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Eno joins anti-Israeli-bombing gang
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 7 January 2009
Now Brian Eno has been condemning Israel’s ongoing military attack on neighbouring Gaza, claiming the Israelis were wrong to pretend they were the “victim” in the dispute between the two countries. An increasing number of c’lebs have been speaking out about the ongoing bombing and ground attack on Gaza – as previously reported, Annie Lennox spoke out last week.
Speaking at a London rally last weekend, Eno said: “What we’re seeing in Gaza is an experiment in provocation conducted by the Israeli government. You take one and a half million people, you stuff them into a small space, you deny them food, water, sanitation, medicine, and then act surprised when they get hostile. But you want that hostility, because that’s the cue for you to act the victim. Israel is pretending to be a victim in a situation in which they are the oppressor”.
The legendary producer and former Roxy Music man continued: “It’s tragic that a country formed in the ashes of the holocaust should act in this way. It’s heartbreaking. Why do the Israelis do it? What’s the reason for creating this conflict? The reason is that under the cover of it they can continue to build settlements. They can continue to get large grants from the American government. They can continue to steal the homeland of the Palestinians, and continue to make a Warsaw ghetto in the Middle East”.
