bank and they are the ones you single out for cstigation? Jordan was part of the Bible lands of Israel, homeland of the Jewsl. No Jews there now. And still you say nothing! So let me see if I have got this right? Apartheid doesn't apply when it just means "no Jews", then? O.K.. Got it.
Gotta be really stupid not to recognize your own answer.....
And Jews were never absent from the West Bank and East Jerusalem except for 1948-67. The final borders haven't been established yet. Anti-Israelis are morons, and many of them simply hate Jews living on land that they've lived on for thousands of years.
Let me understand this... If a Jew (by ETHNICITY) was kicked off of his property by Jordan in 1948, and the Jew calls himself an "Israeli" today... He wasn't allowed to reclaim his property after 1967? The straw is between your ears, pal. There is NO TIME in history where Jews weren't present on that land except 1948-67, whether you call those Jews "Israelis" or not. Anti-Israelis are not only morons, but racists as well.
Gotta be really stupid not to recognize a rhetorical question. So, Jews being gone from 1948-67 means it should have stayed that way, or for it to be illegal for them to return? Make that EXTRAORDINARILY stupid for you to entertain such thought processes.
they would not dare boycott against the wars fought by the u.s. none would have the courage to give up their careers and wealth to show their disagreements with what their own government does. they think they can bully israel. they are following the obama administration's script written for them. they think that their little boycott will solve one of the most intractable conflicts of the past sixty years. yet not one word about the muslim-arab rejectionists who preach jihad. not one word about the hundred year terror against jews by the muslim-arabs. shame on these self-obsessed "liberals" who today make up the american democratic party.
If these Jews lived during the Holocaust they probably the ones assisting there fellow Jews to the gas chambers.
this card that has been used so many times by so many hands tarnished it real image and made it worthless....enough!!!! by respect to the dead and the few survivors..
The settlements are illegal under International Law. These actors are Justs who try to prevent Israel from falling into the insanity of the occupation and colonization, all practices that defame the Jewish people.
The Jewish homeland is occupied by Arabs.
Get real, pal. Stop thinking the fantasies of hard right wingers are reality.
According to Allegra, it was legal for Jordan to kick out all the Jews from the territories in 1948, but it was illegal for the Jews to move back in after 1967. What a piece of crap individual.
Not the top scientists, not the top actors, just would be's with lots of time on their hands.... Among them there are also other "groups" of anti's ..... anti-foreigners, anti's of capitalism, anti's of democracy, anti-Muslims (plenty of), anti-negroes, Nazi's, "environmentalists" (who know nothing about environment), etc.....
Who are the other 147 stellar signatories?
Just because an American actor became president of the USA doesn't give American actors the right to meddle in Israeli policies. Express your opinions, but have some sensibility about the difference between your "area of concern" versus your "area of influence", as Stephen Covey would phrase it. Think also about the influence your actions and words have on people who are sworn enemies not only of Israel, but of the United States as well. You're emboldening terrorist elements who perceive any American support as support for their murderous agenda. They've already killed enough of our citizens. Do those of you who've signed the letter have any feeling for your compatriots who have lost loved ones to this kind of human scum? Ask yourselves that question, take a long look in the mirror, and I hope, realize the error of your actions. Shame on all of you!
If they were really worried about occupation, when was the last time they tried to stop their films from going to: China, Russia, Venezuela, etc. Com on!
I would really like to know which territory Venezuela is illegally occupying. Planet Mars ?
...it's about supporting israeli actors who specifically do not want to perform in the illegal settlement in ariel, actually. try reading the article next time.
I'm glad someone is speaking up for the actors. And to the person who said "actors should stay out of politics"--hello, actors are citizens and politicians are supposed to be acting on behalf of the citizens...
So act !
