Serj Tankian, vocalist of System of a Down has voiced his support for Gaza. He previously would talk about ending the war and making peace, but he voices things differently this time: Its time to end this misery, known as the Israeli Occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Occupied Tears, from my solo record Harakiri, was written about this and the hypocrisy of a people who have gone through the horrible atrocities of the Holocaust now serving as occupiers of another people. John Kerry and the US had been placing a lot of pressure to restart the peace negotiations. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority united to negotiate as one. Netenyahu tried to separate them but couldnt. Eventually the kidnappings served as a political excuse to recapture released Palestinian political prisoners by Israel. Hamas fired rockets in response and Israel got off the hook on having to make permanent peace by invading Gaza and changing the conversation from permanent peace to temporary truce. One more thing: calls for anti-semitism should never be used to cloak honest discussion of these issues especially here in the US. Let me know what you think as well. Peace Serj Via Kareem Chehayeb
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:45:20 +0000