Need to hear what some smart people have to say about this.

[Mark Thibodeau]

First things first... and I hate that I have to state this up front (but
considering the subject matter, I feel that I must)... I am not an
anti-Semite. In fact, if anything, I'm a Judeophile, or philo-Semite. Many
of my heroes are Jews. I think Jewish women are among the world's must
beautiful. I have many Jewish friends, some of whom are among my closest
and most beloved. In short, I am no Jew-hater.

But I'm also a huge fan or the musician Roger Waters. A lifelong admirer of
both his music and his obvious sincere, passionately held beliefs. Lately,
I've noticed a significant uptick in attacks on Waters from pro-Israeli
news outlets. This week, I learned that there is actually an entire
documentary film that's been shot, apparently with the sole objective of
smearing him as an anti-Semite.

While Waters is definitely an opponent of the current regime in Israel, and
an advocate for Palestinian rights up to and including lending his support
to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, I also have seen a
lot of accusations made against him with little to zero supporting evidence
(video, audio, etc). And I definitely think the attacks on him have taken
on a dangerously aggressive tone.

And then, today, I ran across this article...

*https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.819132?v=448801475EBF52877C3C6DDD9BA51DFF
<https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.819132?v=448801475EBF52877C3C6DDD9BA51DFF>*

My first compulsion was to check with Snopes, even though the original
article is from an Israeli paper, just to see if maybe I'd fallen for an
elaborate prank. There I find...

https://www.snopes.com/texas-harvey-israel/

And as I read, my blood runs a little bit cold.

So I guess my question to you folks here is...

What the fuck is going on here? And in what universe does anyone think
denying aid to victims of natural disasters unless they pledge never to
take part in the BDS movement isn't going to backfire spectacularly?

Jerky

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