The Radical Movement Rallying Around Mark Ruffalo
Last nights Ed Sheeran show was another clear example of how radical the BDS, “Free Palestine,” and anti-Israel movement really is.
Understanding most people do not agree with their messaging, they bully and instill fear into artists and entertainers by targeting them with harassment campaigns.
In reality, they are a radical fringe that is supported by a heavily funded and coordinated propaganda machine that uses bots, trolls, and fake accounts to silence and bully entertainers to capitulate to their demands. They create echo chambers of hate, that are sadly amplified by many artists unwittingly.
This is a movement that almost caused Ed to cancel his show, and did make him alter his stage setup as he feared being attacked. Fortunately, he went forward with his show, and had some real friends and artists step up and support him after some like Finneas abandoned him.
We must stand united in rejecting this hate and support artists and entertainers that are seeing to build bridges, bring people together, and effect positive change in the world, and not those who continue to sow division and hate.
Last nights Ed Sheeran show was another clear example of how radical the BDS, “Free Palestine,” and anti-Israel movement really is.
Understanding most people do not agree with their messaging, they bully and instill fear into artists and entertainers by targeting them with harassment campaigns.
In reality, they are a radical fringe that is supported by a heavily funded and coordinated propaganda machine that uses bots, trolls, and fake accounts to silence and bully entertainers to capitulate to their demands. They create echo chambers of hate, that are sadly amplified by many artists unwittingly.
This is a movement that almost caused Ed to cancel his show, and did make him alter his stage setup as he feared being attacked. Fortunately, he went forward with his show, and had some real friends and artists step up and support him after some like Finneas abandoned him.
We must stand united in rejecting this hate and support artists and entertainers that are seeing to build bridges, bring people together, and effect positive change in the world, and not those who continue to sow division and hate.
Wishing our entire community an easy and meaningful fast and may you be inscribed in the book of life.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism and at this time, last year, there were 48 remaining hostages in Gaza. Today marks the first Yom Kippur in almost 3 years that all the hostages are finally home where they belong.
Gmar Chatima Tova.
Wishing our entire community an easy and meaningful fast and may you be inscribed in the book of life.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism and at this time, last year, there were 48 remaining hostages in Gaza. Today marks the first Yom Kippur in almost 3 years that all the hostages are finally home where they belong.
Gmar Chatima Tova.
Remember this gem of a post?
Gamar Chatima Tova to everyone celebrating (hopefully again with Nicki Minaj).
Remember this gem of a post?
Gamar Chatima Tova to everyone celebrating (hopefully again with Nicki Minaj).
The anti-Israel boycott campaign fails again.
Ed Sheeran took the stage in Philadelphia last night for his first show since the controversy surrounding Macklemore, performing for a packed stadium of tens of thousands of fans despite days of pressure, protests and calls for his whole tour to be boycotted.
The BDS movement has repeatedly tried to turn music and culture into political battlegrounds, harassing, targeting and bullying artists and audiences to capitulate to their demands.
But tens of thousands of fans showed up for the music, rejecting the extremist calls trying to politicize art.
Ed has described his concerts as a place of safety and sanctuary that brings people together. He’s right. Music should unite people, not be weaponized to divide us.
Ignore those videos taken well before the concert started trying to fool you — people were tailgating and having fun before the show started, and piled in — packing the stadium for an incredible night of music and celebration.
The anti-Israel boycott campaign fails again.
Ed Sheeran took the stage in Philadelphia last night for his first show since the controversy surrounding Macklemore, performing for a packed stadium of tens of thousands of fans despite days of pressure, protests and calls for his whole tour to be boycotted.
The BDS movement has repeatedly tried to turn music and culture into political battlegrounds, harassing, targeting and bullying artists and audiences to capitulate to their demands.
But tens of thousands of fans showed up for the music, rejecting the extremist calls trying to politicize art.
Ed has described his concerts as a place of safety and sanctuary that brings people together. He’s right. Music should unite people, not be weaponized to divide us.
Ignore those videos taken well before the concert started trying to fool you — people were tailgating and having fun before the show started, and piled in — packing the stadium for an incredible night of music and celebration.
NAZA, the new documentary from Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, received a 25-minute standing ovation and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film makes sweeping allegations about Israel’s conduct in Gaza through interviews with 24 Israeli military and intelligence sources whose identities are concealed.
After October 7, Israelis were repeatedly asked to provide evidence of atrocities committed by Hamas, including mass killings and sexual violence. Yet a film built around anonymous testimony making grave accusations against Israel has been met with awards and extraordinary applause.
When Israelis were victims, the world demanded proof. When Israel is accused, suddenly anonymous testimony is enough.
