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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:52:11 +0930
From: Denys Delany <djdelany-AT-senet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Red Hot Chili Pepper fans


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<font size=3> the mans a Dick!!!  At 11:52 PM 10/07/01 -0700, you
wrote:<br>
>Clifford<br>
><br>
>=A0=A0=A0 What has this got to do with Foucault or Deleuze and
Guattari?<br>
><br>
>=A0=A0=A0 That's not a rhetorical question. You've been posting so much of
this<br>
>stuff for so many months, and I'm curious: what is the connection
that you<br>
>seem so passionate about?<br>
><br>
>=A0=A0=A0 Nate<br>
><br>
>----- Original Message -----<br>
>From: "Clifford Duffy" <cwduff-AT-hotmail.com><br>
>To: <deleuze-guattari-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu><br>
>Cc: <foucault-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu><br>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:53 PM<br>
>Subject: Red Hot Chili Pepper fans<br>
><br>
><br>
>> Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers fans...<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 by Nigel Parry<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Nigel Parry worked at Birzeit University between 1994 and
1998. His<br>
>> journal<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 from the time, A Personal Diary of the Israeli Palestinian
Conflict,<br>
>> available<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 at nigelparry.com/diary, documented the post-Oslo experience
of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians in the Ramallah area. He is also one of the
founders of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 electronicIntifada.net,"a resource for countering myth,
distortion, and<br>
>> spin<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 from the Israeli media war machine."<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 The following e-mail was sent out on 6 July 2001 to
several<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Red Hot Chili Peppers mailing lists, and posted on
several<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 bulletin boards relating to the band. The best way to raise
an<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 issue outside of the usual audience remains... raising
the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 issue outside the usual audience. A protest address is<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 included for those who wish to write their own letters to
the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 band.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers fans,<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 I understand that this message probably isn't the kind you're
used to<br>
>on<br>
>> the list, but I<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 ask you consider the contents of it thoughtfully.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 All of you will remember that when South Africa was still
operating<br>
>under<br>
>> an<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Apartheid system, bands used to refuse to play there. Sun
City, the<br>
>most<br>
>> famous<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 venue there, was the subject of at least one protest
song.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Bands wouldn't play there because to do so generated income
for the<br>
>White<br>
>> South<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 African system, and implicitly suggested that they didn't
really mind<br>
>> that a racist<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 government had stamped their entry visa. The taxes that were
paid on<br>
>the<br>
>> venue by<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 the promoters went towards prolonging Apartheid, and the
venue -- of<br>
>> course -- was<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 "for whites only".<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Sadly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are turning the clock of
musical<br>
>> conscience back<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 by playing in Israel. This venue will similarly be "for
Israelis only".<br>
>> All 3 million<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians are prevented by Israel from travelling to Tel
Aviv and<br>
>are<br>
>> currently<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 under siege in their towns.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Recent news reports said that the Chili Peppers had decided
not to go<br>
>> because they<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 were worried about the "security situation." When
he heard about this,<br>
>> Bill Clinton<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 rang them and urged them to go, and they changed their mind.
