The Pet Shop Boys are scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on June 23, and — surprise! — the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” crowd has its knickers twisted into bunches. British Islamic/anti-Zionist group Innovative Minds went after the musicians, demanding that they “stand with the oppressed Palestinians” by refusing to perform in “apartheid Israel.”
Ynet already reporting #BDS Pet Shop Boys protest http://t.co/HGGcsFK09i pls share event need full support 16th June https://t.co/PlMOynhqCE
— inminds.com (@InmindsCom) June 16, 2013
No dice this time, BDS bullies.
Incoming PET TEXT. Click here to open > http://t.co/y1f9ZoU8ux
— Pet Shop Boys (@petshopboys) June 17, 2013
Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant wasn’t about to bow to the Palestinian propaganda:
I don’t agree with this comparison of Israel to apartheid-era South Africa. It’s a caricature. Israel has (in my opinion) some crude and cruel policies based on defence; it also has universal suffrage and equality of rights for all its citizens both Jewish and Arab. In apartheid-era South Africa, artists could only play to segregated audiences; in Israel anyone who buys a ticket can attend a concert.
Not a perfect statement, but a world apart from pro-BDS artists like Elvis Costello.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/347206574693031936
#BDS smackdown from @petshopboys 'I don't agree with this comparison of #Israel to apartheid-era South Africa' http://t.co/LUdOG8HcQ8
— Raphael Gluck (@einfal) June 17, 2013
Booyah. @PetShopBoys: "I don't agree with this comparison of #Israel to apartheid-era S. Africa. It's a caricature." http://t.co/nw3lIdBsuT
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) June 17, 2013
pet shop boys are pretty smart people http://t.co/85xBBvvGFx
— Brad Bandido! (@BradEssex) June 19, 2013
BDS FAILs again. Pet Shop Boys singer defends Israel concert http://t.co/EsatWe3EDW
— Mikhail Putin (@MikhailPutin) June 19, 2013
Meanwhile, the anti-Israel propaganda continues:
@petshopboys #Apartheid exists in #Israel Open your eyes & cancel Tel Aviv! #RightOfReturn http://t.co/MK0VXNmirY pic.twitter.com/Me8jBp3aMa
— inminds.com (@InmindsCom) June 19, 2013
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