I would bet that this petition has been initiated by your friends from JDate... If the most famous is Cynthia Nixon, that means that the list is mainly from second hand leftist actors that never left New York. Once again a stupid joke to deligitimate Israel!
lady wake up and smell the coffee. no stupid jokes are needed. isreal has already 'delegitimized' itself.
at least have the guts to state your name. I'd like to know who these actors are so that I know whose movies not to see going forward. I'm sure they know there'd be blowback so they refuse to state their names. Some brave, principled peeps these are. Just a bunch of has been cowards. Whether you support this boycott or not, you can't deny that taking a stand in private is as cowardly as it gets in hollywood....
they have stated their names, dumbo. That doesn't mean Ha'aretz has to print them for you - try doing a bit of research yourself.
God bless these stars and they will be more popular by doing the RIGHT THING
this is good but we need bigger names too
you should be a clown propagandist of Israel such is Jon Woigt, for instance.This is another occupied territory.
.... like many others from "the occupied territory" - Hollywood - .....Now that sounds pretty strong, dani, doesn't it? You people, find most of America "occupied territory". Except Dearborn, Mi, am I correct dani?....
Where were these potheads when the Arabs were killing Jews a few days ago. SILENT. Not a word of protest for killing Jews but they suddenly become righteous not to perform on Jewish territory for a Jewish audience.
I guess it's because these actors probably understand that the occupier is and has always been perpetuating this cycle of violence...it does not want peace. And Mandy is Jewish.
It's called modern antisemitism. It's not "politically correct" to outwardly say you're antisemitic (or a self-hating Jew), so instead, these actors display their feelings under the guise of a professional boycott. They are shallow, ignorant, weak and pitiful, and most certainly an embarrassment for the rest of the members of their profession.
But they didn't see colleagues invited to perform for the IDF in Gaza, nor for Hamas in Hebron.
Next time the Gazans should vote in a government which doesn't shoot 10,000 rockets into its neighbour's lands. IDF stands for Israel Defence Forces - we don't start wars, we only react to the murderous attacks of our neo-Fascist Islamic lunatic neighbours. p.s. Most of the people who died were Hamas soldiers using their own people as human shields. Weapons stored in hospitals, Mosques, private homes.
Gaza port has been a "closed military area" since 1967. Israel has been slowly squeezing the life out of Gaza since then. It made several murderous incursions after its so-called withdrawal killing hundreds each time. We don't hear too much about those victims. It overflew Gaza with supersonic planes in the middle of the night causing massive distress to the young and the population in general. Don't pretend the rockets come out of nowhere - they don't (and they are mostly non-lethal, not like Israel's weaponry).
Gypsy camps there ? Do it and leave immediately !!!
Hollywood will be Sharia Compliant soon and all of their boycotts won't be worth a thing.
Nothing is free in the "free" world.
in jobless list.
In case the PA decides to include Ariel in a landswap it suddenly is Israel in the future which is not illegal so please beware with what is illegal by any standards!! Besides isn't the rule by Hamas not illegal by any standards? A dictatorship which closes down the only electricity factory just because they play a power game with the PA?
Only settlers think otherwise.
I recommend that we boycott those who boycott us, whether it be Elvis Costello or Meg Ryan or Cynthia Nixon. Meanwhile, Israel needs to explain to the world that Judea and Samaria shall not be Judenrein. Jews have every right to live in every part of our historic homeland.
One country for two peoples.
Sorry, it just doesn't work, Brener. Any more than it works to tell the Jews their country is Lithuania. The vast bulk of Palestinians have been in Palestine much longer than the vast bulk of Jews have been in Israel. Both groups are going to remain there. Try getting your head round that.
Learn your history Murray. Most of the Palestinians arrived from the neighbouring countries after the Jews started developing the land during the 19th and 20th century. Before that it was just empty stones. Look at the photographs taken at that time, read some history books not written by post Zionists - Learn the Real Facts!
I have a series of bible books from 1860s, illustrated with sketches and prints of the Holy Land, including Jerusalem. There are numerous drawings and descriptions of old Arabic style, established towns and villages which were later destroyed during the foundation of the State of Israel.