They are<br>
>> playing on<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 August 28 in Tel Aviv:
<a href="http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/" eudora="autourl">http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Here's the news piece:<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "Clinton has the Red Hot Chili Peppers for
Israel"<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Jerusalem Post, 3 June 2001<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 One of the biggest rock bands in the world today was
about to<br>
>cancel<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 its planned concert in Tel Aviv, until a former American
president<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 intervened. That, at least, is according to the Hebrew
daily<br>
>Yediot<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aharonot.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The paper suggests that Red Hot Chili Peppers was
considering the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 move because of the security situation.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Former president Bill Clinton reportedly heard of the
plan and<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 personally called the band's lead singer Anthony Kiedis
to suggest<br>
>> the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 concert go ahead.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Clinton said the performance would be a vote of
confidence in the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 diplomatic process and regional peace.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 As a result, the band will play on.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The concert is scheduled for Tel Aviv on August
28.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 I have nothing against the band but am writing to you on
principle<br>
>> because they are<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 setting an unacceptable example for the millions of people
who love<br>
>their<br>
>> music.<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 There is nothing at all wrong with asking them as fans to
reconsider<br>
>this<br>
>> tour date on<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 the basis of supporting human rights for all.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Why exactly is their playing in Israel a bad idea?<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 The news here gives the impression that the
Israeli-Palestinian<br>
>conflict<br>
>> is some sort of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 war between equal forces, that all Palestinians are
terrorists, and<br>
>that<br>
>> poor Israel has<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 done all it could to make peace with the Palestinians.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 This is as far from the truth as it could be.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians have been living under a military occupation for
34 years.<br>
>> If you were<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinian, and under 34 years of age, all you would know is
the<br>
>> presence of a<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 foreign army in and around your towns.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 I had the opportunity to experience what that was like
between<br>
>1994-1998,<br>
>> when I<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 lived in the West Bank town of Ramallah and worked at
Birzeit<br>
>University,<br>
>> Palestine's<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Harvard or Oxford.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Life there on the ground was bad news for Joe or Jane
Palestinian, who<br>
>> you should<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 be aware are not any different from Joe or Jane American or
Joe or Jane<br>
>> European.<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 The shocking but banal truth is that the vast majority of
Palestinians<br>
>> are normal<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 people just like you and me, living in an abnormal
situation.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Just as Americans aren't responsible as a whole for the
actions of<br>
>people<br>
>> like Timothy<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 McVeigh, neither are the Palestinians as a whole responsible
for the<br>
>> actions of the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 few of them who carry out terrorist acts.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 After the Oslo process began in 1993, the reality is that
things got<br>
>very<br>
>> bad on the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 ground for normal people. Very bad. Most human rights
violations<br>
>> continued or<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 worsened. And today, it's even much worse.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Since 29 September 2000, when the Second Intifada began,
Israel has<br>
>> killed over<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 500 Palestinians, crippled 1,500 more, and seriously injured
another<br>
>> 15,000. Many<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 of these are children. About half of these deaths and
injuries took<br>
>place<br>
>> out outside of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 clash situations. That means it happened to people in their
homes, on<br>
>the<br>
>> way to<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 school, in restaurants.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 When I was living there, I regularly attended clashes as an
observer<br>
>and<br>
>> journalist.<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 The normal attendee at these were young Palestinians,
protesting the<br>
>> occupation with<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 stones thrown at the foreign army on their own land. The
foreign army<br>
>> responded<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 with live ammunition and the so-called "rubber"
bullets (in reality<br>
>steel<br>
>> balls with a<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 millimeter of rubber or hard plastic coating) that regularly
kill and<br>
>> maim.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 In every single case I witnessed, at the 30 or so clashes I
attended,<br>
