#Haim Bialik

[beenasarwar]

Thirty years after 1984 Sikh carnage, 'Kultar's Mime' underscores truths about victimhood and violence

“Rano” – painting by Evanleigh Davis “Innocent victims are the same, regardless of how they worship God and what tongues they speak” – Sarbpreet Singh  A dramatic production of Sarbpreet Singh’s poem ‘Kultar’s Mime’ is being performed to acclaim in the USA and Canada, and will be in India at the end of the month. Here’s the link to my article in Scroll.in; text below with photos, links and dates…

[isabelleffe]

List of Pro-Palestinian Celebrities That I Have Been Working On

last updated: 11-26-2024

pro🍉 (❌ = problematic for unrelated reason, 🕊️= passed away)

reneé rapp

pedro pascal

bella ramsey

bella hadid

gigi hadid

dua lipa

melanie martinez❌(sa - “she didn’t say no” was response)

the weekend❌(misogyny - lesbian fetish)

towa bird

phoebe bridgers

lucy dacus

julien baker

beabadoobee

kehlani

hozier

melissa barreram

macklemore

cate blanchett

hari nef

julia fox❌(connections with kanye and drake)

mitski

SZA

nina lu

zendaya

victoria monét

rachel zegler

jenna ortega

clairo

chloe forero

miss rachel (toddler learning)

ariana grande❌(said her dream dinner date is jeffery dahmer)

ricky montgomery

angelina jolie

maisie peters

chani nicholas

nemahsis

chappell roan

frank ocean

ramy youssef

cardi b

halsey

eddy mack

saul williams

arooj aftab

michelle wolf

carice van houten

matt mcgorry

michael stipe

Jasmin Savoy Brown

Dame Vivienne Westwood

Neemz

amira jazeera

MUNA

Hedy Epstein

Hunter Schafer

Chance the Rapper

ishowspeed ❌ (treated his ex-girlfriend terribly)

Noname (rapper, poet, and producer)

shannon berry

nicola coughlan

bambie thug

zara larsson

AURORA

jonathan glazer

joaquin phoenix❌

lizzy mcalpine

coldplay (will champion, phil harvey, guy berryman, chris martin)

tyler the creator

björk

pink floyd (at least roger waters)

lauryn hill

chuck d

david bowie (loving the alien)🕊️

Malcom X🕊️

the strokes (Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi, and Nikolai Fraiture)

earl sweatshirt

michael jackson (palestine, don't cry)🕊️

kid cudi

rage against the machine (zack de la rocha, tom morello, tim commerford, brad wilk)

lorde

FKA twigs

joji

ethel cain

Michael Jordan Bonema

lil peep🕊️

sean beam

liam cunningham

dianne guerrero

sean bean

tobias menzies

charles dance

carice van houten

emma d’arcy

madison pettis

lena heady

mxmtoon

joe alwyn

momona tamada

patrick spicer

mark ruffalo

halle bailey

chloe bailey

nicola coughlan

tom welling

kristen kreuk

rob delaney

kali uchis

louise xin (fashion designer)

isabela merced

joseph quinn

grace van dien

helana christensen

josh hutcherson

charli xcx

megan thee stallion (called for ceasefire at her concert 8/1/24, not sure if she talked about it before that because i only went to one concert)

hozier

katie leung

not pro🍉 (“neutrality” = not pro 🍉, red text = signed letter for "israel")

taylor swift (no statement)

kanye west

oprah

dwayne johnson

lana del rey

selena gomez

rihanna (no statement)

adam sandler

lady gaga (performed in "israel")

beyoncé (no statement)

justin timberlake (performed in "israel")

noah schnapp

bon jovi (performed in "israel")

robbie williams (performed in "israel")

Brett Gelman

entirety of paramore (no statement)

chris pratt

justin bieber

hailey bieber

haley baylee (no statement)

natalie portman

madonna (performed in "israel")

kardashian family

Jenner family

jennifer lawrence

amy schumer

neil druckmann (admitted to "The Last of Us Part 2" being based on Israel's genocide against Gaza, except from a zionist's point of view)

bruno mars (performed in isnotreal)

mayim bialik

emily engstler

gal gadot

Jerry Seinfeld

Debra Messing

Bryan Lourd

Richard Lovett

Ryan Murphy

Zachery Levi

Sharon Osbourne

Tracey-Ann Oberman

George Lopez

Phil Rosenthal

Mekhi Phifer

Diane Warren

Haim Saban

Irving Azoff

Ynon Kreiz

Jody Gerson

Mark Hamill

Rick Yorn

Howie Mandel

Sherry Lansing

Rick Yorn

Tom Rothman

Julian Edelman

Antoine Fuqua

Jack Black

Aubrey Plaza

Tahj Mowry

Josh Peck

Ziggy Marley

Howie Mandel

Chris Pine

Billy Porter

Ben Savage

Jeremy Seinfeld

Bella Thorne

Aubrey Plaza

uncertain

billie eilish (wore ceasefire pin but doesn’t boycott - made videos for mtv israel)

laufey (connections to mitski- no statement)

hank green (historically hasn’t been pro🍉 but has donated recently)

olivia rodrigo (connections to Chappell roan - no statement)

dylan mulvaney (posted in support of palestine but has a few pro-israel friends & has partnered with pro-israel brands)

If you spot any typos, mistakes regarding celebrities listed, or have information about celebrities not listed, please either DM me or leave a comment on this post!!

