Vive Charlie Issue 26 | Page 8

I’ve always been an outspoken person because I’m a comedian and the subjects of racism, classism, sexism were important subject for me to lampoon and stand against, as a proper Socialist, like my father and his father before him-a Russian Jewish immigrant in Salt Lake City Utah.

Becoming more and more political since the shock of 9-11 – I found myself one day asked by the former Presidential nominee of the Green Party, Cynthia Mckinney to carry the water for the left, as she put it-and to represent by running for the party’s nomination myself. Perhaps because of the fact that a lot of people had no idea that I was Jewish, because I’m not the American stereotype-I have been privy my whole life to hearing things non Jews say about Jews, which they might not say if they knew they were speaking in front of one.

During my campaign, about 2011, everything I had ever believed about the left was shaken and the scales fell from my eyes-and I had to admit that many of those I considered comrades were naked bigots, who had absolutely no interest in peace between Israel and Palestinian Arabs, at all-as I did. It was shocking to realize that what I considered criticism of Israel many many times gave way to regular garden variety anti-Semitism that I had overheard all of my life. During my campaign, which I filmed as a documentary, I became more and more afraid of what I saw gathering in America. I saw Jews and African Americans divided over American Israel policy and Jews divided against Jews over it too. I spoke about Israel during campaigns and was frequently shouted down by Jewish Leftists-so I learned, because I’m a comic to answer the totally pre programmed questions with a real answer which came from me, and not from any centralized NGO or group. That did stop people in their tracks for a minute or two, but they would invariably return to regurgitating the talking points they were being paid or self appointed to regurgitate.

I am certainly not here to defend the indefensible – Israel has many things about it which need correction – like every single other state and nation on earth. May all things wrong in the Jewish State be immediately addressed and reconciled – that’s my prayer and the promise of Rav Kook, one of the founders of Zionist philosophy – that The Nation, once restored to its land, will also be restored to our true national character – that of The Lightbearers of Freedom Brotherhood Excellence and New Expanding Vistas of Intelligence.

We Jews can be somewhat rude, ‘demanding’ and intransigent and more opinionated than most at times. A people get quite tense after terrible things are repeatedly done to them, and yet – Jews do not care what religion other people are, and we would never DREAM of denying any religious minority their right to worship. Many religions, and religious freedom itself are part of the diversity of Israel. We also believe that people have the right to be free of religion too, if they choose.

But – by G-d, we lack the SUPREME GALL and insensitivity of a typical left wing ‘peace activist’ trust-funder living in Chicago to suggest that one third of the world’s surviving Jews, should not be allowed to buy or own or live on land inside any Arab State, after centuries of citizenship there, nor to be allowed to live in only ONE tiny place behind green lines in our own homeland, where we are called ‘settlers’ and ‘occupiers’– AFTER Warsaw! In fact, the Arab Nakba of nearly one million Arabic Jews & theft of their wealth of centuries followed the Shoah! Yet, American groups like code pink jewish voice for peace & even J street have yet to mention one word about any of this, though many Jews are in those groups. You can’t make this shit up folks!

BDS is right wing and fascist, make no mistake-the fact that it pretends to be of the Left helps to obscure the fact of the ethnic cleansing of Jews

B.D.S. Is a Fascist Organization of Lies

By Roseanne Barr

American actress, comedian, writer, television producer, director, and 2012 presidential nominee of the California-based Peace and Freedom Party.

@therealroseanne roseanneworld.com