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| Two musicians backtrack after signing petition urging end to ‘Gaza horror’ |
| 2025-08-05 |
| [IsraelTimes] Two Israeli musicians who signed a petition published yesterday accusing the country of starving Gazan kids and calling for an end to the “horrors in Gaza” say they no longer stand behind everything in the statement. Assaf Amdursky writes on Instagram that while he supports ending the war, he does not back the idea that Israel’s military is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. “I don’t support the claim that the IDF is creating famine or purposely harming civilians. I’d prefer to save terms like ‘war criminals’ for Hamas,” he writes. “The soldiers are dear to my heart, and they are the last thing I could criticize.” He adds that Israeli hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski are the ones facing intentional starvation and “merciless war crimes.” Hemi Rudner, another rock musician, indicates on Facebook that he finds it problematic that he was unable to draft the petition himself, meaning it contained things he did not agree with, posting an alternative petition instead. Unlike the petition published yesterday, which focused on Gazan suffering, his version places it alongside the need for Israelis to stop suffering as well. “Stop the war in Gaza! It has no military or diplomatic justification and is infected with poisonous politics and is causing indescribable suffering on both sides of the border,” he writes. Over 2,000 artists and others in the creative community were listed as signatories on the petition published Sunday, which urged Israel’s leadership to stop the war and called on those involved to not commit war crimes. “Against our values and will, we find ourselves complicit in the horrific actions carried out by our government in Gaza: the killing of children and civilians, policies of starvation, mass displacement, and the senseless destruction of entire cities,” read the statement, which drew wide attention, some of it negative. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 As of now, virtue signaling has benefits but no costs - this will have to change. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-05 12:40 |