English celebrities are putting pressure on BBC to air the emergency appeal for aid to Gaza. Here is the great politician Tony Benn refusing to be polite on BBC and savaging the network for its failure to respond with compassion to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian children.
There is nothing like this in the U.S. of course. Ben Affleck was said to be exercised about Gaza at an Inauguration Ball, but he hasn't come forward. File this under: the (perceived) career consequences of criticizing Israel in the U.S.
