United
Against Paintings: Listing Israeli War Crimes Against
Humanity
18 August 2010
By Gilad Atzmon
Some British Jews are desperate to stop the truth
about the Jewish state being spread around. The Jewish
Chronicle reported today that Jewish “Community
leaders are battling to stop an exhibition of
paintings by children from Gaza being shown in schools
in the North of England.”
Jewish campaigners say they have “no objection to the
paintings, but have reacted with anger at a series of
talks given to accompany them.”
The man behind the exhibition and the talks is Rod
Cox, 62, who visited Gaza and the West Bank a few
times in recent years. The exhibition, Loss Of
Innocence, has been on tour since September, visiting
universities, town halls and, most recently,
Manchester Cathedral. It was taken to a Quaker venue
in Marple, Stockport, on Monday evening and plans are
under way to take it to schools in the north west.
To watch Rod Cox and the Exhibition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=575N0JRzaIs
Manchester Rep Council President Lucille Cohen said:
"Rod Cox is disseminating hatred. His talk and text
accompanying his exhibition either indirectly implied
or overtly conveyed a number of unsubstantiated
assumptions about Israel. I am astounded that
Christians of good will would seem willing to become a
party to this."
I guess that Lucille Cohen better read the Goldstone
report. The list of Israeli war crimes against
humanity is totally and overwhelmingly substantiated.
As it happens, the Jewish community leaders who rush
to assist the Jewish state give a clear message of
Jewish collective support of Israel and its crimes. It
is also almost amusing to read Zionist Lucille Cohen
trying to tell Christians what the meaning of ‘good
will’ is all about.
Zionist Federation co-president Joy Wolfe said: "If
the pictures had been allowed to speak for themselves
most people, myself included, would have found little
reason to criticise the concept of the exhibition. But
they weren't. They were accompanied by Rod Cox's
captions which demonised Israel and invented some
truly remarkable allegations."
The pictures obviously speak for themselves and as for
the Palestinian cause, slowly but surely, it becomes a
universal cause. Someone also should remind Zionist
Wolfe that the children of Gaza live in a siege,
neither they nor their picture can travel around
unless Mr Cox kindly delivers. God bless Mr Cox for
his activism.
I would suggest that Britain do itself a great favour
if it proceeds with the idea of comparative literature
and combine the teaching of Anne Frank with the story
of Gaza children. At the end of the day, history is
meaningful once it is put in perspective.