The BDS Have a New Logo...

....and it kind of looks like ours.

Stencil font, overspray, symbols.

Guys - it was bad enough when you ran around trying to convince people to not make art. Now, you are going around stealing our art.
Seriously, you suck!

Blood Sugar Sex Magic: Why Israel Wins

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have, rightfully, decided to perform in Israel. A very RHCP style explanation video can be found HERE.

Of course, like every band that wishes to perform in Israel, that wishes to share its music with a country known for supporting live music, promoting art and the creation of beauty, RHCP have been met with the usual maelstrom of hate, misinformation, threats, intimidation and completely illogical South Africa, Sun City references by BDS and its various sub-groups of sub-intellects saying sub-logical sub-stance-less nonsense about how they should not perform. The BDS and other supporters of the tyranny and terrorism of Gaza seek to wipe art off the map of the Middle East. Whew.

The sad truth is that too many fall for the BDS's rhetoric, failing to look more deeply into the issue. The happy truth is that most of those who do cancel concerts tend to be washed-up, irrelevant, past their prime if they ever had one, acts and hacks. I imagine that, by pretending they might play in Israel and then canceling, these bands desperately hold on to just a few more seconds of their 15 minutes. Alice Walker - seriously? I mean, she once was an author, right?

On the other hand, the important, creative, cutting-edge, progressive and, lets just say it, relevant bands continue to make the educated decision and perform in the country that is itself the birthplace of so much great art. Just recently, Justin Beiber (hey, say what you want but the kid is talented) Madonna, Morrissey and, now, the Chili Peppers have decided to perform.

It is good times to be a music fan in Israel.

The concert will be September 10 in Tel Aviv.

Attack of the Revolving Doors

In an incredibly freak accident, a revolving door was blown too hard by some wind and went the opposite way, pinning a man inside and causing the glass to shatter around him, causing some minor cuts and bruises. At the time this happened, it was all over the news. You see, revolving doors don't usually attack people. They just don't.

Most revolving doors are kind, quiet creatures just going about their day, happy to spin round and round, allowing people access into and egress out of buildings. But, no one writes about that. No one writes about the multiple billions of times a day revolving doors around the world do not attack people or the multiple billions of times they work just fine.

This is why it is always such big news whenever the schmuks over at the BDS and PACBI and all their little punk affiliates score some minor victory, getting some has-been singer to "boycott" Israel or something similar. Because it is incredibly unusual! Every single day there are thousands of artists painting their paintings, singing their songs, poetrying their poetry and on and on. Every single day there are thousands of artists not boycotting Israel. Every single day the BDS and PACBI fail miserably.

So a cheers to Israel, to revolving doors and to me too for saying it out loud.

Terrible Artists and Lousy Liars

This is awesomely terrible: CLICK HERE

A great article proving the lies of Gaza propaganda art. Artists 4 Israel has suggested this before but, now, it has been proven.

First, they use art to lie about Israel. Now they just lie about art.

Reminds me of that well-known saying: "First they came for the Jews but I didn't say anything...by the time they came for me, there was no one left to say anything."

First Israel, then art...then the artists themselves can't be too far behind. Please be careful out there.

Morrisey

Morrisey will play Israel July 21st. Pisses of PACBI and BDS. Wins my heart even more.

Israel Action Network vs. The BDS

In or around Halloween of 2010 (that is nearly two years ago for those who can't count) the Israel Action Network was formed by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Center for Public Affairs with the expressed goals of wasting my time and money of doing something about preventing the delegitimization of Israel and fighting the culture war that Artists 4 Israel had been fighting for a few years already. With nothing but the kindest thoughts in our collective heart, we offered to help them (read HERE). We got so far as a meeting with friend and good guy David Dabscheck (David is one of six staff members in that org with the word Director in his title).

In comparison, the BDS campaign has today turned 7 years old. We forgot to mail a card. Like any 7 year old, it is petulant, obnoxious but, to many who don't know better, quite charming. They have just released a list of their major accomplishments and successes which because I don't want to promote their evil agenda for brevity's sake, I will not re-post.

The Israel Action Network has not done even one-eighth of what BDS has done. And, worse still, the IAM is working on the side of truth and what is right. How the heck you gonna be beat by liars, thieves and terrorist supporters. I hate to say it but if, as IAN paints itself, they are the direct opposition to the BDS and this is a fight, then the Israel Action Network has been knocked out cold. This is a blow not only to the multiple Directors of IAN but to the entire Israeli advocacy world, ne to the entire world that supports kindness, democracy and justice. The Jewish world trust the IAN and, so far, we are being failed.

I hope that when the IAN turns 7, they will have a track record of success like the BDS. I hope that these are only starting troubles, minor hiccups on the road to great good works. I hope, I hope, I hope.

Now, before anyone gets pissy, read the disclaimer. A4I leadership and our lowly single "Director" are way too diplomatic to say things of this nature. That is why they hire your buddy Dreyfus Diallo to spit truth.

What a Cowinkidink

In Pakistain, BDS stands for Bomb Disposal Squad. How delicious? In America, I think it stands for Bombs (of innocent Israel children supported by the same people who support) Divestment and Sanctions.