>> those Palestinians<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 that were killed were shot out of stone throwing range, ieat a<br>
>distance<br>
>> where they<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 posed no threat to the Israeli soldiers. In September 1996,
soldiers<br>
>> danced as they<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 shot people dead, giving each other high fives.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 It really was that bad and things are not as they seem on the
TV.<br>
>There's<br>
>> a lot of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 reasons for that, and some of the following links will give
you an idea<br>
>> why.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Here's another short intro to what really goes on at clashes,
a photo<br>
>> story from just<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 one day in March 1997:<br>
><a href="http://nigelparry.com/diary/abughnaim/martyr.html" eudora="autourl">http://nigelparry.com/diary/abughnaim/martyr.html</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 For more about this, see my online photo diary from the time,
A<br>
>Personal<br>
>> Diary of<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, found at
<a href="http://nigelparry.com/diary/" eudora="autourl">http://nigelparry.com/diary/</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 If you want the short version of what's going on now, here's
a Flash<br>
>> multimedia<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 summary:
<a href="http://nigelparry.com/flash/" eudora="autourl">http://nigelparry.com/flash/</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Today, since the May 22 "unilateral cease-fire" was
announced (for<br>
>which<br>
>> the Israelis<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 have been unjustifiably commended by countries around the
world for<br>
>> "keeping") it's<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 mind-blowing what's going on on the ground:<br>
>>
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/chronology/" eudora="autourl">http://electronicIntifada.net/chronology/</a><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 is a day-by-day account of Israeli actions against
Palestinians since<br>
>the<br>
>> "cease-fire".<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 As you read it, imagine living there, and being able to do
nothing<br>
>except<br>
>> survive.<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Israeli activist Jeff Halper, sent out a report yesterday
that was<br>
>> similarly shocking, a<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 report about ethnic cleansing going on away from the camera
lenses:<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/features/articles/20010705halper.html" eudora="autourl">http://electronicIntifada.net/features/articles/20010705halper.html</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Finally, here is a recent report from Human Rights Watch (a
US<br>
>> organisation) for<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 those that want a broader overview:
<a href="http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/" eudora="autourl">http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/</a><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Back to the Peppers. The letter that follows below is written
to the<br>
>> Peppers from<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 another fan concerned about the Palestinian people, from his
heart.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Protest<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 If any of this makes you think that it's a bad idea for the
Peppers to<br>
>> play Israel as<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 long as Israel continues its repressive military occupation
against the<br>
>> Palestinian<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 people, then write and let them know you're a fan and that
this bothers<br>
>> you. We used<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 to support bands like U2 and Peter Gabriel for taking stands
against<br>
>> South Africa.<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 This should be no different.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Keep it simple, be polite, ask them to take a stand for human
rights<br>
>> worldwide, and<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 ask them not to support the Israeli state by playing
there.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Correspondence can be sent to Starla Angel, the news director
of the<br>
>> official<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Peppers website. Her address is
starla-AT-redhotchilipeppers.com.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Please ask the Chili Peppers to do the right thing. Any
concert in a<br>
>> country that is<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 brutally repressing a civilian population is not just another
tour<br>
>date.<br>
>> It's a statement<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 that what's going on doesn't really matter that much. And the
fates of<br>
>> people like you<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 and me -- even if they speak a different language and live in
another<br>
>> part of the world<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 -- should matter very much.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0 Nigel Parry<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0
<a href="http://nigelparry.com/" eudora="autourl">http://nigelparry.com</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 From: Raja Swamy<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Date: Thu Jul 5, 2001 8:14 pm<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Subject: Please do not Play in Israel!!!<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers band,<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You are scheduled to play in Israel on August 28, 2001.
It was<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 revealed that you reconsidered your earlier decision to
desist<br>
>after<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 former U.S. President, Bill Clinton intervened on behalf
of<br>
>Israel.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Consider this:<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You live in a country where you are the minority group.
