Cheer Boy George for backing Jews over haters — – Latest News
Sometimes, bravery is present in surprising locations.
The recording artist generally known as Boy George was so moved by an exhibition in London devoted to the Jews slaughtered, tortured, sexually assaulted and kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, on the Nova Music Festival in Israel — “The Moment Music Stood Still” — he recorded the hauntingly lovely reggae tune “We Will Dance Again.”
Some of the lyrics are brazenly supportive of the Jewish state, a dangerous transfer for an entertainer within the present climate.
“You say genocide, I say struggle / When you’re attacked, that’s what the military’s for.
“Does it get ugly? You bet it does / When I know you want to kill every last one of us.”
Other traces are heartbreakingly evocative, describing unflinchingly the brutality inflicted by Hamas savages on younger people who gathered at Nova to maneuver their our bodies for pleasure and peace.
“You never mention Oct. 7 / Young girls raped against trees / Murdered brutally / For the crime of dancing.”
The track, made with AI, is tragic, at occasions chilling. And unforgettable.
It additionally expresses the deep assist and affection the singer/songwriter, 65, whose actual identify is George Alan O’Dowd, has for Israel and the Jews.
The gesture has spelled profession suicide.
The cancellation of the previous Culture Club lead singer by virulent antisemites got here on as swiftly and violently as a terrorist assault.
He was pressured to withdraw from enjoying King Herod in a revival, mockingly, of the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” on the London Palladium.
He was set to painting the Jewish king who flamboyantly mocked the Jewish Jesus in a memorable scene, a position he was to take over this month.
Not solely was his pro-Israel track faraway from the online music-distribution platform Bandcamp, however Boy George’s profile was dropped from the location as effectively.
Bandcamp bosses, whom he referred to as a “bunch of c–ts,” have been “bowing to the pressure of antisemites,” the pop icon lamented.
He additionally parted methods along with his record-label supervisor.
It was the Jews or the supervisor. To Boy George, it was no contest.
George mentioned he wished to release his new pro-Israel observe broadly, however complained that Tony Pontius, who ran his document label BGP for a quantity of years, was “unequivocal” in saying “I want nothing to do with this song.”
George mentioned he responded, “OK, we are done.”
“In Buddhism we understand that every action comes with a consequence,” George posted to X. “Due to my decision to stand up for my Jewish friends I am losing a few people from my life.”
Just a few, far too few, heroic figures defend Israel and the Jews whereas resisting intense stress; they risk severe profession harm for daring to step out of line.
One is Sen. John Fetterman.
The Pennsylvania Democrat has mentioned his “red line” for leaving the Democratic Party will probably be reached if it formally turns into the anti-Israel occasion.
Fetterman, 56, withstood a cringe-worthy bout of hectoring this week by Jon Stewart on his podcast, “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart.”
Stewart, 63, in essence, accused the senator of harboring twin loyalties for siding in opposition to the Democrats’ left wing whereas standing with Israel.
“You could agree with [far leftists] 90%, but Israel is the red line?” Stewart requested.
“Absolutely,” Fetterman replied. “I can’t ever turn my back to Israel after where it’s at.”
“I mean no disrespect on this,” Stewart sneered, “but that is not our country.”
Despite the pushback, Fetterman tried to get the interview back on observe.
“I think what history demonstrates is that when people . . . turn their back to the Jewish community, things end really badly.”
Stewart clapped back, “Jewish community and Israel are not the same thing, brother man. That is not the same thing.”
Still, “brother man” didn’t miss a beat, explaining to his hostile inquisitor that Israeli and American pursuits are one and the identical.
“I’m always gonna stand with Israel,” the senator insisted, “and I’m always gonna vote and support whatever’s necessary to protect themselves and to prosecute Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, too.”
Other mensches and menschettes stand out: John Ondrasik, the singer/songwriter behind the band Five For Fighting, rewrote the lyrics of the hit track “Superman” to honor hostages then held by Hamas and to provide hope for their protected return home.
He performed a show in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv together with members of the family of captives.
That act alone meant he publicly defied calls for artists to boycott Israel, led by the odious Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, 82, who’s been attempting to intimidate musicians from enjoying within the Jewish state for years.
Meanwhile, Ondrasik, 61, has sharply criticized these within the music and leisure industries for a “shameful silence” following Hamas’s inhuman acts of Oct. 7.
Then there’s the Scottish girl who went viral rocking out in her car, singing a peppy track in Hebrew in a deep brogue.
Boy George. John Fetterman. John Ondrasik. She joins a small however elegant listing of courageous people who refuse to back down, no matter the fee, to stand up for what’s proper.
I want there have been more like them.
