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A leftist’s open letter to Roger Waters
Bernard Bohbot
Published: 25.07.17, 23:02
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1. Leave Roger in the trash can of history where he feels at
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (07.26.17)
home.
He is a loser looking for cheap publicity cause he has snorted away the fortune he made while relatively sober and was still of sound mind
2. This man is NOT a leftist
Robert benMoshe ,   NYC   (07.25.17)
Your arguments are wrongheaded and confused. And the rest of the World should 'compensate' the Palestinians for your land theft? How about not stealing their ancestral lands- lands on which our people have not owned to for almost 2,00 years. In your world I - having been born in NYC- can automatically move to your country, obtain citizenship then claim someone else's home.
There is nothing socialist about extreme nationalism and a country based on religion and being member of a 'Volk.' This type of nationalism based on groups led to many horrors in the 20th Century, including the Holocaust.
3. You're Wasting Your Breath
Michael ,   Haifa   (07.26.17)
Trying to be logical with an antisemite like Roger Waters. It is an irrational mental illness, not something you can reason with..
4. Bohbot admits that the declared aim of BDS
Stan ,   Israel   (07.26.17)
does not include the destruction of Israel. If my government really is willing to withdraw from most of the occupied territory,then peace can be achieved without Israel having to take in any refugees.
5. The BDS Movement hates Israel and the Jewish people
Mark Jeffery Koch ,   Mount Laurel, NJ USA   (07.26.17)
The BDS movement does not support a two State solution. They do not support the existence of the State of Israel. The overwhelming majority of members and supporters of the BDS movement are vehement anti-semites. Roger Waters is sickened by the sight of the Star of David and the Jewish people. He holds views about the Jewish people that are no different than the views held by Hamas, ISIS, Al Queda, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the Nazi's. The truth needs to be told about these people. They do not believe that Israel has a right to exist and when you listen to them speak their hearts are full of hatred for Jews worldwide.
6. Mrs
Elena ,   Los Angeles   (07.26.17)
Spoken like a true zionist. wow. i am speechless. This article actually justifies what roger is advocating. ending colonialism.wow
7. Author
AZ ,   Harrisburg   (07.26.17)
Does the author monitor these comments? I think it is a very good article, but I'd like an opportunity to discuss a few issues that are problematic, including comparing Jews with Americans, Canadians, or Americans.
8. MANICHAEISM SHMANICAEISM
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED CYNIC HOUSE   (07.26.17)
Seriously , writing a letter to this nasty old antisemite is a total waste of time. And by the way , "settlements" are not unacceptable , they are healthy and natural and to our enemies ,all of Israel is a settlement ,including Tel-aviv.
9. DEAR MR. BOHBOT
THEODORE HURTSEL ,   SAFED HONESTY   (07.26.17)
Jews did not return to the land of Israel and reside in Israel today because they were/ are persecuted , we reside here because this is our homeland ,always was and will be. Because here we are masters of our destiny ,not slaves nor a minority in other lands. Whether Roger Waters loves us or hates us is both irrelevant and immaterial. By the way , please try to avoid using obscure ,defunct and complicated words like manichunean or whatever it is.
10. Editorial Avoids True Conclusion
Marc ,   West Palm Beach   (07.25.17)
This is a more balanced approach than we usually see from the Left. However, it avoids a basic conclusion regarding the BDS movement--it reflects pure unadulterated anti-Semitism at work. Treat Israel more critically than it does any other country and ignore any positive facts about the only democracy in the Middle East.
11. Roger who ?... Roger what?
melville ,   Nice   (07.26.17)
Roger who ?...Roger what? A failed has-been musician, drugged up the eye balls, irrelevant in so many ways that it has become laughable to even mention him. Obsessed with Israel and the Jews he obviously hates, like so many other irrelevant people...Please, stop mentioning that ageing, mediocre guitar scratching ugly mug ! In a couple of years, when he is dead, Wikipedia will mention him as the lead guitarist of a brit lousy 60's drugged up band. Farewell Roger...Roger...who ?...
12. moishe rabeynu
moishe   (07.26.17)
who is Waters in the world that really matters. he may have followers but no more than present number of anti Semites. meanwhile Israel prospers as Muslim world is death, destruction and dispersal.
13. The BDS-movement is antisemitic by nature
Alexander Scheiner ,   Israel   (07.26.17)
BDS has not been invented for the well-being of Falastinians. BDS is a tool for the destruction of Israel and Judaism.

