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This was just released, a letter on the topic from Palestinian students: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/17/radiohead- should-not-perform-in-tel-aviv On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:31 PM, A.R. G via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > I don't get why this is so difficult to understand: playing in Israel is an > endorsement of that government because there is an active boycott of the > government. It is like asking if going into work is an endorsement of > management. Of course not -- unless there is a strike, in which case it > absolutely is. > > The comments about differentiating between the 1967 territories and "Israel > Proper" are also bizarre. Even if you only oppose "the occupation," the > fact is that the occupation isn't an independent country, it is a military > policy carried out by the government of Israel, ergo playing in Israel is > still an endorsement of the occupation -- and that is putting aside the > fact that Palestinian refugees and others were expelled and sent to refugee > camps (including the ones being bombed by Assad) from Israel Proper, not > just the 1967 territories. > > - Amith > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Jeff via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > On 2017-07-17 19:13, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: > > > >> > >> From the contrarian Sam Charles Hamad. > >> > > > > "The comparisons between the boycott movement vis-à-vis Palestine and the > > boycott movement regarding South Africa don't stand up. This is largely > > because the South African one was sanctioned and administered through the > > UN....." > > > > Oh, is that our criterion now? The opinion of the UN?? > > > > "Let us wait to see if Ken Loach and others who want to speak for > > oppressed Arabs call for a boycott of the football world cup in Russia, > as > > it enables and carries out genocide in Syria." > > > > Well, not a terribly bad idea actually. And there are a lot of other > > legitimate boycott targets. I know I'm not going to have time to > > participate in each. But why on earth would I (or this author) go about > > trashing someone else's boycott campaign unless it was unfairly > targeting a > > benign entity? If you don't think some sort of action is particularly > > valuable, then just don't participate, and perhaps think of something > more > > useful. But leave it at that. > > > > - Jeff > > > > > > > > > >> https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/7/17/radiohea > >> d-playing-tel-aviv-no-worse-than-playing-america > >> > > _________________________________________________________ > > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > > ions/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/rg.cu.archive%40gmail.com -- Rebecca Ruth Gould Reader in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies School of Modern Languages University of Bristol https://bristol.academia.edu/RebeccaGould _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
