The Institute for Middle East Understanding posted the video above of Bourdain accepting the award and thanking the Muslim Public Affairs Council “from the bottom of my heart.”
“There was very little courage involved” in producing the show, he says. Then:
I was enormously grateful for the response from Palestinians in particular for doing what seemed to me an ordinary thing, something we do all the time: show regular people doing everyday things, cooking and enjoying meals, playing with their children, talking about their lives, their hopes and dreams.
It is a measure I guess of how twisted and shallow our depiction of a people is that these images come as a shock to so many. The world has visited many terrible things on the Palestinian people, none more shameful than robbing them of their basic humanity.
People are not statistics. That is all we attempted to show. A small, pathetically small step towards understanding.
Bravo.
Prince Charles of England is also supportive of the Palestinians
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/nov/19/usa.israel
” Prince Charles, who welcomed George Bush to Britain last night, has not been to the US for the last six years on the advice of the Foreign Office, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
It emerged last night that the Prince of Wales has strong pro-Palestinian views and is privately critical of US policy in the Middle East conflict. ”
Such a sad reflection on the grip the bots have on DC.
good for him. I was critical of some of his wishy-washy ‘reporting’ from Lebanon, but this is unequivocal.
Charles, PoW, is kept out of the USA because he is “privately” (but not entirely privately) pro-Palestinian? The PoW is a sort of POW? And for believing what the British Jewish Board of Deputies said they believe: that all mankind are made in God’s image and therefore deserving of being well treated (human rights for all)(even Palestinians).
Well, it is high time that a lot of folks, especially many Americans and Israelis, were prudently keeping away from travel to a lot of places.
I saw this video this morning, and it made me feel good. It takes chutzpah for someone like Anthony Bourdain, to risk the wrath of his bosses, and make such a statement, something that the others with no spine, dare not do.
AB should know what he is talking about. He was in Lebanon when once again, Israel attacked it’s neighbors, including bombing in civilian areas, condemned by the UN.
I guess being in Lebanon then, he had first hand experience, of the brutality shown by the IDF, and the disregard for lives not of their own. My family has always liked to watch his shows, and now I like him even more!
Now I watch and wait (not holding my breath) to see which BRAVE American journalist will cover the breakdown of peace talks, speak the truth, refer to the insults John Kerry received for his mention of the A word, and even refer to the world outrage for the killing of Palestinian kids, most of all, I would like to see the American people be told that our intelligence officers have warned Congress to NOT give Israel open visa status, for the spying, espionage, and crimes committed by their citizens, and if they are okay with it. Tick, tock…