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Macy Gray consults fans on Israel gig
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Published: 20.01.11, 14:03
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1. Stay or go?
Rachel ,   US   (01.20.11)
Macy- are you aware of the vile and antisemitic programming on Palestinian TV? Have you forgotten the suicide bombs? Do you see what happens to Copts in Egypt? Look at the whole picture.
2. I am not you fan, but I appreciate your voice&music
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.20.11)
I too have a dilemma: can I differentiate between an artist/his work and his/her antisemitism ?Now you must understand ,that for me anyone that buys into this phoney "anti-zionist but not antisemite" attitude IS an antisemite or/and not a very educated person. If seeing the world around you all you can think of is our struggle with our deadly enemy, the Arab/muslim world population then I would say: Please stay away& feel better about yourself. I certainly wouldn't want to have your soul's purity on my conscience; but besides that: please get some basic history education THEN you can decide if you like us or not.... Deal?
3. Let's get real about singers in general
Steve G ,   NYC   (01.20.11)
These entertainers are known for their talent, not their brains. Why should we listen to any of them...for or against ANYTHING? However, as an individual, I respect her right to be a silly, easily swayed ignoramus. Her efforts to drag politics into this is deplorable.
4. she tells her fans SHE DOESNT LIKE THE ISRAELI TREATMENT
.....DACON9   (01.20.11)
NOT REALLY AN HONEST QUESTION AFTER THE NEGATIVE STATEMENT. SHE SHOULD GO TO ROWANDA DARFUR AFGANISTAN LEBANON SAUDIA ARABIA WEARING 'JEWISH CLOTHING' in color style holding a hebrew PSALMS.......MAYBE even the moon....BUT stay out of ISRAEL
5. happy she's going
maz ,   mtl   (01.20.11)
It would be a great thing if she goes and conveys a msg of peace and justice to the israeli people. those who are brainwashed by their evil leaders to commit or accept crimes against humanity. i hope in my heart that she will be a messenger of peace.
6. and while she's there
maz ,   mtl   (01.20.11)
she should drop by gaza and westbank and convey her msg to the arabs there. while the pals have greatly changed their resistance strategy to a peaceful one through peaceful protests and political maneuvers, rockets are still being launched at civilians at times even though not that often but still. Hope hamas continues their efforts to stop the rockets from hitting civilians and continue their struggle peacefully against the tyrant leaders on both sides.
7. The hell with her and her ilk
Al   (01.20.11)
I am sick and tired of these brain dead bozos telling us Jews how to live. I challenge thse dumb wads to live amongst sub humans and then and come and tell us how to deal with them Enough of these shit heads..They can take their music and their self righteousness and shove it where the sun dont shine.
8. Jews return to Israel: "Just a little History Repeating"
Andrew ,   Miami,FL   (01.20.11)
she only knows what the moron liberals have told her - theres nothing digusting about Israel
9. There are idiots everywhere, also in show
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (01.20.11)
biz...nothing new about...
10. Boycott her concert even if she comes
Avi ,   Jerusalem   (01.20.11)
If she can't tell basic right from wrong, then to hell with her.
11. stay out...
courtney ,   usa   (01.20.11)
of both israel and the USA
12. stay home macy .......
Robert Morley ,   farmington,usa   (01.20.11)
Stay home macy , why would we want to come to your show anyway , after your remarks. and besides its not like you are producing hit songs, we want a real star. may the lord forever bless the state of israel.
13. I'm sick of the way Hamas and the PA treat Israelis
Ariel ,   USA   (01.20.11)
But it doesn't work both ways, does it?
14. for a singer who got only 2 albums this
ghostq   (01.20.11)
suppose to be main headline news? pffffffffff nobody cares.
15. Macy Gray consults fans on Israel gig
Barbara-Lea ,   Haifa /Israel   (01.20.11)
she does not know about what she is talking !!! Arpartheit !!! i think people need to boycott her concert even if she comes !!!!
16. WOW!
Observer 1 ,   Biu, Nigeria   (01.20.11)
So, now even shitheads also think they have a say in what is right or what is not. To be honest, If I were this nonentity whose name I'm hearing for the first time, having reached the point of asking that question shows that I have already decide not to go. If after all I still decide to go, then people should pity me: I am more useless than SH*T. A fellow who is incapable of deciding whether to go to Israel or not because he or she has no brains at all must be seen as a complete idiot.PERIOD. She wants Jewish money. So cheap she is. I wouldn't go near such a filthy and disgusting character in a thousand lives.
