Re: Red Hot Chili Pepper fans

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 the mans a Dick!!!  At 11:52 PM 10/07/01 -0700, you
wrote: 
>Clifford 
> 
>=A0=A0=A0 What has this got to do with Foucault or Deleuze and
Guattari? 
> 
>=A0=A0=A0 That's not a rhetorical question. You've been posting so much =
of
this 
>stuff for so many months, and I'm curious: what is the connection
that you 
>seem so passionate about? 
> 
>=A0=A0=A0 Nate 
> 
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Clifford Duffy" <cwduff@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>To: <deleuze-guattari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Cc: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:53 PM 
>Subject: Red Hot Chili Pepper fans 
> 
> 
>> Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers fans... 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 by Nigel Parry 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Nigel Parry worked at Birzeit University between 1994 and
1998. His 
>> journal 
>>=A0=A0=A0 from the time, A Personal Diary of the Israeli Palestinian
Conflict, 
>> available 
>>=A0=A0=A0 at nigelparry.com/diary, documented the post-Oslo experien=
ce
of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians in the Ramallah area. He is also one of the
founders of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 electronicIntifada.net,"a resource for countering myt=
h,
distortion, and 
>> spin 
>>=A0=A0=A0 from the Israeli media war machine." 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 The following e-mail was sent out on 6 July 2001 to
several 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Red Hot Chili Peppers mailing lists, and posted on
several 
>>=A0=A0=A0 bulletin boards relating to the band. The best way to rais=
e
an 
>>=A0=A0=A0 issue outside of the usual audience remains... raising
the 
>>=A0=A0=A0 issue outside the usual audience. A protest address is 
>>=A0=A0=A0 included for those who wish to write their own letters to
the 
>>=A0=A0=A0 band. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers fans, 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 I understand that this message probably isn't the kind you=
're
used to 
>on 
>> the list, but I 
>>=A0=A0=A0 ask you consider the contents of it thoughtfully. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 All of you will remember that when South Africa was still
operating 
>under 
>> an 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Apartheid system, bands used to refuse to play there. Sun
City, the 
>most 
>> famous 
>>=A0=A0=A0 venue there, was the subject of at least one protest
song. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Bands wouldn't play there because to do so generated incom=
e
for the 
>White 
>> South 
>>=A0=A0=A0 African system, and implicitly suggested that they didn't
really mind 
>> that a racist 
>>=A0=A0=A0 government had stamped their entry visa. The taxes that we=
re
paid on 
>the 
>> venue by 
>>=A0=A0=A0 the promoters went towards prolonging Apartheid, and the
venue -- of 
>> course -- was 
>>=A0=A0=A0 "for whites only". 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Sadly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are turning the clock of
musical 
>> conscience back 
>>=A0=A0=A0 by playing in Israel. This venue will similarly be "f=
or
Israelis only". 
>> All 3 million 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians are prevented by Israel from travelling to Te=
l
Aviv and 
>are 
>> currently 
>>=A0=A0=A0 under siege in their towns. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Recent news reports said that the Chili Peppers had decide=
d
not to go 
>> because they 
>>=A0=A0=A0 were worried about the "security situation." Whe=
n
he heard about this, 
>> Bill Clinton 
>>=A0=A0=A0 rang them and urged them to go, and they changed their min=
d.
They are 
>> playing on 
>>=A0=A0=A0 August 28 in Tel Aviv:
<a href=3D"http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/</a> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Here's the news piece: 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "Clinton has the Red Hot Chili Peppers=
for
Israel" 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The Jerusalem Post, 3 June 2001 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 One of the biggest rock bands in the world=
today was
about to 
>cancel 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 its planned concert in Tel Aviv, until a=
former American
president 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 intervened. That, at least, is according to=
the Hebrew
daily 
>Yediot 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aharonot. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The paper suggests that Red Hot Chili=
Peppers was
considering the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 move because of the security situation. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Former president Bill Clinton reportedly=
heard of the
plan and 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 personally called the band's lead singer=
Anthony Kiedis
to suggest 
>> the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 concert go ahead. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Clinton said the performance would be a=
vote of
confidence in the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 diplomatic process and regional peace. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 As a result, the band will play on. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The concert is scheduled for Tel Aviv on=
August=20
28. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 I have nothing against the band but am writing to you on
principle 
>> because they are 
>>=A0=A0=A0 setting an unacceptable example for the millions of people
who love 
>their 
>> music. 