As always, this blog stands with Palestine, Congo, and Sudan. PLEASE make sure to email your state representatives (if you live in the United States). If you do not know your representative (or how to contact them), you can use this website (which is the official U.S. House of Representatives website). Make sure to amplify Palestinian voices and journalists as well (a list will be included below of some Palestinian journalists and groups/people supporting Palestine on Instagram).

@/wizard_bisan1

@/hindkhoudary

@/m.z.gaza

@/anat.international

@/palestine.academy

@/eye.on.palestine

@/ampalestine

@/byplestia

@/wael_eldahdouh

@/jenan.matari

@/thepcrt

@/blackforpalestine

@/jewishvoiceforpeace

@/palestinianyouthmovement

@/eid_yara

[eretzyisrael]

Writers from around the globe including Lee Child (creator of Jack Reacher), Bernard Henri-Lévy (Philosopher and Author), Herta Müller (Author, Poet, and Nobel Prize Award Winner), Sir Simon Schama (Historian and Author), Howard Jacobson (Booker Prize-winning Author), Simon Sebag Montefiore (Historian and Author), Adam Gopnik (Writer), Yossi Klein Halevi (Author), David Mamet (Author & Pulitzer Prize Winner), Elfriede Jelinek (Author and Nobel Prize Award Winner), join entertainment leaders, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies, Scooter Braun, Haim Saban, Ynon Kreiz, Ozzy Osbourne, and Gene Simmons amongst many others, to reject boycotts against authors and literary institutions.

LOS ANGELES (October 30, 2024) — More than 1000 leaders from the literary and entertainment industry signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) in support of freedom of expression and against discriminatory boycotts.

The letter comes in response to continued efforts to boycott, harass, and scapegoat Jewish and Israeli authors and literary institutions. Among the signatories are Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Booker Prize winners.

Booker Prize-winning author, Howard Jacobson said: “Art is the antithesis to a political party. It is a meeting place not an echo chamber. Art explores, discovers, differs, questions and surprises. Precisely where a door should be forever open, the boycotters slam it closed.”

Recent calls to boycott Israeli literary institutions follow a year filled with efforts to demonize and ostracize Jewish authors across the globe. In the last year, bookstore appearances have been canceled based on authors’ identities and book readings have been shut down. Activists have publicized lists of “Zionist” authors to harass and just last week, ads for a book with ‘Israel’ in the title were rejected.

Author of the Jack Reacher novel series, Lee Child said: “Politically targeting novelists, authors, and publishing houses based on their nationality is misguided. At a time when dialogue is paramount and when compromise can lead to peace, castigation and blanket boycotts are counterproductive. The written word, and the dissemination of it, must always be protected, especially in times of heightened tension. And to achieve peace, we must humanize one another and build bridges across communities through the open exchange of ideas. Literature allows for that. Boycotts hinder it.”

The letter highlights the unique role that writers and books play in society, “We believe that writers, authors, and books — along with the festivals that showcase them — bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, open dialogue, and can affect positive change.” It continues, “We believe that anyone who works to subvert this spirit merely adds yet another roadblock to freedom, justice, equality, and peace that we all desperately desire.”

Actress and Author Mayim Bialik said, “Harassing authors, canceling bookstore appearances, and boycotting people based solely on their identity is disturbing and polarizing in ways that cannot be dismissed or minimized. Attempts to dictate “who” or “what” should be published have nothing to do with any path to coexistence or peace. This kind of rhetoric encourages demonization and hatred. As an author and as a creative, I believe in peace, I believe in humanity, and I believe in meaningful discourse. Silencing and sowing discord in this way reduces complex individuals to oversimplified caricatures which only hardens existing hostility and makes the hope for peace inch farther away.”

Philosopher and Author Bernard-Henri Lévy said: “I have always believed in the power of ideas and truth. I have always been in favor of debate, clash of opinions, even the confrontation of convictions. But what we have here is not a clash of opinions or a debate. Boycotting Israeli writers, publishers and festivals is pure anti-Semitism – and it’s anti-democratic and dangerous. The goal of this boycott is the delegitimization of the only Jewish state in the world—Israel. It is a moral obscenity and must be firmly condemned by all free-thinking and democratic citizens of the world.”

Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore said: “The resort to witch hunt is always dangerous and ugly especially when the inquisitors are writers. History is full of examples of self-righteous cadres of self-appointed judges who tried to enforce their version of purity by excluding people. Whatever one thinks of this tragic Middle Eastern war, who judges who is good, who bad? Once started where would it stop? Who is pure enough?”

The statement is the first of its kind – a call from the literature and entertainment community to unequivocally voice support against boycott attempts based on identity or litmus test.

The letter states: “Regardless of one’s views on the current conflict, boycotts of creatives and creative institutions simply create more divisiveness and foment further hatred.” The letter concludes: “We call on our friends and colleagues worldwide to join us in expressing their support for Israeli and Jewish publishers, authors, and all book festivals, publishers, and literary agencies that refuse to capitulate to censorship based on identity or litmus tests.”

