Comments on: Rightist Propaganda Min. looking for Arabs, gays to represent Israel http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Sun, 19 May 2013 21:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bryan http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38691 Bryan Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:06:48 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38691 @Lauren: this wasn't Palestinians trying to hold a party at the Center. It was a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) group, run by a Korean transsexual, attempting to completely delegitimize the existence of Israel. Fatiha, an LBGT Muslim group, has had parties and events at the Center for years with no problem. The problem is that Siege Busters believes there should not be a Jewish state although there are 21 Arab states and 52 Islamic states, which I would argue is anti-Semitic (kind of like blaming an entire community/ethnicity for one person's actions). @Lauren: this wasn’t Palestinians trying to hold a party at the Center. It was a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) group, run by a Korean transsexual, attempting to completely delegitimize the existence of Israel. Fatiha, an LBGT Muslim group, has had parties and events at the Center for years with no problem. The problem is that Siege Busters believes there should not be a Jewish state although there are 21 Arab states and 52 Islamic states, which I would argue is anti-Semitic (kind of like blaming an entire community/ethnicity for one person’s actions).

]]> By: Lauren http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38581 Lauren Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:20:39 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38581 @Mordred... yes, you're absolutely right. No, I wasn't trying to be hateful. You can see I'm still charged over this. What that guy did was destroy a lot of community feeling and put people on political platforms where they need not be. Money and powerful Gays were involved with the discrimination. So my boycott is against all of the folks involved with the decision.... no matter their religion. Sorry if I offended anyone... that wasn't my intention. But yeah, the porno king is a hater. And after that happened in 2011, I sent money to the very group he had thrown out. @Mordred… yes, you’re absolutely right. No, I wasn’t trying to be hateful. You can see I’m still charged over this. What that guy did was destroy a lot of community feeling and put people on political platforms where they need not be. Money and powerful Gays were involved with the discrimination. So my boycott is against all of the folks involved with the decision…. no matter their religion.
Sorry if I offended anyone… that wasn’t my intention. But yeah, the porno king is a hater. And after that happened in 2011, I sent money to the very group he had thrown out.

]]> By: Mordred http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38564 Mordred Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:07:59 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38564 Lauren, isn't your reply here kind of hateful, too? Not all Israeli citizens are fascists. Not all of them are right-wing. So declaring that any "Israeli Gays" are unwanted... Kind of makes me think you're not any different from the guy you just mentioned. Lauren, isn’t your reply here kind of hateful, too?
Not all Israeli citizens are fascists. Not all of them are right-wing. So declaring that any “Israeli Gays” are unwanted… Kind of makes me think you’re not any different from the guy you just mentioned.

]]> By: Lauren http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38551 Lauren Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:24:55 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38551 As a New Yorker & Lesbian, I will tell you that I don't want the Israeli Gays here!!!! We have a Gay porno king (Russian-Israeli)who used his political power to stop American Palestinians holding a party at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center in NYC. The Community has never shown ill will towards other minorities as we all feel the pain of the oppressed. However, this has now changed as the Center is now a political machine. I've been part of the community for over 30 years and NEVER have I seen this type of discrimination before. We are very inclusive. I emailed and called the center to protest and they mocked us all. So, the Gay Zionists have taken us over. I now boycott all Center activities, fund raisers and anything else that would support an apartied right here!!! As a New Yorker & Lesbian, I will tell you that I don’t want the Israeli Gays here!!!! We have a Gay porno king (Russian-Israeli)who used his political power to stop American Palestinians holding a party at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center in NYC.
The Community has never shown ill will towards other minorities as we all feel the pain of the oppressed. However, this has now changed as the Center is now a political machine. I’ve been part of the community for over 30 years and NEVER have I seen this type of discrimination before. We are very inclusive. I emailed and called the center to protest and they mocked us all. So, the Gay Zionists have taken us over. I now boycott all Center activities, fund raisers and anything else that would support an apartied right here!!!

]]> By: Carl http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38544 Carl Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:25:11 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38544 Well since Pim Fortuyn departed this world they've been short of a mental gay right-winger to speak for them so I suppose their on to the C list now. . That said I think they're missing a trick here: coming at things from the wrong angle. Surely they should be using the Jerusalem pride march to demonstrate the unity of Jerusalem and how all three religions get on just fine as things stand. I refer of course to the annual outbreak of Christian, Jewish and Muslim unity, as their leaders come together to scream 'defilement!' and 'sodomy!' at the the Jerusalem Pride parade. Maybe the cliché that the three faiths all really worship the same god is true after all. Truly heart warming all this. Well since Pim Fortuyn departed this world they’ve been short of a mental gay right-winger to speak for them so I suppose their on to the C list now.
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That said I think they’re missing a trick here: coming at things from the wrong angle. Surely they should be using the Jerusalem pride march to demonstrate the unity of Jerusalem and how all three religions get on just fine as things stand. I refer of course to the annual outbreak of Christian, Jewish and Muslim unity, as their leaders come together to scream ‘defilement!’ and ‘sodomy!’ at the the Jerusalem Pride parade. Maybe the cliché that the three faiths all really worship the same god is true after all. Truly heart warming all this.

]]> By: JDE http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38540 JDE Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:56:40 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38540 "Hoping to boost the liberal image of country, Israel has increased efforts to use the gay community for advocacy and PR assignments." You can't make this stuff up. “Hoping to boost the liberal image of country, Israel has increased efforts to use the gay community for advocacy and PR assignments.”

You can’t make this stuff up.

]]> By: Tsipi http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38535 Tsipi Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:58:58 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38535 Hahahaha, but don't you know pinkwashing doesn't exist?!! I really wonder how it is they don't learn. How about the ad campaign to get Israelis to "come home" with scare tactics about assimilation, and the really cynical viral YouTube campaign headed by David Saranga, showing the Israeli flag waving at the NYC pride parade, after the Jerusalem one was cancelled? The examples are endless, always get them in trouble, and yet they do it again. And again. It has to be on purpose, doesn't it? Hahahaha, but don’t you know pinkwashing doesn’t exist?!!

I really wonder how it is they don’t learn. How about the ad campaign to get Israelis to “come home” with scare tactics about assimilation, and the really cynical viral YouTube campaign headed by David Saranga, showing the Israeli flag waving at the NYC pride parade, after the Jerusalem one was cancelled?

The examples are endless, always get them in trouble, and yet they do it again. And again.

It has to be on purpose, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Jalal http://972mag.com/ultra-right-propaganda-minister-looking-for-arabs-gays-to-represent-israel/32106/comment-page-1/#comment-38533 Jalal Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:25:53 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=32106#comment-38533 This made me laugh! they try so hard, yet mess up every time! This made me laugh! they try so hard, yet mess up every time!

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