Remember, the Israeli media Haaretz, the NGO;s NIF, Breaking the Silence, Btselem, Jews for Piss, RHR, JVJP.CH and Givat Haviva are supporting BDS and the Falastinian cause.
14. stop wasting time & energy.........
tiki ,   belgium   (07.26.17)
trying to persuade this old has been.

He's not working for the well being of the Palestinians Arabs but for the well being of Roger Waters.

Today, being 'anti Israel is a ticket seller.

Like the Nazi's and their followers proved to be on the wrong side of history & morality, so will the BDS & their followers.

Like Hitler & Stalin proved to be destroyers instead of the winners and were destroyed themselves, so will their followers & admirers of today who praise their deeds instead of condemning them.

Just give it time!
15. PEACEFUL MAN
GEORGE R WATERS ,   Toronto   (07.26.17)
WHAT GOD WANTS GOD GETS GOD HELP US ALL.
16. Israeli leftist begs leftist Jew hater to accept Israel
Chaim ,   Israel   (07.26.17)
Jewish leftists have a huge problem when they confront leftist Jew haters like Roger Waters. The problem is that they AGREE with much of Roger's sick reasoning. For example, both the author and Waters agree with the twisted notion that our 4,000 year old heartland of Judea and Samaria are "occupied". Thus, the author is left with nothing to do except beg the old leftist Jew hater to accept Israel within the 9 mile wide concentration camp limits he believes Israel must retreat to. Waters, of course, thinks Jews don't deserve to own anything. The debate is really pathetic.
17. PEACEFUL MAN
PEACEFUL MAN   (07.27.17)
Going to print out this article and 90 percent of the comments and use them as toilet paper.What GOD wants GOD gets GOD help these poor sheep they have to many fraudulent Sheppards leading them to hatred .
18. The first two claims are legitimate? I respectfully disagree
Arthur ,   Flushing   (07.27.17)
BDS claims that it is seeking "(2) to end all discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel". Such as? Mr. Barghouti, co-founder of the movement, is married to an Arab Israeli citizen. She can vote, run for office, seek redress i the courts, serve as a lawyer or judge in those courts, live in any community, study in any university, travel on any mode of transportation on any road, and is in all ways able to enjoy the rights of citizenship. As the husband of an Israeli citizen Mr. Barghouti is able to reside in Israel and attend Tel Aviv University alongside other Arab students (sitting in classes taught by Arab professors), his children (if he has any) will be Israeli citizens, and he is himself eligible to apply for citizenship. Nonetheless, he makes his livelihood traveling the globe accusing Israel of "apartheid". It is time to recognize the label for what it is, a blatant lie. If Israel were to annex the West Bank and Gaza without giving the Arabs there citizenship, that would be apartheid, but there is nothing remotely close to such discrimination within Israeli sovereignty. Sadly, that does not stop Mr. Waters from parroting those accusations.
19. Roger Waters Is Most Honourable
World Citizen ,   the world   (07.28.17)
The BDS Movement is a legitimate method of protesting the apartheid actions of Israel in the West Bank. The best thing about the movement is it is a grass roots endevour with no leaders or paid shills. And it has the truth on its side. No paid sayanim can counter it. No Iaws by governments can outlaw it. BDS is full of young, college educated people and they will inherit the reigns of power in their respective countries soon enough. Israel is riding high now with the criminal Bibi in power but the days of his sordid
and corrupt government are numbered. BDS will grow and grow.
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