Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
The intellectual terrorism of Roger Waters and BDS
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 20.02.15, 23:43
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1. First they took Manhattan, now they take Berlin...
(02.21.15)
2. Putting Waters &intellect in the same sentence is not doable
(02.21.15)
no matter how hard I tried! "Intellect" assumes integrity, honesty -not so much talent or high IQ.
3. Ben-Dror is part of the problem
Poutani   (02.21.15)
And not the solution - his Marxian ramblings continually denigrate the Jewish State.
4. Ignore Him
DSM ,   USA   (02.21.15)
Years and years of taking drugs have overwhelmed whatever brain he started out with.
5. Roger Waters
A. Abrahamoff ,   Amsterdam. Holland   (02.21.15)
Shouldn't he be sued in a court of law for slander and spreading lies ? This should be confronted .
6. pity the " intellectual"
ky   (02.21.15)
One has to have some pity for the modern day "intellectual and artist" as they are really the victims of intellectual bullies themselves. It used to be an intellectual and artist could stand alone against the crowd it was that that made them intellectuals and artists. Nowadays they are comparable to the "likes" on FB and the one liners of Twitter. Walters and his crowd are a watered down version of what intellectuals and artists should really be. They rely on propaganda to provide their facts without any balance. They are intellectually brainwashed victims rather than real intellectuals that can provide a balanced argument
7. Israel will not give up Security .
ZECHARIAH   (02.21.15)
the bds can go boycott and lie but the jews will not give up security .the Jordan valley the narrow centre -over .Equal socioeconomic conditions for arabs who want to live in Peace with their neighbours may arrive but the bds is not about that .
8. logical conclusion hard left and left are the eneemy
ralph   (02.21.15)
9. BDS is essentially a dead movement
C   (02.21.15)
israel's trade relations are increasing, including in new countries on new continents. furthermore, the illegality of bds must be exposed in domestic courts. also, bds must be exposed for its jew hatred, hypocrisy and double standard.
10. Israeli Media loves them & others like them
OurOwnHaters ,   Jerusalem Israel   (02.21.15)
There is a strange phenomena here in Israel whenever a musician singer or film star makes anti Israel pronouncements suddenly on radio and TV there is a plethora of their works being played or seen as if to spit in the faces of the average Jew here. Our ("their" )media is completely controlled by self hating Jews with deep psychological problems.
11. zionism is racism
jacob   (02.21.15)
It's not antizionism that is racist, it' s Zionism
12. Superficial ridiculous antisemitism
seriouslyDoubt   (02.21.15)
Weighting an equal criteria against the Palestinian terrorists, the same people should organize a real bittter BDS against Hamas, Fatah, Hezbollah,al-quds brigades, Putin etc. But none of those would fly. So, let them march against Israel.
13. #11 jacob - wrong
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.21.15)
Anti-zionism is the hatred of Jews, deny it as much as you like. It supports arabs and Muslims who want to kill the Jews, no holds barred, no quarter given. The Muslims first came in the Muslim Conquest of 640AD. They went on to conquer North Africa and Spain. The Spanish got their land back in 1492. The Jews got theirs back in 1948. History does not begin at a date of your choosing for your convenience. Facts don't change for your convenience. And the Jews are fighting for their rights and their lives, and your opinion be damned. No apologies.
14. great article!
oded ,   usa   (02.21.15)
mr .yemini ison target. water is a great musician and a rock icon.... but his pesonla and politica;""carreer", have deemed him worthless in many eyes. like many dellusional lfety bleeding heart , his world view is skewed, at best, and sick for the most part. PF was one of my favorite bands, no more. i refuse to buy or listen to anything with RW name on it. boycott him.
15. Goebbels tactics
Moshe ,   Israel   (02.21.15)
The Nazi leadership, as is known, has been masters in masses psychology and public brainwashing. The mentor of their methods was of course the Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels. He said that "“If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth". He also opined that "“The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it". It appears that Roger Waters and his associates warmly adopted this line. It has been also accepted by some media outlets in the West, with significant success.