>>=A0=A0=A0 There is nothing at all wrong with asking them as fans to
reconsider 
>this 
>> tour date on 
>>=A0=A0=A0 the basis of supporting human rights for all. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Why exactly is their playing in Israel a bad idea? 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 The news here gives the impression that the
Israeli-Palestinian 
>conflict 
>> is some sort of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 war between equal forces, that all Palestinians are
terrorists, and 
>that 
>> poor Israel has 
>>=A0=A0=A0 done all it could to make peace with the Palestinians. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 This is as far from the truth as it could be. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians have been living under a military occupation =
for
34 years. 
>> If you were 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Palestinian, and under 34 years of age, all you would know=
is
the 
>> presence of a 
>>=A0=A0=A0 foreign army in and around your towns. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 I had the opportunity to experience what that was like
between 
>1994-1998, 
>> when I 
>>=A0=A0=A0 lived in the West Bank town of Ramallah and worked at
Birzeit 
>University, 
>> Palestine's 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Harvard or Oxford. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Life there on the ground was bad news for Joe or Jane
Palestinian, who 
>> you should 
>>=A0=A0=A0 be aware are not any different from Joe or Jane American o=
r
Joe or Jane 
>> European. 
>>=A0=A0=A0 The shocking but banal truth is that the vast majority of
Palestinians 
>> are normal 
>>=A0=A0=A0 people just like you and me, living in an abnormal
situation. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Just as Americans aren't responsible as a whole for the
actions of 
>people 
>> like Timothy 
>>=A0=A0=A0 McVeigh, neither are the Palestinians as a whole responsib=
le
for the 
>> actions of the 
>>=A0=A0=A0 few of them who carry out terrorist acts. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 After the Oslo process began in 1993, the reality is that
things got 
>very 
>> bad on the 
>>=A0=A0=A0 ground for normal people. Very bad. Most human rights
violations 
>> continued or 
>>=A0=A0=A0 worsened. And today, it's even much worse. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Since 29 September 2000, when the Second Intifada began,
Israel has 
>> killed over 
>>=A0=A0=A0 500 Palestinians, crippled 1,500 more, and seriously injur=
ed
another 
>> 15,000. Many 
>>=A0=A0=A0 of these are children. About half of these deaths and
injuries took 
>place 
>> out outside of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 clash situations. That means it happened to people in thei=
r
homes, on 
>the 
>> way to 
>>=A0=A0=A0 school, in restaurants. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 When I was living there, I regularly attended clashes as a=
n
observer 
>and 
>> journalist. 
>>=A0=A0=A0 The normal attendee at these were young Palestinians,
protesting the 
>> occupation with 
>>=A0=A0=A0 stones thrown at the foreign army on their own land. The
foreign army 
>> responded 
>>=A0=A0=A0 with live ammunition and the so-called "rubber"
bullets (in reality 
>steel 
>> balls with a 
>>=A0=A0=A0 millimeter of rubber or hard plastic coating) that regular=
ly
kill and 
>> maim. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 In every single case I witnessed, at the 30 or so clashes =
I
attended, 
>> those Palestinians 
>>=A0=A0=A0 that were killed were shot out of stone throwing range, ie=
at a 
>distance 
>> where they 
>>=A0=A0=A0 posed no threat to the Israeli soldiers. In September 1996=
,
soldiers 
>> danced as they 
>>=A0=A0=A0 shot people dead, giving each other high fives. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 It really was that bad and things are not as they seem on =
the
TV. 
