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How JK Rowling and friends protect Israel through a fantasy story of ‘coexistence’
by John Hilley
You would never know from Rowling’s letter that Israel has broken international law and UN resolutions every single day of its existence.
As Israel continues its murderous purges across the West Bank and Jerusalem, alongside its brutal siege of Gaza, there’s no shortage of zealots defending such wickedness.
Just consider Hillary Clinton’s latest right-wing pledge of support, and rant against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, for one.
The core cause of the ‘conflict’ and reason for Palestinian resistance shouldn’t even be up for debate. What part of the words ‘illegal occupation’, a reasonable person might ask, are so hard to understand?
But if that level of fanatical entrenchment and denial seems inexplicable, what about those seemingly more ‘liberal’ voices calling for ‘engagement’ with Israel in the name of ‘peace’ and ‘coexistence?
A recent letter at the Guardian from JK Rowling, Simon Schama, Hilary Mantel, Melvyn Bragg and other artist figures rejects the case for BDS, urging, instead, a ‘Culture for Coexistence’.
Responding to a statement showing more than 600 (now over 1000) artists saying “we will not engage in business-as-usual cultural relations with Israel”, Culture for Coexistence insist that, whatever the issues behind the “conflict”, the need for “interaction” and “dialogue” must prevail.
It’s a typical liberal Zionist pitch. But with particular insidious effect, coming from a popular figure like Rowling, providing another line of respectability for Israel’s crimes.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat http://philosophers-stone.co.uk
Source: http://www.philosophers-stone.co.uk/?p=5335