16. IF Jews all over the world boycotted him
nibor ,   israel   (02.21.15)
and everyone on his list . . . well, then Waters would say that everyone is afraid to join his boycott because they are afraid of being boycotted . . . Maybe if the Jews had fought against the Nazis in a similar fashion, he would have had objected to that to, if he had been around. Maybe his own anti-Semitic background is worthy of research. Germany was considered the most civilized country in the world at the time of the Holocaust and WWII; it doesn't mean that loving Art and music makes one a better person. Hate knows no boundaries.
17. BDS A Huge Failure
Claude ,   UK and Cape Town   (02.21.15)
A good article, but misses some key observations. These 100 so called artists, most are not household names, just start looking them up. A few are well known and have been holding their views for years. Compare BDS today with the mass sanctions campaign against SA. BDS is a damp squib, and remember the SA sanctions campaign was long before the era of mass and fast communications. Why has BDS failed to inspire outside a few campus unions, trade unions and churches. Well these very organisations are themselves dying. Churches, Trade Unions and Student involvement in political activity are all declining . Trade Unions in UK have lost 30pc membership in last 10 years. Another cultural change is that we are more individualistic consumers. We don't like being told who or what to boycott or support. Maybe we are more selfish and cynical. Primark Sales increased in the weekend after reports of their use of child labour. Retail experts confirm that only a tiny minority of shoppers bother about country of origin. Price and Saturated Fat info maybe more important. Just watch when you next shop. A good example The so called Boycot by the UK Co Op of goods from suppliers in WB. Well IL are still on the shelves, selling well. Although how long the Co Op will survive is another matter! Yes there were large rallies against IL in the summer during the Gaza conflict. But who attended. Muslims and their new bedfellows the disaffected hard left of the Occupy Movement and Anti Capitalists. Oh please don't imagine this represents anything more than the loony fringe. We need to watch them, fight their hysterical rhetoric, but they do not command mass public support or appeal. Another less attractive reason why BDS will never really succeed is that anything nowadays promoting concern for Arabs, Islam is not exactly fashionable. Just watch the UK TV news for stories of Muslim sex abuse scandals, election fraud, etc etc Unfortunately for BDS it equals Palestine which equates with Islam which in the UK mass media equates with something feared, disliked,
18. Roger Waters
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (02.21.15)
A heroin addict. Human detritus. Ignore him. That's all the attention he deserves.
19. Roger Waters To Be Prosecuted
joyce fraser ,   USA   (02.21.15)
Roger Waters To Be Prosecuted for WILLFULLY inciting hate, which in turn, and in Waters' FULL AWARENESS, leads to murder of Israelis and Jews globally. Roger Waters should not only be prosecuted on Criminal grounds, but also sued for a number of his DELIBERATELY CALCULATED LIES, SLANDER, LIBEL, ETC, for purposes of causing/inciting maximum hatred, harm, destruction and murders against Jews and Israel ... ... which go 'far beyond cause and effect dynamics of acceptable protestation'.
20. The BDS model was developed by - Adolf Hitler
Rotem   (02.23.15)
It was directed to Jews in Europe. Nowdays it is directed to Jews all over the globe. Sick.
21. Waters is a despicable bigot with intellectual pretensions
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.23.15)
Let's call Waters what he obviously is. A despicable bigot with intellectual pretensions.
22. Answer To Rogy
Ron ,   New York   (02.23.15)
The US-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act.
23. Inciter of Terrorists
Paul Ballotta ,   Tucson, AZ.   (02.26.15)
Roger Waters attempted to give Hamas legitimacy in a speech to the U.N., and now he's lobbying to get a suspected terrorist released from Gitmo, and on top of this he's making veiled threats against other musicians who perform in Israel as if these artists are legitimate targets in his make-believe war-game in which he hopes teenage girls who don't know any better will think of him as a liberator. Does this sound like a terrorist? On two of his solo albums, "Radio K.A.O.S." and "Amused to Death," his threats were directed against the U.S. military and in particular, the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal. But don't you dare call him a terrorist, not when he's been lining the pockets of corrupt Government officials.
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