>There's 
>> a lot of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 reasons for that, and some of the following links will giv=
e
you an idea 
>> why. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Here's another short intro to what really goes on at clash=
es,
a photo 
>> story from just 
>>=A0=A0=A0 one day in March 1997: 
><a href=3D"http://nigelparry.com/diary/abughnaim/martyr.html"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://nigelparry.com/diary/abughnaim/martyr.html</a><br=
>
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 For more about this, see my online photo diary from the ti=
me,
A 
>Personal 
>> Diary of 
>>=A0=A0=A0 the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, found at
<a href=3D"http://nigelparry.com/diary/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://nigelparry.com/diary/</a> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 If you want the short version of what's going on now, here=
's
a Flash 
>> multimedia 
>>=A0=A0=A0 summary:
<a href=3D"http://nigelparry.com/flash/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://nigelparry.com/flash/</a> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Today, since the May 22 "unilateral cease-fire" =
was
announced (for 
>which 
>> the Israelis 
>>=A0=A0=A0 have been unjustifiably commended by countries around the
world for 
>> "keeping") it's 
>>=A0=A0=A0 mind-blowing what's going on on the ground: 
>>
<a href=3D"http://electronicintifada.net/chronology/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://electronicIntifada.net/chronology/</a> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 is a day-by-day account of Israeli actions against
Palestinians since 
>the 
>> "cease-fire". 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 As you read it, imagine living there, and being able to do
nothing 
>except 
>> survive. 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Israeli activist Jeff Halper, sent out a report yesterday
that was 
>> similarly shocking, a 
>>=A0=A0=A0 report about ethnic cleansing going on away from the camer=
a
lenses: 
>>=A0=A0=A0
<a=
href=3D"http://electronicintifada.net/features/articles/20010705halper.html=
"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://electronicIntifada.net/features/articles/20010705=
halper.html</a> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Finally, here is a recent report from Human Rights Watch (=
a
US 
>> organisation) for 
>>=A0=A0=A0 those that want a broader overview:
<a href=3D"http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/</a> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Back to the Peppers. The letter that follows below is writ=
ten
to the 
>> Peppers from 
>>=A0=A0=A0 another fan concerned about the Palestinian people, from h=
is
heart. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Protest 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 If any of this makes you think that it's a bad idea for th=
e
Peppers to 
>> play Israel as 
>>=A0=A0=A0 long as Israel continues its repressive military occupatio=
n
against the 
>> Palestinian 
>>=A0=A0=A0 people, then write and let them know you're a fan and that
this bothers 
>> you. We used 
>>=A0=A0=A0 to support bands like U2 and Peter Gabriel for taking stan=
ds
against 
>> South Africa. 
>>=A0=A0=A0 This should be no different. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Keep it simple, be polite, ask them to take a stand for hu=
man
rights 
>> worldwide, and 
>>=A0=A0=A0 ask them not to support the Israeli state by playing
there. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Correspondence can be sent to Starla Angel, the news direc=
tor
of the 
>> official 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Peppers website. Her address is
starla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Please ask the Chili Peppers to do the right thing. Any
concert in a 
>> country that is 
>>=A0=A0=A0 brutally repressing a civilian population is not just anot=
her
tour 
>date. 
>> It's a statement 
>>=A0=A0=A0 that what's going on doesn't really matter that much. And =
the
fates of 
>> people like you 
>>=A0=A0=A0 and me -- even if they speak a different language and live=
in
another 
>> part of the world 
>>=A0=A0=A0 -- should matter very much. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0 Nigel Parry 
>>=A0=A0=A0
<a href=3D"http://nigelparry.com/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://nigelparry.com</a> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 From: Raja Swamy 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Date: Thu Jul 5, 2001 8:14 pm 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Subject: Please do not Play in=
Israel!!! 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dear Red Hot Chili Peppers band, 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You are scheduled to play in Israel on=
August 28, 2001.
It was 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 revealed that you reconsidered your earlier=
decision to
desist 
>after 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 former U.S. President, Bill Clinton=
intervened on behalf
of 
>Israel. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Consider this: 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You live in a country where you are the=
minority group.