CCFP Executive Director Ari Ingel said, “Authors, writers, and literary groups have faced non-stop harassment by a dedicated group of illiberal activists since October 7th. This is not just about Israeli authors. This is a coordinated campaign to bully and threaten anyone who refuses to condemn Israel, which targets Jews and their allies worldwide. These boycott calls, now being led by members of the literary community themselves, are reminiscent of the 1933 boycott of Jewish authors, when antisemites burned over 25,000 books. The works of Jewish authors like Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, alongside American works by Ernest Hemingway and Helen Keller were burned. This is where things are once again headed.”

Signatories Include:

Howard Jacobson, Booker Prize-winning Author; Lee Child, Author; Mayim Bialik, Actress & Author; Dr. Simon Sebag Montefiore, Historian and Author; Bernard-Henri Lévy, Philosopher and Author; Sir Simon Schama, Historian and Author; Yossi Klein Halevi, Author; Elfriede Jelinek, Playwright,  Author and Nobel Prize Award Winner; David Mamet, Author & Pulitzer Prize Winner; Ozzy Osbourne, Artist and Author; Sharon Osbourne, Author, Manager, TV Personality; Herta Müller, Author and Nobel Prize Winner; Dara Horn, Author; Debra Messing, Actress, Gene Simmons, Author & Artist; Julianna Margulies; Actress; Jerry O’Connell, Actor; Douglas Murray, Author; Scooter Braun, Founder/CEO, Hybe America, Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.; Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group;  Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records; Sherry Lansing, Former CEO of Paramount Pictures; Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor; Jenji Kohan, Writer/Producer; Adam Gopnik, Writer; Deborah Harris, The Deborah Harris Agency; Diane Warren, Songwriter; Anders Rydell, Author; Ilya Kaminsky, Author and Poet; Elisa Albert, Author; Aayan Hirsi Ali, Author; Lionel Shriver, Author; Noreena Hertz Author; Sir Niall Ferguson Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Author; Rebecca De Mornay, Actress; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Actress; Amy Sherman-Palladino, Writer and Producer; Matti Friedman, Author; Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership; Anthony Julius, Attorney and Author; Gail Simmons, Author; Ben Silverman; Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content; Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Fernando Szew, President, Fox Entertainment; amongst many others.

[basqueneskak]

+400 celebrities have signed that sh*t of an open letter to keep Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 using Zionist arguments and not a single mention to Gazan people.

Some of the most well-known signers are: Helen Mirren (Actress) Liev Schreiber (Actor) Boy George (Artist) Gene Simmons (Artist/Co-founder KISS & multi-hyphenate businessman) Mayim Bialik (Actress) Julianna Margulies (Actor/Producer/Author) Emmy Rossum (Actress) Debra Messing (Actress) Ginnifer Goodwin (Actress) Scooter Braun (Founder/CEO, Hybe America) Selma Blair (Actress) Gregg Sulkin (Actor) Skylar Astin (Actor) Julie Greenwald (Chairperson & CEO, Atlantic Records Group) Jody Gerson (Chairperson and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group) Aaron Bay-Schuck (CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records) Dan Rosen (President, Warner Music Australasia); Joshua Malina (Actor) Patricia Heaton (Actress and Producer) Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actress) Tom Arnold (Actor) Tracy-Ann Oberman (Actress) Sharon Osbourne (Manager, TV Personality) Tom Rothman (Chairman, Columbia Pictures) Diane Warren (Songwriter) Ynon Kreiz (Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.) Gary Barber (Chairman and CEO, Spyglass Media Group) Jacqueline Saturn (President, Virgin Music) Emmanuelle Chriqui (Actress) Samantha Ronson (Artist) Odeya Rush (Actress)

Do what you will with this info.

[mariacallous]

A month after the Hamas attack that murdered 1,400 Israelis, including entire families, the country is still at war. Israel has launched a ground offensive aimed at “defeating Hamas.” Israelis are mourning their lost ones, attending funerals, dealing with well over 200,000 people displaced from their homes near the border, identifying bodies, and fearing for the fate of the more than 240 remaining hostages,

The country is caught between the front lines in the Gaza Strip, where the death toll of Palestinians has reached nearly 10,000 people, and the ongoing conflict with Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah in the north. Settler violence has surged in the West Bank, with armed militants raiding villages, torching fields, and firing at Palestinians, and even targeting Israeli peace activists. The West Bank death toll has surged to 154 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since Oct. 7.

But after a month of conflict, is it still possible to imagine not just a cease-fire, but a peace? A bruised peace movement is struggling to come to terms with the brutality of Oct. 7—but some see the possibility of hope among the ashes.

Normally, during wartime, citizens rally in support of their government—the so-called rally-around-the-flag effect—and a wave of national unity is evident. Israelis are helping farmers in the south with the harvest, members of the ultra-Orthodox community have volunteered to cook and serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and mothers have donated breast milk for orphaned infants. It is estimated that almost 50 percent of Israelis have volunteered since the war began, all while the public and the military are engaged in a substantial activation of reservists.