Once again actors with their oversized egos feel that they can "change the world"...they are mere actors, not policy makers. Who cares what they think.
They are mere actors yes, at the same time they have a huge fanbase and can influence a lot more ppl than policy makers
Do yxou think a billion and a half Muslims need support against 16 millions Jews ? They need education and brain.
Here we go again...useful idiots jumping on a bandwagon that they collectively have no idea about.. They bow at the alter of chavez.castro and adore che guevarro...some even like Mao...they worry about allor on apples...global warming....and terrorists and their right to have a mosque leering down at ground zero. But do they know the realities of the world..what is going on...what is happening to women in muslim countries? NO...there is no out cry from N.O.W. no demonstrations in support of that poor woman in prison in Iran...no support of the Iranian people who tried to rise up against the islamic regime there...not one word against the palestinians and their bombardment of quassams into Israel...oh no...but they boycott against a theater in Ariel. Good grief these fruitcakes are beyond the pale. To use the word disgusting to identify them is a compliment.
As an Israeli I am sad about my own peoploe boycotting their peoples. I am ashamed and I am mad about them and I frankly gave back my tickets in the Tel Aviv theater for some plays. I do NOT want to see actors that look for publicity by boycotting nor actors that mold politics in their acts. You boycott Ariel and punish ppl who live there in a flurishing town with man thousands of citizens and you stir up an agreement dating back to Arafat and Clinton? Fine, be aware that many thousands of Israelis boycott you. To those who join from the US? How many of you have ever been in Ariel before? Do you know how many ppl live there or tha tit has its exclusive roads, that most Arabs work close to Ariel because it supports factories in Barkan? Do you know that even for Arafat Ariel was NEVER EVER an issue or questiosn weathe rit should be palestinian land? I doubt it....so maybe LEARN before you boycott....
Or what does she know about the "international law"? What a loasy, sleazy craetures, trying to get a cheese publicity.
Obviously you only know hasbara and no real facts or international law.
I think Haaretz should publish the complete list of these Hollywood actors/actresses so that people should be able to boycott them. Their inteference at this time of the delicate peace negotiations going will only jeapordize and inflame everything. All they want is to be on the headlines and none of them deserve it. Their ignorance of the realities is really showing.
try doing your own research like the rest of us, maybe you will learn some critical thinking...
The article says that "over 150 actors" etc signed the letter of support, but the most notable ones they could name were three relatively inconsequential players on the Hollywood landscape. Not a single big name in the bunch--mostly just has-beens looking to see their name in print. If that's the best they could do, it's actually pretty encouraging. Given Hollywood's reputation, I would've expected many more signatures. When you think about it, this was more a show of just how little support the Israeli actors have from Hollywood than the letter's actual intention.
on their hands and knees begging approval from Chavez and Castro
This is a totally twisted world where an ACTOR - a person who pretends for a living - can tell us what to do and how to behave. It is BIZARRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You forgot something mate, there is a real person behind every actor and that person has his/her independent thought and a freedom to think and act.
Oh you whiners!!! Yep it pisses you off when people are courageous enough to stand up and oppose violations of international law. For far too long has the world spoilt Israel, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Another Happy actor.
that deserves my admiration and respect.
No surprising that liberal Hollywood would side with the enemies of Isreal.
It is those like you, the arrogant and full of hubris, who are the enemies of Israel......that is if you wish Israel to be a true democracy and moral. It is those like you who applaud the illegality of settlements and occupation. It is you who think the Israeli are so special that they can flaunt international norms and still be allowed into the international community. The days of the world's "acceptance" of Israel's behavior are gone. Go it alone and suffer the consequences, then.
and anyway, can we stop acting like these morons in ariel are entitled to anything? they don't live in israel. they are thus not entitled to israeli entertainment. sorry, chaps, if you want to be entertained by ISRAELI actors then perhaps you should move back to ISRAELI land. just like if i want to be entertained by american actors i should not move to the middle of mexico, yeah?
