Wednesday, May 19, 2010
No Elvis Costello for Israel?
Elvis Costello a famous jazz artist has recently cancelled two shows in Israel, citing the Palestinian conflict as the source of his change in plans. How do you think this is going to be taken by Israel? The Palestinians? It seems as though this might be part of the international discontent with Israeli treatment of Palestine. This happening as the US pledges 3.2 billion$$$$$$ to support Israel next year. How does this make you feel as a citizen of the US?
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Perhaps Israel and Palestine need all of this additional attention (as if they really needed anymore) brought upon them by a celebrity in order to really buckle down and resolve their conflicts. However, I think that it is completely unnecessary for the US to continue giving money to this conflict.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a really complicated situation. Any US politician who claims to be anything but pro-Israel is not going to get elected. It's a sad socioeconomic fact that the Israelis can afford to use lobbyists to buy American support, while Palestine cannot. At the same time, I don't think this is going to make a big difference. I mean, it's not as if Elvis Costello is exactly culturally relevant to most of us anymore. Also, it's hard to sway the public on an issue they know nothing about. I think Israel will continue to hold the upper hand with the west until they lose it by doing something completely over the line.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I don't have enough knowledge of the situation to form an educated opinion. It frustrates me that the general public knows so little about what is going on over there and while Elvis Costello is not someone who is going to wake up the rest of the world, (let's face it, he is old school)it is nice to see that someone is paying some attention.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. This conflict is an epic cultural battle that we will never understand. For someone to say. "Children, stop fighting" to the Palestinians & Israelis is completely disregarding the nature of the personalities of the two groups. If they were to stop fighting over land in the Middle East, peace would still elude the region. The same or two different factions would find another cause to dispute. Without casting judgement,it is the nature of the people. It may not be too trivial to reduce this conflict by characterizing it as a cultural means of communication we do not have in our vocabulary. In short, as long as it does not impede on my freedom, let them beat the snot out of each other. If they infringe on my rights, bomb them into the next century!
ReplyDeleteWell personally if I was going to attend an Elvis Costello concert and it was canceled I would be pissed. As an American citizen it's rather upsetting that we are funding Israel so they can terrorize the Palestinians. Also, do we really think the Israelis would let the Palestinians into an Elvis Costello concert? They would be selfish about it
ReplyDeleteI think that American funding for the Israel is completely hypocritical. While we are so sensitive about terrorism threats to our own country, and others around the world, we turn a blind eye towards other situations involving terrorism when it suits us. Obviously we're in a tough situation, because of the influence Israel has on US politics, but for the US to condone the occupation of the Palestinians land, and even encourage it by providing money makes the US look bad. I remember a poll last year I got in MES saying a high percentage of Americans sympathize with Israel...but do they really know what they are siding with?
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