Op
1 november jl. was er een groot feest in Hollywood, een zogenaamde
‘fundraiser’ voor het Israëlische leger…… Waarom dat nodig is, is
me een raadsel, immers dat terreurleger wordt dubbel en dwars
gesteund door de VS en dat met vele miljarden……
Een
feest om de moordenaars een extra ‘hart onder de riem te steken’,
daar deze psychopaten geen hart bezitten? Je leest ‘t beste
bezoeker, ik sla er maar een slag naar…….
Sinds
maart dit jaar hebben Israëlische psychopaten, ‘helden’ die als
scherpschutter meer dan 200 ongewapende Palestijnen (dat zijn mensen) hebben vermoord,
inclusief, kinderen, gehandicapten, medisch hulpverleners en
journalisten, dat alles over de grens met de Gazastrook, dus ook nog
eens op gebied ‘van de Palestijnen….’
En
daarvoor denken flut acteurs als Kutcher (die dom genoeg dacht
Charlie Sheen te kunnen evenaren) dat die militairen wel
beloond mogen worden, met nog meer kogels en wapens……….
Lees het volgende artikel van Zena Tahhan op Middle East Eye (MEE)
Palestinians
denounce Hollywood stars’ $60m for Israeli army ‘terror’
#Occupation
Pharrell
Williams and Ashton Kutcher among stars condemned by Palestinians,
who say money furthers the occupation
Pharrell Williams was one of the US celebrities who participated in the Los Angeles event (AFP)
Zena
Tahhan Friday
9 November 2018 16:09 UTC
Last
update:
Friday
9 November 2018 19:21 UTC
Topics: Occupation
Tags: Israeli
army, Occupation, Israel, Hollywood, United
States, Palestine, gaza, Ashton
Kutcher, Pharrell
Williams
RAMALLAH,
West Bank – As
Hollywood stars celebrated at a fundraiser for the Israeli army last
week in Los Angeles, halfway across the world Palestinians in the
besieged Gaza Strip were waking up for another Friday of protest and
bloodshed.
The
gala on 1 November, organised by Friends of the Israeli Defence
Forces and attended by actors such as Ashton Kutcher, Gerard Butler
and Andy Garcia, was praised by Israel and its supporters for raising
a record $60 million and bringing together more than 1,200 people.
A
memorandum of understanding signed between Israel and Barack Obama’s
US administration in 2016 included a record $38bn deal to provide
Israel with military assistance over a ten-year period, the largest
such pledge in American history.
In
the occupied Palestinian territory and on social media, the
star-studded event was met with anger and condemnation.
In
2016, Ashton Kutcher was filmed “shutting
down” an
activist from the BDS movement at a promotional event for the
property rental company Airbnb, which was listing
homes in illegal Israeli settlements.
“But this comapany is about bringing people together and loving
one another”, Kutcher said, speaking about the privately-held
global corporation.
“The
Israeli army will use these funds to buy more bullets and more bombs,
only to kill more civilians,” said Ahmed Abu Artema, an organiser
of the Great March of Return protests in the Gaza Strip. The
rallies, which call for the right of return of refugees to their
homes and an end to Palestinian suffering, have been ongoing since 30
March.
“The
Israeli army has killed more than 200 civilians and wounded some
20,000; these people were men, women and children calling for basic
human rights. They did not pose any threat to the Israeli army,”
Abu Artema told Middle East Eye.
Despite
cries of human rights abuses and violations of international law, the
voices of Palestinians were nowhere to be heard at the Los Angeles
event.
The
gala’s attendees enjoyed a performance by producer and rapper
Pharrell Williams, who was attacked on social media for recently
asking US President Donald Trump to refrain from playing his song
“Happy” at his rallies only to perform it at the fundraiser.
“It
is difficult to understand how actors and performers, who carry the
message of life, can support an army that carries out systematic
killings, which contradict the essence of life and art,” Abu Artema
said.
“To
us, anyone who funds this army has blood on their hands,” he added.
Since
the event, the hashtag #HollywoodFundsTerror has taken off.
357 people are talking about this
Hollywood enables the Israeli Occupation Forces to execute the peaceful women and children in Gaza
For
Mahmoud Shobi, a resident of the West Bank city of Nablus, funds from
the US government, US taxpayer money and donations from American
citizens have only allowed Israel to “intensify its occupation and
colonialism”.
Shobi
lost eight family members in 2002 when US-made bulldozers, bought by
Israel, demolished his home with his family still inside.
“Israel
has used its money and weapons to destroy our homes, our trees, and
kill our people,” he told MEE. “It doesn’t matter where this
money is coming from.”
“They’ve
labelled us ‘terrorists’, though we fight for our land. Even in
‘peaceful’ resistance, as we see in Gaza, the protestors are
being met with live bullets,” Shobi continued.
“But
as families of martyrs and political prisoners, as people who are
facing the occupation, these donations will only empower us to become
more resilient.”
Fareed
Taamallah, a political activist based in Ramallah, said he believes
more needs to be done to raise awareness of the situation on the
ground by the Palestinians in the West.
“Israel
has effective tools to market itself as the only democracy of the
Middle East and claim that it holds the same values as the American
people, particularly with the Zionist lobby,” Taamallah told MEE.
“They try to show Israel as a victim of Arab and Muslim terror.”
“We
need to work with Palestinians in the US and Europe to change the
narrative. We must be more active in raising awareness of where this
money goes.”
The
activist said the money raised in Hollywood would undoubtedly be used
to further suppress Palestinians, pointing to Israel’s Nation-state
law passed
earlier this year.
“Every
American dollar donated to the occupation’s state translates into
our suffering as a Palestinian people,” Taamallah said.
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