What do you have against meeskeits ??? The one that really surprises me in Mandy. I went to a show a few years ago on the Lower East Side where he performed a whole show singing in Yiddish. I guess you never really know someone. Boy, was I wrong about him.
one can be Zionist (in the literal definition), support Israel, love Jews, be Jewish, speak Hebrew and Yiddish, and STILL not support illegal settlements in occupied territory.
Stella Adler the late great actress and teacher of actors would have had no use for these has been actors who seek free publicity by bashing Israel(note not one of them has made any public statement condemning the murders of the Jewish Martyrs on the west bank,offered any support for the orphans or anything. Stella Adler, on the other hand tirelessly campaigned and raised funds for pre- state Israel and even inspired Marlon Brando to contribute to the Irgun.
give me a break.
I still throw up whenever I even think about him contributing to one of the most despicable terrorist groups in Human history. I lost all respect for him when I first read that.
The British army received ample warnings about the bombs put in the King David Hotel and it was their stupidity which caused the deaths of the people who died. In any case most of the Jewish people living in the Yishuv (pre-Israel) were NOT supporters of the Stern or other extremist Jewish groups who were disbanded when the Israeli state was formed.
Let's see. The Israeli government have received ample warnings about rockets from Gaza. So it's just the Israeli government's stupidity which caused the deaths, right? And if most Jewish people were NOT supporters of Stern and Irgun, that makes it all right to have been a supporter of them?
By that argument, all Israelis have been warned to evacuate what's currently Israel. Does that make Israeli victims culpable? And, if the Jewish terrorist groups were so badly supported, how come their leaders became elected heads of government?
You know Murray, I am an average Israeli, actually a grandmother with four beautiful grandchildren. I just want them to grow up in peace with our neighbours and I will happily return most of the settlements within an agreed peace agreement. I am sure that most Israelis are like me. What do you and all the other virulent anti-Israelis want us to do? Should we just retreat to the former borders without an agreement? How do we persuade the Palestinians to reach an agreement with us? How do we persuade Hamas, Hizbollah and all the other Islamic extremists to agree with such an agreement? It is EASY to criticize on the board of a left-wing newspaper but believe me, withdrawal without guarantees would be suicide for us all. But perhaps you wouldn't mind that?
Well, Ruth - assuming these postings are all from the same person. What you write here is absolutely right (apart from your description of me: I'm a supporter of Israel, constantly disappointed by what Israeli governments do.). I don't trust Hamas much, and I don't trust Hizbollah at all. Ther eis a problem, and I see no easy solution. But (a) a large part of the problem was created by Israel, in particular with the settlements; (b) I'm afraid the idea you put forward above, that the Arabs only came to Palestine after the Jews started to develop it, is Zionist propaganda; (c) look back at your own first posting here, and you will understand it is nonsense. Coming to the present, withdrawal without guarantees might indeed be suicide: I'm certainly not recommending that. But staying in the settlements is only slightly solower suicide.
You really don't help your cause by describing Ariel as being "next to the Green Line". It is nearer the Jordan Valley than it is to the Green Line: 12 km. as against 17. By itself it nearly cuts the Northern West Bank in two. There is no reasonable way that Ariel can be in Israel while Qalqiliya, Biddiya and Az-Zawiya are in Palestine. Insisting that Ariel must be in Israel is a way to ensure your grandchildren will never be at peace.
I am pretty much offended by this boycott. These actress are uneducated girls, who do not know what they talking about. Shame on you! They should be kicked out and sent to live either in Palestine or better yet in Iran. Then maybe they would learn their lesson.
YOU are the uneducated one, clodhopper! These ladies have COURAGE and we admire them for that.. Perhaps they need to waterboard you to knock some sense into your dumb skull!
Why don't you go back to you favourite soap operas Chantel and live out your useless fantasies.
Actors should not meddle in politics. And Ariel in any peace deal willlikely remain part of Israel.