Now the<br>
>vast<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 numbers of the minority group happens to be 'IN'
"your country" on<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 account of your government having militarily attacked,
and<br>
>> militarily<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 occupied their land and lives.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Imagine this: for 33 years, the minority group faces
tanks,<br>
>> barricades,<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 soldiers with machine guns, as they walk to school
everyday, plant<br>
>> their<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 crops, go to work, drink a cup of tea with friends, sing
a song in<br>
>> the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sunset, play soccer with friends, mourn the loss of
relatives,<br>
>> attend each<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 others' weddings, and so on: military occupation that
is<br>
>accompanied<br>
>> by<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 constant abuse, physical, and mental abuse, irregardless
of<br>
>whether<br>
>> you<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 are a 4 year old boy innocently playing in your home or
an 80 year<br>
>> old<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 retired farmer, watching the sunset in his
backyard.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Abuse at the hands of soldiers, abuse at the hands of
new European<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 people who have suddenly appeared in your backyard, in
your<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 frontyard, in your homes, everywhere, ready to take what
is yours<br>
>> for<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 generations and generations. The newcomers are spiteful,
and covet<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 your land; they want to see you and your people dead or
gone. The<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 soldiers are their buddies; the 'settlers' attack, the
soldiers<br>
>> 'defend' and<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 you and your community is reduced, reduced, reduced from
homes to<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 camps, from smiles to tears, from peace to continuous
nightmares,<br>
>> from<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 seeing the young tender plants grow in the ancient farms
to being<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 drowned in seas of blood; 500 Palestinians have been
killed by the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Israeli armed forces since October 2000.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians have no army, nothing comparable even in
the remotest<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sense to the armed forces of Israel. They use stones, as
did<br>
>little<br>
>> David<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 against the giant Goliath; is that violence, or is it
violence to<br>
>> launch a<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 missile from a helicopter against three unarmed elderly
ladies<br>
>> shopping<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 for vegetables in the marketplace? The latter happened,
and what<br>
>did<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Israel do? They blamed the Palestinians! Is this for
real man?<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You, dear band, represent the culture of youth,
rebellious,<br>
>> innocent, and<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 yet daring; daring to challenge the arbitrary norms and
values<br>
>> imposed<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 by the cultures of older generations; it is tyhe
rebelliousness<br>
>that<br>
>> you<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 show today, that inspired your parents' generations to
overthrow<br>
>the<br>
>> evil<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 of segragation. Today, Israel practices the worst form
of<br>
>> segragation<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 against Palestinians, whose land it ocupies
illegally.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know, if you are a Palestinian, you have to
drive a car<br>
>with<br>
>> blue<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 license plates? Did you know, if you are a Palestinian,
and get<br>
>> attacked,<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 killed or abused by an Israeli, your attacker will get
away scot<br>
>> free, with<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 perhaps a scolding from a judge? On the other hand, did
you know<br>
>> that<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 if you were an Israeli, and accused a Palestinian of
anything,<br>
>most<br>
>> likely<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 that Palestinian would be dealt with as if he or she
were guilty?<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know, Israel sanctions torture while most
countries reject<br>
>> it?<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know Israel has young children, (among whom
could be many<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 of your young fans!), in prison, who are locked up with
adult<br>
>> criminals,<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 subject to horrendous torture and sexual abuse? For
what? For<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 throwing stones on an Israeli tank? FOr being
Palestinian? For<br>
>being<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 alive? Is this something your conscience can overlook? I
doubt it!<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dear, Red Hot Chili Peppers. What would you have sung
about if you<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 were Palestinian? Could you hold true to your conscience
and still<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 perform to entertain a nation that engages in such
brutality?<br>
>Could<br>
>> you<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 look into the face of a Palestinian child after doing
this and<br>
>feel<br>
>> good<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 about yourselves?<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I think not, dear band. Please reconsider your decision.
It will<br>
>be<br>
>> a great<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sign of support for human rights, democracy and the
equality of<br>
>all<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 human beings, as you will help bring Israel to account
for its<br>
>> wanton<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 cruelty against the Palestinian people.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 If you would like more information on this issue, I
would be more<br>
>> than<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 happy to point resources to you and share with you facts
and<br>
>> figures.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I urge you to reconsider your decision to play in
Israel. If your<br>
>> sponsors<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 insist, then you should insist in playing a solidarity
peace<br>
>concert<br>
>> in<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 occpuied Palestinian to a Palestinian audience too! That
would be<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 something eh!? If not, just imagine, how would it have
been if the<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Beatles were made to play in a country where six million
people<br>
>were<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 being massacred while German officers and their wives
were<br>
>drinking<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 and dancing to 'Its been a hard day's night...' Just
imagine!<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 P.S. If you want to know of other artists who have
boycotted<br>
>Israel<br>
>> as<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 an act of outrage against Israel's human rights
violations of<br>
>> Palestinians, I<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 will be happy to send you the info.<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Sincerely,<br>
>><br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Raja Harish Swamy<br>
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Manchester, CT<br>
>>
_________________________________________________________________________<br>
>> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at
<a href="http://www.hotmail.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br>
>><br>
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