Leading BDS'er writes post blasting ban on Matisyahu, post disappears down memory hole
Norton writes for the anti-Zionist Mondoweiss website, as well as a slew of other places on the topic of how bad Israel is. While I don’t agree with most of what Norton says, he certainly is prolific and an upcoming opinion-leader in that sphere.
So when I saw Norton pen a column severely criticizing the ban on American Jewish musician Matisyahu at the behest of a Spanish branch of the BDS movement, I was, well, surprised. All the more so because leading American BDS activists like Ali Abunimah and Max Blumenthal were seeking to justify the ban because Matisyahu was too pro-Israel.
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While I disagree with some of the characterizations — for example, in reality BDS does boycott individuals, and it is not a peaceful movement which seeks justice for all — the overall point was pretty much the point that Zionist supporters of Matisyahu are making: Keep politics out of music, and don’t single out Jews for extra political scrutiny.
Now the post, however, is gone.Read the whole thing.
Labels: anti-Semitism, BDS, Matisyahu, Spain
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:45 PM
3 Comments:
Correction: the festival was in Spain.
Why all this even lukewarm commendation for Norton? He's still a hardcore Jew-hater, that's what it means to support BDS. That needs to be mentioned.
Like BDS agent Norman Finkelstein's complaint that BDS is unfair when it targets Jews...like him.
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