So make the peace deal and we'll find out. Till then, Ariel is occupied territory.
Big acts count. I read that U2 is performing in Turkey on Monday. Maybe Bono will perform in Ariel and bring worldwide prestiege to the settler movement.
U2 is obviously not bothered by the fact that the Turkish army continues to use biological weapons against their own people.
I can't wait until a million religions Jews from the west bank are resettled next to the homes where these liberals live :) They won't like that at all. Anyway - nobody is moving from the West Bank. Any PAL state will simply have a large Jewish minority in it - that they must respect and guarantee the safety of. (Or there will be war.)
there will be war, continually, for the Jews in Israel.
Artists who subscribe to this philosophy are either self-hating Jews or anti-Semitic.
Traitor, post zionist, deligitimizer, morally corrupt, insane, crazy, Sign me up with appropiate checkmarks. Just don't add ill-informed.
If so, it's wasted on this board. You can write the most ludicrous, rabidly right-wing nonsense on here and you'll be cheered on by religious freaks, racist thugs and ignorant propagandists.
Sad thing many are Jewish but they haven't the foggist idea what that means. They do know what PC means which takes precidence. Hey Hollywood the God you ignor gave your people all the land of Israel.
Their are some Jews like the one's in holywood who cut themselves out of the Holy Nation. They are under" Karet"- spiritual excommunication. They are also mostly from the Eruv Rav, and don't have Jewish souls. A real Jew with a Jewish Neshama would want to connect to G-D and support His/Her people.
how dare you judge over people of jewish descendance about who is and who is not a jew. in fact, many jews in israel i would not call jewish at all. especially the ones who try so hard to be oh so religious. just cannot take statements like yours serious!!!
what little brains like you think it is. neither is their any difference between all creatures nor between jews/ non-jes or better/worse jews. gosh ppl like you walking around in israel just frighten me.
ugh.
About time Hollywood discovered its moral compass and spine to do the right thing. Let us hope the rest follow suit and speak out against injustice. The actions of the Israeli government are not accepted by human standards.
But of course you support the human standards of Hamas, Iran, Hetzbolla, Syria and presumambly Hitler too.
The settlers do not brutally occupy Palestina BECAUSE OF Hamas, Iran, Hetzbolla, Syria and presumambly Hitler too.'
The Israeli actors who refuse to perform at Ariel and other settlements are courageous -- it is good to see support from international celebrities. Let's hope European actors demonstrate their support as well.
Of course the Europeans will jump on the wagon as they never sympathized with Israel at all.
Irish artists and actors already have..
It is people like you who are making the world dislike Israelis........not because they are Jews, but because of their actions.
Why are they courageous? None of them will be fired from their theatres and Israel boasts the most vibrant democracy in the world. Anyone can say anything and personally I don't really care why they think or say. Just being an actor/writer/director doesn't make them any more knowledgable or intelligent than the rest of us.
That's absolutely priceless!!!! Really, did you write that with a straight face?
the movement is growing
What a joke! These has-beens or second- and third-tier performers, including some who are Jewish, are trying to show their profound intellect and knowledge of the "situation". Have ANY of them EVER gone out on a limb to march for any Jewish cause or against any anti-Semitic rhetoric or behavior/acts?? Of course not! These shrill fools have nothing better to do, as most of them are out of work and are like sheep, following their ill-advised shepherd. How predictable..
The vilification of them by your kind that is.
Mandy Patinkin is a has been and a b-rate actor? or is he one of the most respected names in the industry. you're a fool.
Patinkin in a blockbuster? He's a hysrtionic diva! .. and, I am not in the movie industry, and therefore, have never or will never be in a movie. You are very shallow!
Hollywood has taken a just and worthwhile stand against the human rights abuses and illegal actions of the Israeli government. For once I am proud of what has come out of Hollywood!