But the sense of popular determination stands in sharp contrast to the profound decline in trust toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. Public confidence in Netanyahu is at a historic low. According to a recent poll by Israeli Channel 13 News: Some 44 percent of respondents believe that Netanyahu is directly responsible for Hamas’s attack, and 76 percent believe that he should resign, with 47 percent suggesting he should do so after the war and 29 percent calling for his immediate resignation.

A verse from Haim Nachman Bialik, widely considered Israel’s national poet, has begun to circulate on social media suggesting anger at the government juxtaposed with the cohesion of the populace: “It is the unseen wind that propels the ship forward, not the sails flapping noisily above the mast.”

Despite the resilience of civil society, it’s hard to imagine what comes next. Popular frustration has not coalesced into the organized demonstrations seen in the past, such as in the wake of the Sabra and Shatila massacres, when hundreds of thousands of Israelis called on then-Security Minister Ariel Sharon to resign, or after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, with a protest that partially led to the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir. Nor have they matched the scale of more recent protest movements, such as the demonstrations against an attempted judicial overhaul.

Even before the Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, was already under pressure. He was contending with charges of bribery and fraud, and his efforts to enact judicial reforms—which aimed to diminish the power of the Israeli Supreme Court and potentially make it more difficult to oust him from office—had triggered some of the largest public protests in the nation’s history.

The Israeli liberal left has suffered a setback because the momentum of the anti-judicial reform and anti-Netanyahu protests was stopped in its tracks. Though Netanyahu is widely blamed for the security failure, that frustration hasn’t been channeled into renewing the movement; instead, demonstrations have been mostly limited to installations and peaceful protests to raise awareness to the hostages.

“Israeli society is in a state of shock. We are still identifying bodies, still attending funerals. People feel that this is not the moment to restart protests,” said Ido Dembin, the executive director of Molad, a liberal think tank, in an interview with Foreign Policy. “Moreover, there is a deep disconnect between the public’s desire for Netanyahu’s departure and the political leadership, which has yet to acknowledge this pressing demand.”

The hurt on the left is all too physical. Some of the kibbutzim that were worst hit by the Hamas attack, such as Be’eri, Nahal Oz, and Holit, are strongholds of leftist ideology. Among those murdered was Hayim Katzman, a peace activist; among those kidnapped was Vivian Silver, a dedicated peace advocate. Hundreds have been murdered, including many who devoted their lives to peace, Arab-Jewish solidarity, and the pursuit of ending the occupation. Maoz Yinon, whose parents both were murdered, has been vocal about his support for peace.

Public outrage at the right-wing government, with individuals such as Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, who controversially suggested dropping on atomic bomb on Gaza, is evident. Ministers are chased away from hospitals by relatives of the injured.

“We’re seeing the unraveling of the right-wing doctrine that managing the conflict without end while weakening the voices of moderation is sustainable,” Labor Party Knesset member Naama Lazimi said in an interview with Foreign Policy. “Netanyahu and his colleagues have long empowered Hamas, because it served their interest by halting progress toward political dialogue. This approach has significantly undermined the Palestinian Authority and resulted in one of the gravest crises since Israel’s foundation.”

Yet there’s little public appetite for a cease-fire. According to a poll from the Israel Democracy Institute, even though Israelis lack clarity about the objectives of the operation in Gaza in relation to the government’s goals, they support the army and its mission. Save for Ayman Odeh, the head of the left-wing Hadash-Ta’al coalition, who along with 35 Israeli Jewish and Arab rights groups issued an open letter, no other Israeli leader has called for a cease-fire.

Many Israelis view the war as a necessary action to eliminate the threat of Hamas—and don’t put a lot of weight on Palestinian lives. The same Israel Democracy Institute poll showed that nearly 48 percent of Jewish Israelis surveyed think that Palestinian civilian suffering should not influence Gaza conflict strategies, and 36 percent say it should be given  “not so much” consideration. Meanwhile, 83 percent of Arab Israelis feel “very much” or “quite a lot” in agreement that it should be taken into account.

There are several reasons for this, beyond the sense of anger over the attacks. First, the lack of leadership has led Israelis to place an overinflated trust in the IDF. They trust it because with 300,000 reservists called up, most Israelis know someone who is serving.

Second, Israelis aren’t aware of the magnitude of destruction in Gaza. “Israelis are among the least aware of what’s happening in Gaza,” Dembin said.

The Israeli media, influenced by Netanyahu over the years, has also normalized extreme right-wing rhetoric. This includes people such as researcher Eliyahu Yossian, who suggested that the IDF should adopt the brutal behavior patterns of Hamas militants: “Zero morality, maximum bodies,” he declared on a prime-time TV show. “Liberalism has become the cult of the devil.”

Ratings have shot up for Channel 14, a Netanyahu-loyal TV channel that has taken a jingoistic line. Channel 12, the most popular channel, provides little coverage of the ongoing bombardment in Gaza—in part because journalists either need to get authorization from Israeli authorities to enter the enclave or enter another way.

As Shimrit Meir, once an advisor to right-wing former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, wrote, “Someone decided about 20 years ago that coverage of the other side is leftist, and since then, the coverage of the opposing perspective has been minimal. This has strategic implications. For example, the heavy price Gaza already paid with bombardment. The feeling in Israel is that until we enter by land, nothing has happened.”