Now the 
>vast 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 numbers of the minority group happens to be=
'IN'
"your country" on 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 account of your government having=
militarily attacked,
and 
>> militarily 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 occupied their land and lives. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Imagine this: for 33 years, the minority=
group faces
tanks, 
>> barricades, 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 soldiers with machine guns, as they walk to=
school
everyday, plant 
>> their 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 crops, go to work, drink a cup of tea with=
friends, sing
a song in 
>> the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sunset, play soccer with friends, mourn the=
loss of
relatives, 
>> attend each 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 others' weddings, and so on: military=
occupation that
is 
>accompanied 
>> by 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 constant abuse, physical, and mental abuse,=
irregardless
of 
>whether 
>> you 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 are a 4 year old boy innocently playing in=
your home or
an 80 year 
>> old 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 retired farmer, watching the sunset in his
backyard. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Abuse at the hands of soldiers, abuse at=
the hands of
new European 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 people who have suddenly appeared in your=
backyard, in
your 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 frontyard, in your homes, everywhere, ready=
to take what
is yours 
>> for 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 generations and generations. The newcomers=
are spiteful,
and covet 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 your land; they want to see you and your=
people dead or
gone. The 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 soldiers are their buddies; the 'settlers'=
attack, the
soldiers 
>> 'defend' and 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 you and your community is reduced, reduced,=
reduced from
homes to 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 camps, from smiles to tears, from peace to =
continuous
nightmares, 
>> from 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 seeing the young tender plants grow in the=
ancient farms
to being 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 drowned in seas of blood; 500 Palestinians=
have been
killed by the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Israeli armed forces since October=
2000. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Palestinians have no army, nothing=
comparable even in
the remotest 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sense to the armed forces of Israel. They=
use stones, as
did 
>little 
>> David 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 against the giant Goliath; is that=
violence, or is it
violence to 
>> launch a 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 missile from a helicopter against three=
unarmed elderly
ladies 
>> shopping 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 for vegetables in the marketplace? The=
latter happened,
and what 
>did 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Israel do? They blamed the Palestinians! Is=
this for
real man? 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 You, dear band, represent the culture of yo=
uth,
rebellious, 
>> innocent, and 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 yet daring; daring to challenge the=
arbitrary norms and
values 
>> imposed 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 by the cultures of older generations; it is=
tyhe
rebelliousness 
>that 
>> you 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 show today, that inspired your parents'=
generations to
overthrow 
>the 
>> evil 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 of segragation. Today, Israel practices the=
worst form
of 
>> segragation 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 against Palestinians, whose land it ocupies
illegally. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know, if you are a Palestinian, you=
have to
drive a car 
>with 
>> blue 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 license plates? Did you know, if you are a =
Palestinian,
and get 
>> attacked, 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 killed or abused by an Israeli, your=
attacker will get
away scot 
>> free, with 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 perhaps a scolding from a judge? On the=
other hand, did
you know 
>> that 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 if you were an Israeli, and accused a=
Palestinian of
anything, 
>most 
>> likely 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 that Palestinian would be dealt with as if=
he or she
were guilty? 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know, Israel sanctions torture=
while most
countries reject 
>> it? 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Did you know Israel has young children,=
(among whom
could be many 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 of your young fans!), in prison, who are=
locked up with
adult 
>> criminals, 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 subject to horrendous torture and sexual=
abuse? For
what? For 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 throwing stones on an Israeli tank? FOr bei=
ng
Palestinian? For 
>being 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 alive? Is this something your conscience=
can overlook? I
doubt it! 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Dear, Red Hot Chili Peppers. What would you=
have sung
about if you 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 were Palestinian? Could you hold true to=
your conscience
and still 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 perform to entertain a nation that engages=
in such
brutality? 
>Could 
>> you 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 look into the face of a Palestinian child=
after doing
this and 
>feel 
>> good 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 about yourselves? 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I think not, dear band. Please reconsider=
your decision.
It will 
>be 
>> a great 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sign of support for human rights, democracy=
and the
equality of 
>all 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 human beings, as you will help bring Israel=
to account
for its 
>> wanton 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 cruelty against the Palestinian people. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 If you would like more information on this=
issue, I
would be more 
>> than 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 happy to point resources to you and share=
with you facts
and 
>> figures. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 I urge you to reconsider your decision to=
play in
Israel. If your 
>> sponsors 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 insist, then you should insist in playing a=
solidarity
peace 
>concert 
>> in 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 occpuied Palestinian to a Palestinian=
audience too! That
would be 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 something eh!? If not, just imagine, how=
would it have
been if the 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Beatles were made to play in a country=
where six million
people 
>were 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 being massacred while German officers and=
their wives
were 
>drinking 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 and dancing to 'Its been a hard day's=
night...' Just
imagine! 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 P.S. If you want to know of other artists=
who have
boycotted 
>Israel 
>> as 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 an act of outrage against Israel's human ri=
ghts
violations of 
>> Palestinians, I 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 will be happy to send you the info. 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Sincerely, 
>> 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Raja Harish Swamy 
>>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Manchester, CT 
>>
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