stardust
Len Cohen's Concert in Israel
Posted on: 03/03/2010 22:10
There are a lot of comments on this link regarding Len's decency in doing this concert. Do you think it was wrong? I think Len's intentions were love, peace, and goodwill.
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stardust
This is surely a good
Posted on: 03/03/2010 22:14
This is surely a good thing?
Quote from the above link:
Mr Cohen, Jewish like the vast majority of his audience, had billed the gig on Thursday night as "A Concert for Reconciliation, Tolerance and Peace". And this was not the usual vacuous platitude. For he had also agreed to donate its $1.5m to $2m proceeds to a new fund he is behind to promote coexistence projects.
One of these is the Parents Circle - Families Forum, a unique organisation of bereaved Israeli and Palestinians who have lost close relatives in the conflict and who meet regularly together to share their painful experiences across the divide.
graeme
What Cohen did was admirable
Posted on: 03/05/2010 22:17
What Cohen did was admirable and courageous. (though I have never met Cohen, I have known a number of his friends. All spoke with admiration of his sincerity and character.) He risks paying a price, though.
The Netanyahu type of lobbies is very well organized in North America. They are highly influential in Canadian and American governments and, as well, in the business world. Anyone who in any way even implies a criticism of the far right in Israel is immediately branded an anti-semite by them.