Protests against the situation, or even expressions of solidarity with the hostages, have also been met with censorship, suppression, or even violence.

Four former Arab Israeli Lawmakers were arrested over plans for anti-war protests. Uri Horesh, a professor at Achva College, was suspended from his job for posting against the war. Additionally, the police banned anti-war protests in the cities of Umm al-Fahm and Sakhnin.

Violence broke out at a Tel Aviv protest when a bystander accused the father of one of the abducted children of being a “traitor” and told him that he wished for “your daughter to die.” Left-wing activist Yona Roseman wrote, “Unlike the impunity the police have extended to far-right mobs, left-wing activists are facing detention and arrests for much less.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been particularly provocative. A former Kahanist—an outlawed party that advocates for a Jewish theocratic state and supports the annexation of the occupied territories—Ben-Gvir, who was convicted of expressing sympathy for terrorism, attempted to incite animosity against Israel’s Arab population at the onset of the war by claiming that there were indications of planned riots.

When those failed to materialize, Ben Gvir called to simplify the process for citizens to acquire firearms. Just last week, an Israeli rapper called the Shadow, known for his extreme right-wing views and online activism, was spotted on the Tel Aviv boardwalk carrying a gun.

“Unfortunately, there are those who have taken this tragedy as a chance to become vengeful and violent” said Alon-Lee Green, the director of Omdim Beyachad. “Right now, we are concentrating on Jewish-Arab solidarity,” Green said. “We are able to show people that Arab society is equally appalled by the murder of Israelis, and that we are in this together.”

The left, already marginalized domestically, feels further betrayed and alienated by a global left that has often engaged in apologism for the massacre, framing it as just another salvo between the oppressed Palestinians and their Israeli oppressors. Israel’s left find itself caught between the trauma of Hamas’s violence, a feckless government, and the dehumanization and abandonment by those who claim to stand up for human rights.

Yet despite the absence of leadership, the suppression of anti-war views, and a profound sense of alienation from the international community, there are signs of an increasing recognition of the conflict’s consequences and the potential for civil society and international actors to pave a new way toward resolution.

There is a growing awareness among Israelis and the international community that Hamas is distinct from the Palestinian people and their aspirations for self-determination. The actions and comments of Hamas leaders have solidified the movement’s status as an outcast, regardless of whether Israel can “erase” it.

Indicative of this perspective is the suggestion by Tzachi Hanegbi, the head of Israel’s National Security Council and a known security hard-liner, that the Palestinian Authority should take over governance in Gaza if Hamas were to be defeated. While it’s a controversial suggestion, it underscores an acknowledgment by some Israelis of the Palestinian Authority as the legitimate governing body for the Palestinians.

Emboldened by recent electoral gains—which saw Ben-Gvir ascend to the role of internal security minister and Bezalel Smotrich become finance minister (both of whom have been under investigation by the Shin Bet in the past)—the settler movement had overreached, underestimating the determination of mainstream liberal Israel. The liberal public began to connect the dots between the assault on the Supreme Court by the government and the attacks by settlers in Palestinian villages such as Hawara. “Where were you in Hawara?” became a chant in the anti-judicial overhaul protests.

The public has also become aware that on Oct. 7, just two battalions were deployed to maintain security at the Gaza border, while 32 units were dedicated to protecting the settlements.

This overstep by the settler leadership has unintentionally cast a spotlight on the immediate threats to democracy that many Israelis now perceive with growing clarity. The settlers and their allies not only benefit from the occupation, but also endorse an agenda that erodes democratic values. They promote a model of Israeli governance that is in sharp contrast to the pluralistic, democratic values held dear by a substantial segment of the population.

This animosity may lead Israelis to acknowledge that reining in the settler initiative, dismantling illegal outposts, and granting the Palestinian Authority more autonomy is not just a partisan issue; it’s a matter of existential importance. Settlers have used the cover of war to increase their violence in the West Bank, a phenomenon that the U.S. White House has called out aggressively

Another powerful factor is the White House’s renewed vigor in seeking to resolve the conflict with a sustainable long-term solution. As President Joe Biden’s approval ratings decline domestically, in Israel, his unequivocal support for the Israeli populace—and his critiques of leadership—have garnered respect even from those who were previously doubtful.

“Since the war began, Biden has proven that he is a true leader in this conflict. Even right-wingers, who had until recently written him off as senile and ineffectual, have started to change their tune,” Dembin said.

A Maariv poll showed that if elections were held today, a centrist coalition would have 78 seats. This would give it a mandate to govern effectively the day after. The old right/left paradigm is dead for now. This could give the White House a way in to create a package that could suit a wide range of the Israeli population.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Gaza “must not be reoccupied” discussed the Palestinian Authority taking control over Gaza when the war is over. PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s approval—albeit as part of a wider Palestinian state—shows that there is some possibility of that proposal working

Yair Lapid stated in an Al-Arabiya interview that the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza post-conflict, with backing from the global and Arab communities. He added that this could revive two-state talks. And Netanyahu himself has remained implacable, suggesting that Israel will control Gaza for the foreseeable future. However, in a private conversation, Biden suggested that Netanyahu’s reign is on borrowed time.