NAZA, the new documentary from Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, received a 25-minute standing ovation and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film makes sweeping allegations about Israel’s conduct in Gaza through interviews with 24 Israeli military and intelligence sources whose identities are concealed.
After October 7, Israelis were repeatedly asked to provide evidence of atrocities committed by Hamas, including mass killings and sexual violence. Yet a film built around anonymous testimony making grave accusations against Israel has been met with awards and extraordinary applause.
When Israelis were victims, the world demanded proof. When Israel is accused, suddenly anonymous testimony is enough.
This week, Creative Community for Peace joined Yossi Klein Halevi, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, and Professor Jonathan Karp in releasing an open letter rejecting the accusation that Israel committed genocide in Gaza and warning of the consequences of allowing that charge to take hold.
More than 5,000 individuals, leaders and public figures from entertainment, academia, government, literature, religion, business, and civic life added their names.
Signatories include Boris Johnson, Deborah Lipstadt, Sir Niall Ferguson, Steven Pinker, Benny Morris, Shari Redstone, Sherry Lansing, Haim Saban, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Irwin Cotler, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik, and Boy George, with support from leading Jewish organizations including the ADL and AJC.
The letter confronts a central issue that has too often been lost in public debate. Genocide has a specific legal meaning. Under the 1948 Genocide Convention, it requires specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The letter argues that applying the term to Israel without establishing that intent distorts one of international law’s gravest concepts and transforms it into a political accusation.
The signatories also warn that the consequences extend far beyond the debate over the war itself.
The great genocide lie has increasingly been used to justify the exclusion, harassment, and vilification of Jews around the world, while giving antisemitism and antizionism the language of moral and political legitimacy.
Full letter available in our bio.
This week, Creative Community for Peace joined Yossi Klein Halevi, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, Rabbi Micha Odenheimer, and Professor Jonathan Karp in releasing an open letter rejecting the accusation that Israel committed genocide in Gaza and warning of the consequences of allowing that charge to take hold.
More than 5,000 individuals, leaders and public figures from entertainment, academia, government, literature, religion, business, and civic life added their names.
Signatories include Boris Johnson, Deborah Lipstadt, Sir Niall Ferguson, Steven Pinker, Benny Morris, Shari Redstone, Sherry Lansing, Haim Saban, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Irwin Cotler, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik, and Boy George, with support from leading Jewish organizations including the ADL and AJC.
The letter confronts a central issue that has too often been lost in public debate. Genocide has a specific legal meaning. Under the 1948 Genocide Convention, it requires specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. The letter argues that applying the term to Israel without establishing that intent distorts one of international law’s gravest concepts and transforms it into a political accusation.
The signatories also warn that the consequences extend far beyond the debate over the war itself.
The great genocide lie has increasingly been used to justify the exclusion, harassment, and vilification of Jews around the world, while giving antisemitism and antizionism the language of moral and political legitimacy.
Full letter available in our bio.
This isn’t the first time the Venice Film Festival has provided a prestigious platform for propaganda.
In 1935, it awarded Triumph of the Will. In 1940, the notorious Nazi antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß premiered at the festival.
Now, 91 years later, Venice has awarded its Special Jury Prize to NAZA, a film built around anonymous testimony and allegations against Israel that the IDF has denied.
Venice should know better than most what happens when propaganda is legitimized through the prestige of art and culture.
This isn’t the first time the Venice Film Festival has provided a prestigious platform for propaganda.
In 1935, it awarded Triumph of the Will. In 1940, the notorious Nazi antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß premiered at the festival.
Now, 91 years later, Venice has awarded its Special Jury Prize to NAZA, a film built around anonymous testimony and allegations against Israel that the IDF has denied.
Venice should know better than most what happens when propaganda is legitimized through the prestige of art and culture.
The fifth season of the Netflix series Fauda has arrived, and viewers are calling it emotional and heart-wrenching.
Episodes 7 and 8 tell the story of the horrors of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre, with viewers around the world saying they were left shaken after watching.
The series has reached #1 on Netflix in Lebanon and entered the Top 10 in 43 countries and territories, including across the Arab world.
The world has either forgotten or still does not fully understand the atrocities committed on October 7. Fauda is bringing those stories to audiences around the world, and they are stories that need to be seen.
The fifth season of the Netflix series Fauda has arrived, and viewers are calling it emotional and heart-wrenching.
Episodes 7 and 8 tell the story of the horrors of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre, with viewers around the world saying they were left shaken after watching.
The series has reached #1 on Netflix in Lebanon and entered the Top 10 in 43 countries and territories, including across the Arab world.
The world has either forgotten or still does not fully understand the atrocities committed on October 7. Fauda is bringing those stories to audiences around the world, and they are stories that need to be seen.
