Deci Roger Waters și-a plimbat porcul gonflabil și prin București, cu steaua lui David proeminent întipărită sub gușă. Încă o palmă subtilă dată apartheidului israelian. Dar e un porc cu mesaj. Cotlete de artă cu tendință, nu glumă. Bineînțeles că rozaliul Waters are și o latură sentimentală. Un vector tandru, se pare:

Roger Waters a fost personal in Gaza cu un convoi umanitar. David Gilmour si Roger Waters sunt finantatori si vectori media ai Hoping Foundation for Palestinians.( vezi hopingfoundation.org) iar Waters este donator si vector media pentru Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Gabriela Haag, pe Facebook

Absolut lăudabil, fără îndoială. În același timp trebuie să nu pierdem din vedere faptul că Waters este o persoană polivectorială, pe măsura personalității sale nuanțate. Waters e un dedicat vector media și pentru organizația numită Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).

Misiunea BDS este de a boicota Israelul, pe toate căile posibile: comercial, intelectual, artistic. Vinde un magazin mai proeminent sau importă un stat produse israeliene? Hop și BDS cu campania de rigoare. Universități occidentale sau oameni de știință care colaborează cu universități sau oameni de știință israelieni? Hop și BDS cu demascările și înfierările de rigoare. Muzicieni care intenționează să concerteze în Israel? Hop și BDS cu hărțuielile și amenințările de rigoare. La acest ultim capitol participă și Roger Waters. Desigur, nu direct, el e doar un vector mediatic pentru BDS. Adică le face reclamă și le sprijină activitatea. Vectorial și neprecupețit.

Cea mai recentă ispravă a BDS: hărțuiala prin amenințări împotriva cântărețului african Selif Keita. Selif Keita nu este un oarecare. Cu o carieră ce se întinde pe parcursul a mai bine de patru decenii, apreciat și iubit pe toate continentele, Keita face onoare renumelui de „voce de aur a Africii”. Cântărețul originar din Mali ar fi trebuit să participe în acest august la Festivalul de Muzică Sacră din Ierusalim. Agenții săi i-au anulat participarea, datorită vectorului media negativ dezlănțuit de BDS:

August 22, 2013

Dear Sacred Music Festival, Hadassah Hospital, Salif Keita fans,

On behalf of Salif Keita and the Salif Keita Global Foundation, we would like to thank you for organizing a magnificent unifying music festival, and a visit of the albinism treatment center in Jerusalem. Unfortunately, Mr. Keita will not be able to attend either events because of the cancellation of his show at the Sacred Music Festival.

Although, the show was cancelled, Mr. Keita (and his foundation for albinism) would like to convey his most sincere apologies to all concerned, such as the concert organizers, the Albinism Treatment Center and especially all his wonderful and diverse fans in Israel. The reason for the cancellation is not one which was made by Mr. Keita, but by his agents who were bombarded with hundreds of threats, blackmail attempts, intimidation, social media harrassment and slander stating that Mr Keita was to perform in Israel, “not for peace, but for apartheid.”
These threats were made by a group named BDS, who also threatened to keep increasing an anti-Salif Keita campaign, which they had already started on social media, and to work diligently at ruining the reputation and career that Mr. Keita has worked 40 years to achieve not only professionally, but for human rights and albinism.

Of course, we do not agree with any of these tactics or false propaganda, but management’s concern is to protect the artist from being harmed personnally and professionally. Although, we love Israel and all his fans here, and the fantastic spirit of unity of the Sacred Music Festival, as well as the important work your hospital is doing for albinism, we did not agree with the scare tactics and bullying used by BDS; therefore management decided to act cautiously when faced with an extremist group, as we believe BDS to be.

Salif Keita forced to cancel Jerusalem Festival due to dangerous threats by BDS

Alt artist amenințat de BDS în acest an a fost Eric Burdon. Cei de o anume vârstă, sau gusturi muzicale, cunosc bine această figură legendară a blues-rockului britanic. Eric Burdon avea planificat un concert în orașul Binyamina pe ziua de 1 august. Managerul său a fost bombardat cu amenințările de rigoare și la un moment dat a fost luată decizia de a anula apariția lui Burdon în Israel. Dar satisfacția BDS a fost de scurtă durată:

After caving to threats and canceling a gig in Israel, aging rocker Eric Burdon will play here after all.

Burdon flew into Israel on Monday night for the Thursday concert. “If it hasn’t go to do with music,” he declared on arrival, “it’s bullsh*t.”

Burdon, the former lead singer of ’60s British band The Animals, was last week reported to have canceled the August 1 concert in Binyamina because, his manager said, he had been receiving daily threatening emails.

However, on Monday the concert was back up on Burdon’s website and was again listed among the concerts at the Zappa Shuni Amphitheater in Binyamina. No reason was given for the cancellation.
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Earlier this month, Burdon met up with members of T-Slam in Vienna and told them he was under pressure from anti-Israel activists to cancel the show. At that time, though, he seemed set on going ahead with the concert, telling the Israeli musicians, “Everyone needs music and there’s no connection to current politics. Everyone has the right to be entertained.”

But his manager later wrote to T-Slam to state that the show was off. “We are under increasing pressure, including many threatening emails that we are receiving on a daily basis. I wouldn’t want to put Eric in any danger,” his manager wrote, in comments released by T-Slam last week.

Animals’ Eric Burdon flies in for on again Israel show

În luna iulie Roger Waters a difuzat această scrisoare deschisă (fragment):

25th July 2013 To My Colleagues in Rock and Roll

It is seven years since I joined BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) a non violent movement to oppose Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and violations of international law and Palestinian human rights. The aim of BDS is to bring international attention to these Israeli policies, and hopefully, to help bring them to an end.
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Please join me and all our brothers and sisters in global civil society in proclaiming our rejection of Apartheid in Israel and occupied Palestine, by pledging not to perform or exhibit in Israel or accept any award or funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights.

Roger Waters : “To My Colleagues in Rock & Roll”

Apoteoza din final, în care aflăm că misiunea lui Waters va dura „până când Israel se va conforma legii internaționale și principiilor drepturilor omului” e reprezentarea vectorială a altei idei, ceva mai succinte: „până când statul Israel va fi eliminat definitiv”.

Hey teacher, leave them kids alone.

P.S.