And so, amid this crisis, a window has opened to find a sustainable solution to the conflict. Members of the Abraham Accords, along with states contemplating the normalization of relations with Israel—such as Saudi Arabia—hold potential sway in convening an international conference.

When it comes to the Israeli public’s readiness to support a process leading toward Palestinian sovereignty, Dembin is cautiously optimistic.

“I would think yes, they might get on board, but it would need to be a measured, gradual approach that reassures Israelis that their safety is front and center—not just an American push for regional peace,” he explained. “Israelis seem to warm up to the idea of peace and coexistence when there’s a solid proposal in play and tend to reject it when there’s nothing tangible in sight.”

[fromkenari]

Trigger warning on the open letter for Pro-"Israel" lies and propaganda.

Over 400 industry people have signed it. Those at the top of the list are not the only recognizable names.

[dorkusmalorkus666]

this has the names of the 400+ people supporting the settler colony THAT ISNT EVEN IN EUROPE participating in eurovision, even though russia was banned and russia is partially in europe.

most of these people are music producers, but some big celeb names on the list are sharon osbourne, gene simmons (kiss), and mealnie martinez

we need to know every single name of those who are actively supporting settler colonializm and genocide

[miscellamyous]

LOS ANGELES (February 14, 2024) — More than 400+ leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) public commitment to include Israel in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.

The letter comes in response to others who have demanded that Israel be disinvited from the contest. The letter highlights Eurovision’s unique ability to unify people from diverse backgrounds and music’s capacity to effect positive change in the world. The letter states that the annual event, with more viewers than the Super Bowl, is a celebration of unity and should not be used as a tool for politics.

[tungledotedu]

a list of artists supporting israel's inclusion in eurovision

[bvthomas]

A comprehensive study on Water Baptism.

  A Jewish poet named Haim Nachman Bialik said, “He who reads the Bible in translation is like kissing your new bride through a veil.” The poet is right on target. I included his remark to alert the reader to the fact that we will be dissecting several Greek words and prepositions in this chapter to better comprehend and support what I am attempting to say. The reader should anticipate…

[avalounge]

the link is an open letter about disappointing why exclude isntrael from competition, and want to let join them. but they don't know full story about bombing palestinian people.

obviously they don't understand anything about what's going on.

in italy we say "come sempre non capiscono un cazzo"

[earith]

List of known zionists. note. for the purposes of this post we’re using merriam-webster’s definition of zionism - “an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel” src

A. C. Green - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Abigail Cowen - has shared Israel propaganda src

Adam Sandler - is a zionist src

Alona Tal - is sharing Israel propaganda src

Andy Garcia - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Anne Hathaway - both sided the Israel occupation src

Antonio Banderas - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Anson Mount - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Ari Emanuel - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Asanda Jezile - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Ashton Kutcher - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Ayesha Curry - has reposted IDF propaganda src

The Beach Boys - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Ben Platt - performed in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Bill Maher - is an islamophobe who supports Israel bombing Palestinians and has called BDS a “bullshit purity test” src

C. S. Lee - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Caissie Levy - performed in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Camila Cabello - has liked a post with Israel propaganda src

Cheryl Saban - chairs an annual IDF fundraiser src

Chris Evans - stared in the Israel propaganda movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort src

Chuck Norris - supports Netanyahu src

Courtney Cox - has liked a post with Israel propaganda src

Daniel Brühl - starred in an Israel propaganda movie, 7 Days in Entebbe src

David Draiman - attended an IDF fundraiser src

David Foster - attended an IDF fundraiser src 

David Mazouz - defended IDF src

Debra Messing - has shared Israel propaganda src

Demi Lovato - was paid for to post propaganda from a trip to Israel src

Esti Ginzburg - has posted Israel propaganda src

Fran Drescher - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Gabrielle Giffords - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Gal Gadot - has repeatedly supported IDF src

Gene Simmons - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Gerard Butler - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Gideon Raff - directed the Israel propaganda movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort src

Hailee Steinfeld - has participated in IDF propaganda src

Haim Saban - chairs an annual IDF fundraiser src

Haley Bennett -  stared in the Israel propaganda movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort src

Harry Styles - has repeatedly supported Israel src

Howard Deutch - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Howard Stern - is a zionist src

Inbar Lavi - supports IDF src

Jackie Mason - has a whole op ed about how he’s a zionist src

Jason Alexander - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Jason Segel - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Jenna Jameson - is an IDF supporter src who has defended Netanyahu src

Jerry Seinfeld - is a zionist src who has said Netanyahu would need a tank for protection if he came on his show src

Jon Bon Jovi - refuses to partake in BDS despite the more than 5.000 letters he got src

Jonah Platt - performed in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

José Padilha - directed an Israel propaganda movie, 7 Days in Entebbe src

Josh Flag - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Joshua Malina - took part in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Kanye West - has ignored BDS and performed in Israel src

Kat Graham - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Katharine McPhee - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Kevin Moon - has called Israelis “very nice” after watching a documentary that included Palestinian refugee camps src

Lady Gaga - has said that Israel is “a beautiful place, the people are in good spirits” just one month after the 2014 Gaza war where over 2.000 Palestinians were killed src