17. Gray is plain ignorant of the facts !!
Don Rosenberg ,   Palatine USA   (01.20.11)
arabs pray on ignorant people to preach their lies and racism. The islamofascists/racists are the worst bigots in the world. The fool needs an education if she believes the arab occupiers of Israeli land.
18. Cancel her visit to Israel she is a big ignoramus
carlos ,   San Diego U.S.A.   (01.20.11)
Maybe she should go to Lebanon or Tunisia which are basically Judenrein
19. I AM FED UP
BENJABO ,   ISRAEL   (01.20.11)
With entertainers thinking they are pundits Let her stay home, nobody is begging her to come
20. #5
Jane   (01.20.11)
How about some peace and justice FOR the Israeli people?
21. macy was in concert at snowmass jazz festival
Jrodstein ,   Basalt, Colorado   (01.20.11)
she was drunk like a sailor on leave and the show was horrible like hear ignorant opinion of Israel!
22. Who needs her?
Rick S. ,   USA   (01.20.11)
Let her stay home. Israel needs to keep out all anti Israel elements once and for all. Let her entertain the pro palis somewhere else.
23. #5 Maz
Rick S. ,   USA   (01.20.11)
Have a little moe Kool-Aid, you idiot.
24. Its was all staged in order to promote...
gedaliah   (01.20.11)
Very smart of her to create some controversy. Her statements would only make sense if this was her first time in Israel. Instead it is her fouth time. I am sure her promotions company have done their research regading other artists who have come here amid controversy and have recieved free press and new fans....
25. If she phrased the question that way then she shouldn't come
michael redbourn ,   arad israel   (01.20.11)
"'What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians is disgusting, but I don't wanna cancel. What do you think?'". "How should the fans answer?". Macy Gray is perhaps a good performer but is not very bright ..
26. pathetic trash
eliyokiim   (01.20.11)
last thing this country needs is a Jew hating bnei cham coming to it...go sing in iran or saudia arabia, oh that's right, you wouldn't even be allowed in there
27. MACY GRAY
KAREN KIBBUTZ ,   ISRAEL/MANCHESTER   (01.20.11)
Here we go again another singer jumping on the Band Wagon. Macy why don't you and Annie Lennox get together hold hands and try to go to Israel and maybe learn a little bit more about what really is going on over there. Maybe even visit my Kibbutz or sederot if you have the guts, where, by the way, rockets are still been fire from your friends the Hamas (in Gaza) into highly populated civilian areas of israel. Yes the poor people of gaza are still suffering, but at the hands of their own leaders. You could just choose not to go like Annie lennox and stay ignorant, but please if you do, don't do as she does and speak on a public platform as if you know something about the situation, when you clearly don't.
28. To Andrew 8
Gregg ,   Haifa, IL   (01.20.11)
"theres nothing digusting about Israel" Well you should come more often darling !
29. to #8
Lior ,   Israel   (01.20.11)
Some news for you. Jews have been chased from their homes throughout history in places they lived for tens of decades they were chased away again. Jews have not been privy to a moments peace. In a last ditch effort to teach Jews a lesson once and for all they were stolen from their beloved homes, place of work, schools, daily life and cherished belongings then placed on cattle cars to meet their fate. For that, Jews if they choose, should stay exactly where they want never ever again having to feel they must flee. It is the rest of the world who must endure us now, be here in Israel, Europe, America or south or center America and no matter how bad it gets. We are here to stay. Sir, it is not only moron liberals who cheat Jews from what they deserve. Prior to Obama, President George Bush made a campaign promise way back in his first campaign to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem. In eight long years he never did it. Matter of fact when we here in Israel celebrated the anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem, President Bush did not even send a congratulatory wire nor a representative of his administration on such an esteemed event to all those who claim Jerusalem to be the undivided capital of Israel....on such an esteemed event many of my family who fled Europe to come to this sanctuary lost their lives fighting for Jerusalem! To not have what was known to be the best friend of Israel snub Jerusalem shall not be forgotten and for the time being Jews are staying put and trusting ourselves for the most part. Indeed history is repeating Andrew and the conservatives whom many like myself backed when President Bush was in office did nothing to force him to uphold his promise. To make matters worse, the President we supported hailed a Holocaust denier as a man of peace who now holds a sculpture portraying all of Israel, Palestine. What is moronic is how both sides betray Jews. Indeed. Thank you.
30. to # 20 and #25
maz ,   mtl   (01.20.11)
#20: the good je-w-sh ppl deserve peace and justice the same as any other ppl. #25: the Ketuvim tells me: "Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes", thus i have nothing to say to you.
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