(Posted also in hebrew)
During the last days I’ve been passing a process of applying to one of the Universities in London (when All will be final there will be more details) in order to start my Ph.D. Amongst other things, my greatest fear is to leave Tel-Aviv; The idea of living elsewhere, though may be more cultural, and though i really think of it, is still quite problematic for me.
I didn’t have the will power to get out of bed yesterday, so i read all so many things. David Peretz’s amazing post about how he enjoyed the Delta Blues was just what i needed. Three minutes and All is done, the Tel-Aviv Blues.
I wanted to edit a clip, but i failed.
This is the footage from an anti-semitic rally at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan last Thursday on campus:
Part I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqbfZqX7LWU
Part II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxeweTTLqII
Part III:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1BlPhbW5tw
Here is a story that aired about the rally on Fox 2 News (Detroit):
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2828453&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1
Here are two rally organizers (Mike Staunch and Shemon Salam) trying to defend themselves, but they ended up being really offensive:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2838924&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
There is also a story posted on littlegreenfootballs about the rally.
THE OFFENSIVE GROUP WHO ORGANIZED THE RALLY, “ANTI-RACIST ACTION” (ARA), IS MADE UP MOSTLY OF NON-STUDENTS, AND THE GROUP OPENLY CALLS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL AND AMERICA.
The commenter who claims that ARA “openly calls for the destruction Israel and America,” or suggests that the rally was anti-semitic clearly didn’t listen to anything the organizers expressed. What has become very clear as a quick perusal of the South End (WSU Campus paper) comments section is the incredible amount of racism that is hurled at any critic of Israeli policies. And interesting, somehow that discourse is acceptable.