Showing posts with label religious symbols. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious symbols. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
For First Time Since 1948, Christmas Tree Lit In Displaced Village
For the first time since Israel was established in the historic land of
Palestine in 1948, and the destruction and displacement of hundreds of
villages and towns, a group of Palestinians managed to set up a
Christmas Tree in the displaced village of Kufur Birim, in the Galilee.
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| Sonara News Agency photo of this year's Christmas Tree in the displaced village of Kufur Birim, in the Galilee |
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Thursday December 12, 2013 09:06
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & AgenciesThe Sonara News Agency has reported that, despite the extreme cold and the snowstorm especially in mountain areas, and despite repeated empty promises by Israeli officials including the Minister of Minorities, the remaining displaced villagers were never allowed back.
Four months ago, a group of young Palestinians started sleeping in the village, as part of an extended campaign to affirm their right in their own lands, and recently installed a Christmas tree in the yard of a local church, affirming their Right of Return following 65 years of displacement.
Talking to the Sonara News Agency, Zatam Zahra, a member of one of the displaced families, said that this Christmas tree, the first in 65 years, is a symbol for the Right of Return of all refugees, displaced from their lands, villages and towns.
He added that the tree is also a symbol of hope to the millions of externally displaced refugees living in dozens of refugee camps in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and several Arab countries.
“We demand a solution to Kufur Birim refugees”, he said, “The Right of Return is a right not only to the living, but also to the dead”.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Now that his three-year world tour for "The Wall" has finally come to an end, Roger Waters wants to set the record straight over criticism he's received from Jewish groups regarding his use of the Star of David symbol in the show and his support for a cultural boycott of Israel.
In its three-year span, "The Wall" show went on to become the highest
grossing tour of all time by a solo artist. Waters next stop is the
Broadway musical version, which begins workshops in January....
Now
that his three-year world tour for "The Wall" has finally come to an
end, Roger Waters wants to set the record straight over criticism he's
received from Jewish groups regarding his use of the Star of David
symbol in the show and his support for a cultural boycott of Israel.
The 70-year old Pink Floyd co-founder says his intention was never to offend the Jewish people. "I worry about it every day. It's a huge concern to me that I would be considered to be a bully," Waters says.
The controversy began with the use of the Star of David, which appears on Israel's flag and is a symbol of its government, in the show as one of the animated symbols dropped from a fighter jet during the song "Goodbye Blue Sky." Other symbols included a crucifix, crescent moon, and the U.S. dollar sign.
"'Goodbye Blue Sky' is all about and how I feel about the fields of the earth being bathed in blood because we're so determined to bombard our fellow man with our bit of ideology, or our bit of this, or our religion, and some took issue with that," Waters says.
Waters communicated with Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman and the rocker agreed to move the Stars of David further away from the dollar signs...READ MORE
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| In this April 1, 2011 file photo, Roger Waters performs during his "The Wall Tour 2010/2011" in Milan, Italy. Now that his three-year world tour for “The Wall” has finally come to an end, Waters wants to set the record straight over criticism he’s received from Jewish groups regarding his use of the Star of David symbol in the show and his support for a cultural boycott of Israel. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) |
[AS
ALWAYS
PLEASE GO TO THE LINK
TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN
FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS
(and conversations) THAT
EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY,
JUSTICE & PEACE... and
hopefully Palestine]
http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/entertainment/rogers-waters-defends-use-of-religious-symbolism/nb8q7/
Monday, Dec. 2, 2013Rogers Waters defends use of religious symbolism
By JOHN CARUCCI
The Associated Press
NEW YORK —
The 70-year old Pink Floyd co-founder says his intention was never to offend the Jewish people. "I worry about it every day. It's a huge concern to me that I would be considered to be a bully," Waters says.
The controversy began with the use of the Star of David, which appears on Israel's flag and is a symbol of its government, in the show as one of the animated symbols dropped from a fighter jet during the song "Goodbye Blue Sky." Other symbols included a crucifix, crescent moon, and the U.S. dollar sign.
"'Goodbye Blue Sky' is all about and how I feel about the fields of the earth being bathed in blood because we're so determined to bombard our fellow man with our bit of ideology, or our bit of this, or our religion, and some took issue with that," Waters says.
Waters communicated with Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman and the rocker agreed to move the Stars of David further away from the dollar signs...READ MORE
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