British academics call on Elton John to cancel Israel concert
11 February 2010
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRITCUP) has attacked the singer Elton John for planning to give a concert in Israel later this year. The pro-Palestinian group writes in an open letter to the singer: “You are behaving as if playing in Israel is morally neutral. Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state.”
BRITCUP called on Elton John to cancel his upcoming performance in Israel in June. "How can the cruelties Israel practices against the Palestinians – fundamentally because the Palestinians are there, on Palestinian land, and Israel wants them to go – be morally neutral?" the campaigners write in letter, adding: "Okay, you turn up in Ramat Gan, and it gets to that ‘Candle in the Wind’ moment, and thousands of lighters flicker – but there won’t be any Palestinians from the Occupied Territories swaying along with the Israelis – the army won’t let them leave their ghettoes.”
The organization, which includes Israeli and Jewish members among its ranks, advised Elton John to read the Goldstone Report as well as reports from human rights groups regarding the decades of what they labeled "crimes committed against the Palestinians."
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This is clearly another example of Palestinians cleverly using words to lure the unsuspecting into listening to their message of hate. If they really wanted to influence the Israelis towards peace, they would welcome having Elton John sing to them. They do not want any prominent entertainers to visit Israel and this gives them yet another forum to restate their same old tired arguments.
1. The British have never been happy about Israel as a state. 2. There are a great number of Palestinians and other Muslims in Britain whom the British are trying to appease because that's what they think will bring peace and quiet in their streets. 3. Someone ought to talk to our self-hating Jews who are denying the reality that most middle easterners, for reasons which, ultimately, have little to do with Israel per se, want Israel destroyed. 4. Palestinians and others want Israel destroyed. They are not interested in peace, and it serves their purposes to spread the word that Israel is a terrible country, and to foment continued unrest.
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Matti B, about 1 year ago
Wow how crazy this is. In 1947 if the Palestines wanted peace more than half plus of Israel would be Palestian, and oh we could of saved all the death the terrorism by the PLO and it's friends and we would not have seen 48,56.67.73.78.80.07,09. We have a few missed dates but no ones counting. If you hate. I seen to clearly racist standard trown at Israel. BULL SHIT. You want to know racist I'm a bi sexual man with a jewish Irian partner of 31 yrs and he will never see his family again. oh yes I was treatened to be killed. Blah Blah Blah. And He is a Convert. So yes muslims do become jews and it is just going to the roots. So if we can be we all can be and oh by the way we met at a Catholic School. Our life is Hard and its rough. We have each other. ENOUGH!!! Can we not just realize ONE SUN ONE MOON ONE PEOPLE!!!! G-D BLESS YOU ALL LOVE MATTI