Should stick to acting and being artistic. I know I'm sick of the US' Hollywood crowd telling the rest of us how the US should run foreign and domestic matters. The 'artistic pontificaters' in Israel are just like their counterparts in Hollywood. They are full of hot air and opinions.

If not, then they came with the Mohammedan occupation, or the Crusaders, Mongols, Mamelukes, Moors, or another wave of invaders. Jews and Samaritans don't need to ask anyone's permission to live in their Shomron homelands. Until these clowns can find a historical scholar to vet their logic, through both the chronicles of empires and the established laws of Ottoman successor states, no one can take their warped view of reality seriously.

I will make it a point to boycott anything connected to these so called artists.

The theatre company that fled the soviets to freely perform in the yishuv is now terrorized by the radical right if it recognizes the freedom of conscience of artists. We have come a long and sad way full circle. Lo zu haderech!

The Arab Fakestinians need to go back to Arabia!

Go back to international law 101, Matty, and stop making up your own rules. You love throwing out the term "illegal" blah blah blah, yet you're not a lawyer, let alone an expert in international law. I happen to live in an area that was LEGALLY owned by Jews before 1948. According to the decision of the UN, Jews were legally allowed to stay here - yet the Arabs attacked, committed war crimes, and illegally ethnically cleansed the area of Jews. You fail to make any mention of the illegal Arab activities, or the illegal Arab occupation of Jewish owned land. I have no admiration for you, as a sucker for Palestinian propaganda your simpleton statements try to paint over a very complicated land dispute. Go read the UN partition plan, Matty. I'm staying here and will deal with the consequences of the peace negotiations. Your make-believe legalities don't decide the final status. International law says that the warring parties are the ones to do so. Since even that is complicated, stay at home in Fairport and let the negotiators do their work. Unless, of course, you want to join the thousands of Palestinians who are ignoring your one-man boycott of Rami Levi and you'll take me up on my offer of beer and pizza.

Really disgusted by these 'israelis', who act like that even before the negotiations. Iran is building its bases in the freed Gaza, and you guys still fail to see the reality. Ariel? Do you know where it is? Do you know how many missiles you will have on your homes in Tel-Aviv? It is really shocking.

All the land between the river and the sea is called Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel. Ariel is geographically located inside the Land of Israel. If a person believes in giving away part of the Land of Israel that's fair enough. People are entitled to their opinions. However stop speaking the lie that Ariel is not part of Israel. Jews are the People of Israel (check both the Bible and the Koran). Jews should be able to settle anywhere within the Land of Israel.

in other words you r lucky to have them just don't whine when palis will wants part of Tel Aviv.

Yehoshua says settlers who refuse to leave should be "Palestinian" citizens. Problem - "Palestinians" want any future State to be ethnically cleansed (a huge human rights crime). Will Yehoshua visit Abbas and demand any Jews that do not want to leave West Bank be granted citizenship...or are his views simply opportunistic in attacking settlers?

and "Palestinian" workers in Israel. Pretty doubtful that Israelis would boycott settlers and not the Arabs that actually try to kill them. Israelis are much smarter than you make them out to be...despite the ecstasy crew in Tel Aviv.

Publish a list of all those stupid writers so we can avoid reading or buying their books and tell that idiot (whatever his name is) that we are NOT interested to hear his opinions about Gadol Hador Rav Ovadia Yosef.

Just like the character in his book Mr. Mani A. B. Yehoshua only presents one side of the conversation while Amos Oz and David Grossman are just dsgruntled writers who never really understood the world around them. Too bad really considering the Klausner family legacy

Is it supposed to be news. The press has a;ways been anti Israel and will write anything against the country .Why do these traiters not go and live in hamastan?? They are even against themselves. Give thier names as not to buy the leftest story books they print.

Jewish anti-Semites.

It is not about the wishes of the settlers, do or don't but the rights and international law, we must know that justice will prevail at the end of the day Arab minority in "Israel" are the indigenous people of Palestine Jewish minority in Palestine are Jewish immigrants in our own home. why not?! good idea ;)

has brought out some wonderful talkbacks from us real israelis in every sense of the word, who are proud of our country. Thank you all. it's worth sifting through the garbage to read you all. Don't the lefties photographed look constipated unkempt and miserable? Generally that's what lefties look like. They grab their little bit of fame wherever they can get it and live off laurels of the past. Sad. To the rest of us, a thriving meaningful New Year. 'Not War' is our aim/slogan but if war is forced on us by lefties/enemies, we'll win. 'Peace' of mind we've always had as we know our truth and we're right.

I would like to see the full list of those boycotting, because then I will boycott all of them. Also, I'm sure that all these fine people would not boycottt any Arab town or event. This again proves that Lefties are SICK!!

The actions of the above,are Sad! Israel! is a Democracy under seige,why! must you add to her troubles,whatever ever is decided over whatever colour line is to be drawn,youve all gotta vote! .

Thanks for your support. We like you.

amongst the signees. No wonder this whole boycott Ariel movement stinks so much!

"The fear of evacuating settlements is preventing peace. Maybe, just as we have an Arab minority within our midst, they (settlers) can remain as a Jewish minority among the Arabs. They can become Palestinian citizens if they do not want to evacuate." So says ABYehoshua. But Jews cannot live in occupied moslem territory - they are not allowed to by the PLO rulers. They certainly cannot become citizens in a Moslem theocracy. Who is Yehoshua trying to con? What type of hypocritical game is he playing - Maybe HE should live in occupied Palestine with their PLO rulers to try to patronizingly convert them to democratic liberalism. We will watch his attempts to messianically convert them to his political religion. I personally dont trust messianic theologists like AB Yehoshua with their wild eyed, spouting ideologies. Bvracha, akiva

Leah, I loved your message. People around the world are waiting more intelligent people like you express this. The idea I make of Israel is exactly that: Israelis in coffees in Tel Aviv, enjoying life and respecting their neighbours in Palestine. Settlers dont match with the idea of a modern and prosperous Israel. They fit better the religious and backwarded mentality. Keep writing, dear.

My God, I am so shocked to see how you treat your best artists. Here in Latin America we have a deepest respect for our best writers and artists. You treat them like garbage. Dont you have any self-respect? Are you really Jews? I am ashamed to be compared to you. Grossman, Oz are writers that have their books publishde in Spanish here in Chile. They are respected and considered the best literature Israel has produced so far. Oz is even a candidate for the Oscar. How can you treat them like that? Dont you have any decency? You conspurcate the name of Judaism. Shame you all! I just hope this tiny movement can encompass all sector of modern Israel.

Well if the subjugation and boycott of culture for israeli citizens in the CITY of Ariel seems normal for these artists.. perhaps they need to look at what normal is.. How many houses in tel-aviv and jaffa are settlements on palestinian land? should we boycott culture on ANY and ALL that has any dispute?

wing post Zionists? If abb-ass wants the land that he wants to steal from the Jewish people without any Jews living there, then we should demand all arabs leave the state of Israel. As for ayatollah yusuf, he is not preaching hate and killing as much as the average imam. Or the arab education system.

and herd sheep where there's plenty of space, it's a free country. How would making another group of Jews homeless make life better for you? Are you senile? Do you think that Olmert is still prime minister? I think these guys need a fart at mach 5 and they'll be all better.