Israel Matzav

Madonna's call for 'peace'

Madonna opened her world tour in Tel Aviv Thursday night. For some reason, it seems like every performer who comes through here has to make a speech about 'peace.'

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Sunlight).



I'd like to see her give the same speech in Ramallah or Gaza City. And I resent the implication that Israel does anything other than 'treat every human being with dignity and respect.' Apparently she missed the security people at the entrance to her concert on Thursday night.

But then, given whom she chose to have in the audience, we shouldn't be surprised at her behavior.

She referenced her decision to offer free tickets to left wing members of Israeli and Palestinian non-governmental groups.

“There are several brave and important NGOs that are represented, both Palestine and Israel [here] together,” she said.

“You cannot be a fan of mine and not want peace in the world,” she said.

“We are all on different paths but we are all sons and daughters of the universe. We are all human beings,” she said.

“We all want to love and be loved. It is easy to say I want peace in the world. But it is another thing to do it,” Madonna said.

“If we can all rise above our egos and our titles and the names of our countries and our religions. If we can rise above all of that and treat everyone around us every human being with dignity and respect than we are on the road to peace,” Madonna said.

“So no matter how many laws we change and how many percentages of land we give back, no matter how many talks, no matter how many wars, if we don’t treat every human being with dignity and respect, we will never have peace,” Madonna said.

"Start today, start now, each and every one of you is the future." She ended the concert wishing everyone shalom and salaam.

Tell it to the Muslim Brotherhood. For that matter, tell it to the 'Palestinian Authority.'

Labels: leftists, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestinian Authority

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:43 PM