I Israel feires "Memorial Day" for å minnes landets falne.
Og så har et utviklet seg et alternativ ... der israelere og palestinere samarbeider om et arrangement der begge siders falne minnes.
I en artikkel i Haaretz 2. mai beskrives den hets den kjente israelske skuespiller Rivka Michaeli utsettes for ved sin deltakelse i den alternative minnedagen.:
"'Violent Incitement': The Israeli Right Is Furious at This Legendary Actress"
Det er sterke ord som brukes i angrepet på den 84-årige Rivka Michaeli.
Hun angir hus skal lese dette diktet under seremonien:
“From the place where we are right
flowers will never grow in the
spring.
The place where we are right
is hard and trampled like a
yard. /
But doubts and loves dig up the world like a mole, a plow.
And
a whisper will be heard in the place where the ruined house once
stood.”
HELE artikkelen i Haaretz nederst her.
Skudeneshavn 3. mai 2022
Jan Marton Jensen
HELE artikkelen i Haaretz 2. mai 2022:
'Violent Incitement': The Israeli Right Is Furious at This Legendary Actress
Rivka Michaeli, 84, one of Israel's most famous actresses, has become the subject of a ‘violent incitement campaign’ after announcing her participation in a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony
May. 2, 2022 3:01 P
Veteran Israeli actress Rivka Michaeli has been denounced and received
threats from right-wing extremists online following her announcement
that she is participating in Tuesday’s joint Israeli-Palestinian
Memorial Ceremony – which is held on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day
for fallen soldiers and victims of terror.
Following the attacks on social media platforms, the ceremony’s organizers posted a petition signed by 22 prominent figures in politics and entertainment offering support for Michaeli in the face of the “violent incitement campaign” against her. Among the signatories: former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Shin Bet security service chief and government minister Jacob Perry.
Michaeli,
84, is a “pillar of Israeli culture” and deserves “honor and respect,”
the petition said. The campaign against her “by the far right is a mark
of Cain on Israeli society,” it added.
The annual joint ceremony is billed as an alternative “opportunity for
Israelis and Palestinians to both grieve together and stand strong in
demanding an end to the cycle of violence,” in place of the traditional “Israeli Memorial Day, which justifies the political status quo, and asserts militarized nationalism and a narrow one-sided narrative.”
Michaeli revealed her plans to participate last week, saying she would
be reading a poem by Yehuda Amichai, “The Place Where We Are Right,”
together with Arab-Israeli actor George Iskandar.
Asked in a television interview why she had decided to take part, she
said only that “the poem I am reading explains exactly why I am
participating in this Memorial Day ceremony.” She proceeded to quote the
short verse: “From the place where we are right / flowers will never
grow in the spring. / The place where we are right / is hard and
trampled like a yard. / But doubts and loves dig up the world like a
mole, a plow. / And a whisper will be heard in the place where the
ruined house once stood.”
While many prominent Israeli artists, authors and musicians have
appeared at the ceremony in previous years, the participation of a
beloved and mainstream figure like Michaeli seems to have struck a nerve
on the right.
The most prominent denouncement came from far-right rapper The Shadow,
aka Yoav Eliasi, who posted on Facebook: “Why are you participating in
an event of contempt for the memory of our warriors who sacrificed their
lives for you?” He accused Michaeli of putting Israel Defense Forces
soldiers “in the same category as child-killing terrorists trying to
destroy us” and “attending an event that just came to hurt and put salt
on the bleeding wounds” when over the past month Israel buried 14
victims of terror attacks.
He slammed Michaeli and others associated with the ceremony as “sick and disconnected smug people, full of self-hatred in the guise of enlightenment sitting in their ivory tower.”
Michaeli may be “a great actress,” he continued, but she was “a bad and resentful person who aligns with haters and enemies, and hurts bereaved families.” Her next step, he said, should be participating in a “joint day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust, and the Nazis.”
The alternative memorial ceremony, which began in 2006 at the initiative of a bereaved parent, is co-sponsored by the Parent Circle-Families Forum and Combatants for Peace. From small beginnings, its size has grown annually and a long list, including many overseas Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, have donated to the ceremony over the years. According to the group, 9,000 people attended 2019’s event and more than 200,000 worldwide watched the event online during the COVID pandemic in 2020. This year's event will also be available online, beginning at 8:30 P.M.
Over the years, there have been multiple political and legal battles over the granting of permits to Palestinians to enter Israel and participate.
Both of the ceremony’s sponsoring organizations said they were “proud”
of Michaeli’s decision to take part, along with other artists and public
figures.
Michaeli has been a leading performer in Israel for more than 60 years. Born in 1938, she was performing on Israel Radio at the age of 14 and has been a stage performer since the 1960s, combining acting with a career in radio and television broadcasting.
She
is best known for her comic performances in the iconic ’70s satire show
“Nikui Rosh” and hosting the country’s most-watched variety show in the
years when the country only had one television channel. In recent
decades, she has forged a reputation as a fine dramatic performer on
both stage and screen.
Michaeli’s political leanings are no secret: she serves on the public council of B’Tselem, an NGO that works to document human rights violations in the Palestinian territories, and has publicly participated in activities of other anti-occupation groups like Breaking the Silence.
But the past week’s attacks across Twitter and Facebook, following The Shadow’s post, were notably vicious. They called her “garbage” and a “terrorist,” told her to “disappear” and that it was time for her to “go to her grave.” Some called for a boycott of the play in which she is currently performing.
MK Gaby Lasky (Meretz) spoke out in the media against the attempt “by bullies to terrorize cultural and spiritual figures. Attacking bereaved families while they are preparing for Memorial Day is a combination of incitement and silencing. Rivka Michaeli – we stand behind you.”
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