Lana Del Rey - ultimately did cancel her show in Israel but initially said it was not political and that she believed in music bringing people together src

Lea Thompson - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Liev Schreiber - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Madelyn Deutch - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Matisyahu - performed in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Mark Ruffalo - has posted Israel apologism src

Mark Wahlberg - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Maurice Marciano - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Mayim Bialik - calls herself a proud zionist and supports the IDF src

Michael K. Williams - stared in the Israel propaganda movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort src

Miriam Adelson - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Monica Crowley - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Nathaniel Buzolic - is a zionist src & src

Odeya Rush - has shared slides from this propaganda post src 

Paul Marciano - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Pharrell Williams - performed at a fundraiser for IDF src

Phoebe Bridgers - like a post both-siding the Israel occupation src and has had a song used in an islamophobic movie src 

Radiohead - have ignored BDS saying playing in a country isn’t the same as supporting their government, ignoring the impact movements like BDS had in South Africa src

Ralph Sampson - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Rihanna - - both sided the Israel occupation src

Rita (pop singer) - performed in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Robert Horry - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Ronalee Shimon - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Rosamund Pike - starred in an Israel propaganda movie, 7 Days in Entebbe src

Roseanne Barr - is a zionist who supports Netanyahu src

Scarlett Johansson - did an ad for SodaStream, a factory in contravention of international law and said she did not regret it src

Sacha Baron Cohen - has a history of being a zionist src

Sebastian Roché - agreed with one of Nathaniel Buzolic’s zionist posts src

Selma Blair - has shared Israel propaganda src

Serge Azria - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Simon Cowell - has donated $150.000 to IDF src

Sheldon G. Adelson - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Shira Hass - took part in a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration src

Steve Tisch - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Victoria Pedretti - has called the calling out of Israel antisemitism src

Vivian Bang - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

Yaakov Daniel - attended an IDF fundraiser src

Ziggy Marley - attended an IDF fundraiser src 

Zoey Deutch - was part of a propaganda trip to Israelsrc

[eretzyisrael]

First Conference of Russian Zionists Is Held in Warsaw

August 17, 1898

Held a few weeks before the Second Zionist Congress was set to convene in Basle, Switzerland, 160 Russian Zionists from ninety-three cities and towns in Russia met secretly in Warsaw.  The meeting was initiated by Ahad Ha’am.  Born Asher Ginsberg, Ahad Ha’am had attended the first Zionist Congress in 1897 as an observer and was deeply disturbed by the political nature of the fledgling movement.  He was especially critical of Theodor Herzl’s leadership and approach.  Ha’am believed a Jewish cultural renaissance would be the solution to the problems of world Jewry and that emphasis should be placed on teaching Jews nationalist values before initiating political actions.

In Warsaw, Ha’am rallied many of the Russian delegates to support of his positions.  After the Warsaw meeting, in a letter to Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, a scholar who would later edit The Book of Legends with Haim Bialik, Ha’am proclaimed,

I wish you could have seen how they crowded around me, both veterans of Hibbat Zion and many of the young Zionists.  You could see in the faces how glad they were to find someone willing to tell the truth to the political Zionists, someone unintimidated by their demonstrations and numbers. You would feel, as I did, that these people know I did them well by rekindling the tradition of Hibbat Zion, which they now are prepared to defend with all their might.  (Goldstein, Yossi. “Ahad Ha-‘Am: A Political Failure?” Jewish History 2.4 (Fall 1990): 35.)

The Warsaw Conference showed that although Herzl had mobilized the forces of political Zionism following the First Zionist Congress, there was still significant support for Ahad Ha’am’s conception of cultural Zionism.  While many of the attendees went from Warsaw to the Second Zionist Congress in Basle which began on August 28, Ha’am did not participate.  Because he did not attend, Herzl and his followers were able to convince the Russian delegates that the decisions made in Warsaw would ultimately be harmful to the Zionist Movement. The Ahad Ha’am/Herzl disagreements of Zionism’s content and ideology continued to dominate the Zionist Movement as it grew over the next fifty years.  As a movement, its strength was in its diversity, all aimed at Zionists being able to choose and define the nature of their own destiny where Jews would be assembled.

In September 1902, a second all-Russian Zioinist Conference was held legally with consent of the Russian authorities in Minsk.  There were nearly 500 delegates in attendance.

[In the photo are Ahad Ha’am (bottom row right) with Hayim Nachman Bialik (second row right), Mordechai “Ben-Ami” Rabinowich (top row left) and Yehoshua Ravnitzky (bottom row left) in 1926. (Photo from the Central Zionist Archives)

[frankiefellinlove]

She’s the one?!

SUKI LAHAV (violinist)

First live performance with Bruce & The E Street Band: 1974-10-04 Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY

Last live performance: 1975-03-09 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC

Suki Lahav, also known as Tzruya (or Tsruya) Lahav (Ayelet HaShahar, July 16, 1951), is an Israeli violinist, writer, actress and composer.

Suki did the choir vocals on "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" and "Incident on 57th Street" (uncredited).

For a short period in the mid-seventies (September 1974 - March 1975) she was part of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, then returned to Israel and successfully distinguished herself in the field of literature.