A to the I to the PAC. Public relations is everything, y'all -- that's why you'll find their ads on a left-leaning website such as Haaretz, with the hope of swaying an opinion here and there. That said, everyone should understand that public relations is only so effective when the public, by large, is clueless. A passion for education with an open mind is priceless.
AIPAC has proven time and time again that they are not loyal to the United States of America. They should all just move to Israel, and renounce their American citizenship.
Please, provide the names of these actors, directors, writers and we will never watch their movies again. Shame!
Really? Lol! Oh no, the criminals that make up the population of Ariel won't watch some movies...boo-hoo! Just think if you moved to Israel you would be able to have a whole wealth of culture and no one would boycott you. Though I guess experiencing a wide range of ideas and cultures doesn't fit with the settler mentality...you guys like to just listen to each other, shut out any other opinions and brain-wash your kids right? Man, why the hell do Israelis put up with you lot?
Shame that they are not supporting and illegal occuppation? Its a shame that you support illegal settlements, and taking away the the houses of the palestinian people. Its becuase of people like you there will not be any peace.
yes, please publish the list of these actors so I know whose movies not to see.
What houses? Are all our critics idiots?
That has occured when Israel took people's land that they wanted to build homes on, so he is not making things up exactly. Also, there have been home demolitions and the seizing of land. So, Israel has done this. However, you don't want to believe it, maybe. I have seen the video footage of homes destroyed and people trying to stop the IDF. Your government basically made Palestinian families homeless and their children homeless. I hope you are proud of that.
If anyone is gonna be boycotted, it's Israel due to the disastrous policy of the government under the influence of settler lobbies.
How dare you call the population of Ariel criminals! These people bought their homes in a city built by their government over 30 years ago. It was created at a time when NO Palestinian group was even willing to accept the right of Israel to exist or was willing to enter negotiations with us. Ariel itself is very close to the 1967 border line and will be included in those settlements which remain within Israel when an agreement is reached. The only people to blame for this entire mess are the Palestinian leadership which was always more concerned with filling their pockets with public money than reaching an agreement with us although they could have had their own state years ago. It is no wonder that Mrs. Arafat inheritied billions of public money which rightfully belonged to the Palestinian people, money stolen by her husband.
Over the past 15 years or so Israel has negotiated several times with the Palestinian leadership, offering 97% or more of their land back in order to reach a settlement. Perhaps the blame doesn't only lie on the Israeli side? Why do the Palestinians refuse to accept a reasonable settlement preferring to start yet another "intifada"/ What have they gained from their policies of hatred and non-acceptance of Israel's existence? What is Israel suppose to do - withdraw without an agreement as we did in Gaza?
The one I know is deep deep inside the West Bank, and was deliberately put there to make a Palestinian state impossible. Where's the one which you're referring to?
Danny, there is no need to call an entire city, criminals because you do not agree with there politics. . Generally speaking criminals are defined as those that break the law of their country. I happen to know many people in Ariel who are fine upstanding citizens and I beleive you owe them an aplogy
a city that was deliberately constructed in occupied territory (which even the US admits Ariel to be), you need to face up to the consequences. If they're such fine, upstanding citizens, why are they living there?
Does that distinction meet with your approval? Those fine upstanding citizens of Ariel live on land that is not theirs. In the eyes of international law, that is a crime. In most countries of the world, people who commit crimes are criminals. Perhaps Israeli's don't see it that way.
I did not label them 'criminals' because I disagree with THEIR (that's the correct spelling by the way) politics; I called them criminals because they are squatting on land which does not belong to them and which was stolen from other people. Furthermore I call them criminals because they reside in 'an entire city' who's very existence is illegal under international law. So no, I do not believe I do owe anyone an apology, for as long as they squat illegally on other people's land they shall remain criminals. Care to give me an apology for misrepresenting me? Care to give Palestinians an apology for stealing their land? Settlers = criminals, because by 'settling' they are breaking the law; you may not like it but its true :)
Interesting that these happen to be some of the smartest American actors.