The Boss
Israel’s rebranders are getting creative. First, an open letter to Bruce Springsteen from an Israeli urging him to play Israel:
Your music and career have always been about grand gestures and small moments – the triumph of human spirit, battling against adversity, the celebration of life and freedom amid the realizations of what the costs are.
Israel embodies all of those qualities as well – we are the Bruce Springsteen of the Middle East.
Next, Tom Neumann is the executive director of the neoconservative Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. He sent out this email the other day (partial excerpt). Note that he says that Mahmoud Abbas does not accept the existence of Israel.
Nothing has changed since the Arabs first rejected Israel. The issue today is what it has always been – the refusal by the Arabs to accept any sliver of land called Israel.
The current reasons stated for Arab rejection of Israel, the so-called peace process and the illusion that Mahmoud Abbas represents a more moderate Arab solution are nothing more than the product of lessons learned by the Arabs about public relations.
Israel remains a modern miracle. It is still the land of milk and honey – a phrase we, unfortunately, haven’t used in a long time.
The original Thanksgiving was celebrated to express appreciation for the miracle of the harvest.
So in this Thanksgiving season, as we remember the pilgrims and the harvest, let us also remember that the greatest contemporary miracle is the continued wellbeing of Israel, not just its existence.
Third, the only comment on that Bruce Springsteen post is to die for:
Well written. You have what appears to be an unfortunate typo: “…battling against diversity…” Perhaps you mean “battling against adversity”?
I think Bruce has had enough of the right wing co-option of his message for one lifetime – lets hope he doesn’t go.
What I find the most shocking, is this “we are the bruce springsteen of the middle east” nonsense. Springsteen writes alot about being a native son, and how our communities and lives have been stolen from us by external forces….how this aligns with the reality of the zionist enterprise in palestine is well beyond me……
“Israel’s rebranders are getting creative”
Phil last night (Tuesday) Chris Matthews went on a tirade about Iran. Repeating most of the unsubstantiated claims about Iran. Insuring his job with Comcast and insuring his pro Israel no matter what credentials once and for all.
The same thing happened on Morning Joe this morning about Iran. The MSNBC pro Israel drip drip drip effect.
Also heard a short blip on MSNBC about how there was going to be a special focus on their “Israeli listeners” Very odd blip.
That piece you recently put up about NBC and MSNBC explained a great deal. Clearly MSNBC Israel lobby and Israel occupied territory.
The Iran drum beating is getting louder and louder on MSNBC
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Philip Weiss says:
November 30, 2011 at 11:37 am
yes kathleen and did you notice there was an ad for Israel on HArdball last night? im sure it was coincidence, but, Hasbara never sleeps
interestingly, Matthews’s great concern was that IRan’s threats would “blight” the future of young Israelis, they’d make their lives elsewhere. But this is already happening, Chris, because of the unending “matsav,” the situation, which never changes, which only multiplies Palestinian suffering, which isolates Israel, and which causes the lucky brainy ones to leave town when they can
The same thing happened on Morning Joe this morning about Iran. The MSNBC pro Israel drip drip drip effect.
Also heard a short blip on MSNBC about how there was going to be a special focus on their “Israeli listeners” Very odd blip.
That piece you recently put up about NBC and MSNBC explained a great deal. Clearly MSNBC Israel lobby and Israel occupied territory.
The Iran drum beating is getting louder and louder on MSNBC
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November 30, 2011 at 11:50 am
Did not notice the add during Hardball. Kept dozing with Matthews endless focus on the 2012 election for the last five months. But the blip this morning on “Israeli listeners” was odd. Can you imagine if MSNBC started paying special attention to Irish, Polish listeners? What the hell. Talk about creative and oh so manipulative.
Chris Matthews better not try to spin that he was asking tough questions and having well informed scholars, experts etc on about Iran before Israel or the US strike Iran. He tried to do this after the invasion and slaughter in Iraq. That he had been different than the rest of the MSM Iraq group thinkers. Now he did give Kristol, David “axis of evil”Frum, Gaffney and a few other WMD liars a bit of a hard time. But not much. He did not have Scott Ritter, El Baradei, Bryzinski, others who were questioning the validity of the WMD intelligence on his program before the invasion.
On Iran Matthews is beating the Iran drum as much as anyone. On Israel he just salutes and pledges his allegiance to Israel and Comcast.
That Comcast pay check has his alleged commitment to truth and facts held in check. Along with Maddow, Engel, Ed and the rest.
The Governor of Delaware was on Morning Joe I think it was yesterday and he brought up how he was paying special attention to bringing Israeli businesses to Delaware.
When you think about Delaware and their special relationship with the banking industry one thinks about Monaco and Switzerland’s special relationship with rich folk hiding money. Delaware is the US’s version of Monaco
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November 30, 2011 at 11:55 am
Chris Matthews clearly never reads anything about Iran from anything other than the NYT’s and other pro Israel no matter what news outlets. Have been begging him and his team over at his site for quite a while now to have well informed scholars, experts on about Iran instead of automatically repeating the I lobbies mantras about Iran. Clearly not interested in assisting the American public in widening their understanding about Iran based on facts.
He had better not try to spin his go get Iran drum beating after Israel or the US attack Iran based on these false claims that he keeps repeating.
The letter to Springstein “Your music and career have always been about grand gestures and small moments – the triumph of human spirit, battling against adversity, the celebration of life and freedom amid the realizations of what the costs are.”
And if “the boss” were true to his alleged human rights convictions he would be singing about the Palestinians struggle for their human rights and their land
>> Israel remains a modern miracle.
Miracles sure ain’t what they used to be…
There is a Facebook page asking him to reconsider: Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream for justice, not apartheid.