According to Mike Appel in the book "Down Thunder Road. The Making of Bruce Springsteen "written with Marc Eliot in 1992," Bruce had fallen in love with her and it was mutual. So Suki had to drop everything and leave, to try to save her marriage. " When they played together on stage, according to Appel, there was such a "sexual tension, right there in front of everyone ... that you could feel a pin fall into the audience".

Clinton Heylin also returned to the topic with his book "E Street Shuffle" (2013) in which the author relaunches what was first leaked by Appel, claiming that the verses of "She's The One" - "her long falling hair / and her eyes sparkling like a midnight sun "- they were inspired by the beautiful violinist.

Not only that, Heylin also notes that Springsteen started singing Dylan's "I Want You" when Suki was in the band, playing her with "great emotional involvement".

Confirming the friendship and the strong sentiment that united them, it should be remembered that, thanks to Suki Lahav, Bruce's songs made their first appearance in cinema in 1982: in the film Dead End Street [original title: Kvis L'Lo Motzah ] By Israeli director Yaky Yosha were included three songs of the Boss who until then had never consented to similar requests. The film narrates the story of a young prostitute and her vain attempts to leave the road, which ended dramatically with suicide, in documentary style.

Suki Lahav, returned to live in Tel Aviv, made the Israeli director listen to Point Blank, who was positively impressed and immediately wanted to contact Springsteen. So Suki recalls: “About four years ago a film producer friend of mine wanted to use three of Bruce's songs for an Israeli film but had problems getting permission from CBS. I called Bruce directly on the phone. It took me several days to find him at home but he finally answered. He was willing and happy to listen to my voice after so many years, so when I came to the point, asking him for the rights to Jungleland, Hungry Heart and Point Blank, he told me that there were no problems. He was really kind. " (See P. Jappelli. G. Scognamiglio, Like a Vision. Bruce Springsteen and the Cinema, Naples 2015).

In any case, although Suki considered Bruce "an adorable man" and "a unique artist", in a 2003 interview with Yedioth Ahronoth she firmly rejected the rumors of a relationship with him, calling them only trivial gossip.

Born and raised in the kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in Upper Galilee (Israel), Tzruya Lahav learned music by playing during the local harvests and also dedicating herself to classical music.

After military service in the Israeli army, she arrived in the United States in 1971 with her husband, Louis Lahav, an acoustic engineer who in 1972 started working for Springsteen, who in turn was looking for a violinist. In an interview for The Jerusalem Post in 2007, Lahav recalled that she was surprised that Springsteen wanted her in the band because she didn't think she was a very good violinist. Registered with Springsteen, many of Suki Lahav's pieces were not published. In any case, Suki took part in the vocal group of 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) from the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle and played the violin in Jungleland from the album Born to Run. In concerts of that period, Lahav's violin was absolutely fundamental in Springsteen's "slow" songs and his "pale" and "sinuous" presence on stage contrasted with that of Springsteen.

During their stay in the US, Suki and Louis had a daughter, Tal, who later died in a car accident at the age of three and a half. They returned to Israel in the spring of 1975, after a period of study at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Divorced in 1977, Lahav later made herself known by her Hebrew name, Tzruya (sometimes transliterated Tsruya), joined Moshe Albalek and formed a new family in Jerusalem. In the following years she had two children and, until 1985, had little musical activity, participating instead as an actress in musicals and theatrical performances with works by Haim Nachman Bialik. Then she started playing as a violinist again, appearing in performances of the Israeli Kibbutz Orchestra and also doing writing activities. Tzruya Lahav also teaches creative writing in Jerusalem, where she lives in the German Cologne neighborhood.

Shared from Berry Kok

[art-now-israel]

Haim Nahman Bialik., eduard gurevich

Haim Nahman Bialik, Desktop of Odessa Jewish Journalist. oil on canvas.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Haim-Nahman-Bialik/626528/1829671/view

[trulyafrasian]

LITERARY TIMELINE

Literary Mourn

1200 BC to 165 BC

The Old Testament was written

1903

Chaim Nachman Bialik was tasked to write report about the pogrom

Chaim Nachman Bialik presents “In the City of Slaughter”

1907

The Poalei Zion declares Hebrew as the official language of the Yishuv

1908

Yiddish writers proclaims Yiddish as the sole national language of Jewish people

1914

Breakdown and Bereavement  by Yosef Haim was published

1921

Yosef Haim Brenner finishes “The Eretz Israel Genre and Its Accessories”

1922

The British mandatory authority recognizes Hebrew as the official language of Israel

1927

The “Legion for the Protection of the Language” was delivered

1940s

The last years of language war

1966

Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for Literature

1972

Uncle Peretz Takes Off  by Yaakov Shabtai was published

1974

All Men Are Equal, But Some Are More by Sami Michael was published

1977

Past Continuous by Yaakov was published

1980s

The issue of exile and homeland becomes a dominant theme

1986

Married Life by David Vogel was published

1987

True Love by Dahlia Ravikovitch was published

1992

Mother with Child by Dahlia Ravikovitch was published

1998

Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai was published

2007

Until the End of the Land by David Grossman was published