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~~Common~~ sense is so refreshing.
That'd be a fair excuse for what they've done if they were totally ignorant of what Israel's government has done, but they've been told by Desmond Tutu and a bunch of other people. They had a fully informed opportunity to pick their side and they picked it, so they really shouldn't be surprised when this keeps happening to them.
That doesnt matter if they intend to play for their fans and not for their gov. Why should fans be punished for a gov that doesnt listen?
The open letter to them that was signed by artists from Sonic Youth, TV on the Radio, and a bunch of other artists and activists says it better than I could,
Their government is, to a large extent, listening. A lot of the nonsense we've seen this last year was Netanyahu trying to cling to power, but most of it is Israeli popular will. They want the genocide; some of them just don't want to sacrifice the hostages to make it happen.
How do you know? Do you have any data that shows that the majority want the violence?
There.
Relevant:
It's no secret, really.
As of mid sept, polls show 41% of them do. Not a majority but far too much when it's genocide and ethnic cleansing we are talking about.
If 2/5ths of your population want to keep indiscriminately killing innocent men, women and children, it's up to the other 3/5ths to tell them to sit down and teach them why they suck. It's not up to the rest of the world to go "we'll it's not a majority, I guess as long as only 40% of them are drooling at the thought of dead children, a boycott would be unfair."
According to a random poll I just looked up, 29% of Americans "somewhat care" if their politicians support genocide. Maybe we should pressure them to care more and join the 19% that care a lot.
Boycott America until people take it seriously and stop funding them.
Yes
I'm (truly) not sure if this reasoning applies to the people of Israel at large. To be fair, the same can increasingly be said of Americans who continue to support Republicans as they go mask off.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/05/30/israeli-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-netanyahu-likud-israel-election-poll
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/56081
I've thought about if bands started to boycott red states. I live in a red state, and any band that might boycott would also have more liberal fans. So they would really be hurting those that already agree with them.
But also, fuck our government and the 2/3 of people that agree with those crazy fucks.