Chuck D, from the hip hop group Public Enemy, once called rap music "the CNN of black America." Looks like its getting the word out for anti-Zionist Jews as well:
This song, "The Emperor's Clothes," from Detroit rapper Invincible was first performed at the protest lock-down of the San Francisco Israeli Consulate.
LYRICS: "The Emperor's Clothes" by Invincible
"The Emperor's Clothes"
Phase 1: Air strikes all day and all night
Phase 2: Rockets hit the Gaza strip with phosphorus
Phase 3: Ground attack how we gonna counteract?
Boycott Divest and Sanction
Israel– you should be ashamed
Kill and maim 1,000's of civilians in our name
Claim you hitting terrorists but children in your aim
Even murder relief workers blood spilling from they brain
While they tried to drive the ambulance, damn they couldn't stand a chance
Even bomb students, hospitals, mosques, Rafah, and Khan Yunis
Shot em in the back like the cops to Oscar Grant…
And in each case the good ol' united states sponsored that
7 million a day that we pay tax and AIPAC's lobbyists is robbin us
Sometimes it feels like they're ain't no stopping this
BUT now no body can deny it cuz you made it too obvious
Naked truth exposed like the emperor's clothes
The struggles getting hotter and the temperature rose
Since 1948 when you formed the state
Palestinian people still defending their homes
They aint been surrendering, NO
Boycott Divest and Sanction
Cuz they even bombed the United Nations
Look, i'm Israeli, my government's so arrogant
War criminals who call Palestinians terrorists
For resisting extinction and occupation
Comparing this to genocide and reservations of Native Americans
Its a massacre! Kick out they ambassadors!
Divest from their apartheid like South Africa
Boycott em like King to Montgomery buses,
Show them we want peace but only with real justice
They murdering the media and witnesses left
We gonna stop shopping at all the businesses that invest
In building they settlements and gentrifying our corners
Illegal walls over there and the US-Mexico border
Build a worldwide movement til the truth is heard
And supporting the Israelis who refuse to serve
All the C.O.s who AWOL when deployed to Iraqi stations
All the people rallying while the cops are chasing
If we enlisted in the system we got an obligation
We ain't got the patience, time to stop the occupation
Boycott, Divest, and Sanction
Til there's right of return for displaced and reparations
I think I should go see Aviv Geffen Today at the legendary Luxor that reopened not long ago. Tonight.
Welcome to Cologne, Aviv Geffen.
link to takimag.com
Even worse, the Israelis have sometimes repaid American support with arrogance and contempt. Recently, Ehud Olmert boasted of how he telephoned George Bush in the middle of a speech and told him to instruct Condoleeza Rice to have the United States abstain from voting on a Security Council resolution we had helped draft. In the ‘90s and into this decade, Israel sold sensitive military technology to Red China, and in the ‘80s Israel recruited Jonathan Pollard to spy against us, with some of the information Pollard stole from us quite likely ending up in the hands of the Soviet Union. At first, Israel denied any involvement with Pollard, but Israel eventually admitted that Pollard was in fact an Israeli agent, not a rogue operative, even though Israel has ignored our requests to account for everything Pollard took. In a way, though, it is hard to blame the Israelis for their contempt for American politicians. In 1967, Israeli airmen and sailors killed 33 American sailors and one civilian during the attack on the USS Liberty, and wounded another 171 American sailors. Even though the Secretary of State, the CIA Director, and many at the National Security Agency all believed the Israeli attack on the Liberty was deliberate, not a mistake, a view confirmed, according to a 2007 Chicago Tribune article, by several former American military and intelligence personnel who had access to NSA intercepts of communications to the Israeli pilots attacking the Liberty, Israel paid no political price. Indeed, Washington ordered the recall of planes sent by the USS America to defend the Liberty, and none of the citations awarded the survivors of the Liberty, including the Medal of Honor won by her captain, even mentioned the identity of the nation that attacked the ship. It is hard not to have contempt for America when we behave like that.
Unfortunately, paleoconservatives are almost the only ones on the right who seem willing to voice concerns about such affronts to American honor from Israel. During the 2008 campaign, at a forum sponsored by a pro-Israel group, veteran Democratic operative Ann Lewis, who was advising Hillary Clinton, disagreed with an Obama adviser who had suggested that the United States might wish to distance itself from certain policies of Israel’s Likud party: “The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties.” Lewis was applauded by those in attendance, and the representative of the McCain campaign at the forum did not criticize Lewis for suggesting that the role of the president is to act as a rubber stamp for the Knesset. Most American conservatives seem incapable of offering anything except the most tepid criticism of Israel or her zealous supporters. NRO was silent about Olmert’s recent outburst, and I do not recall much criticism of Ann Lewis’ strange interpretation of Article II of the Constitution on the right. Deroy Murdock criticized the effort to secure the release of Jonathan Pollard because it “foolishly reinforces the anti-Semitic stereotype that American Jews share dual loyalties between the United States and Israel,” and Jonah Goldberg opposed Pollard’s release, which was being demanded by the Israel government, because “Pollard disgraced himself, America, and Israel by spying on the US,” which is rather like saying that the reason Alger Hiss deserved to be imprisoned was because he disgraced the USSR. Of course, the real reason to oppose releasing Pollard has nothing to do with stereotypes or the disgrace he brought on Israel. Pollard should not be released because he betrayed America and compromised our national security at the behest of a foreign power, namely Israel.
To samuel burke: amen
Sure doesn't say much about the USA congress & white house. Nor its MSM, given license to act as a fourth check and balance, never
drives the people's car.
I figure, if we haven't heard anything drastic in terms of a fix
to our cancerous foreign policy by the end of March, 2009, we should start working to replace Obama.
Also true if he puts no teeth in his mouth to bite Wall St.
To samuel burke, I also say amen.
As for Obama, dont count him out, From his speech today (Emphasis mine):
[...]
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.I am sure Israel heard the message. Now, did Rahm?
Chuck D has just been invited to discuss the Inauguration of Barack Obama on the most serious news review program in United Kingdom: Newsnight.
I am watching it now.
I don't believe that this is coincidence: I believe that the message is : you CAN call for sanctions against Israel, and still be considered a serious contributor into political discussion, at least in Europe.
Has Chuck D asked for sanctions?
Mohammad,
Sorry, I mixed up two rappers: Chuck D and "Invincible".
It was former that commented on Newsnight and latter that called for sanctions.
I assumed they were the same person.