« Le monde entier sait qu'un artiste a été intimidé, je me demande si nous
allons pouvoir, à l'avenir, signer des contrats avec des artistes internationaux qui ont un jour ou l'autre été en Israël ; si nous allons même pouvoir accueillir au Liban des chefs d'État qui se sont rendus en Israël », a-t-il poursuivi, rappelant le rôle des festivals dans la dynamique touristique.
« À Gad Elmaleh, nous disons, au nom du Liban, ahlan wa sahlan dans notre pays s'il souhaite revenir sur sa décision ; nous refusons cette jurisprudence », a-t-il tonné, appelant à ce que l'on sépare l'art, la culture et le tourisme de la politique. « L'empêcher de venir au Liban, c'est servir Israël », a-t-il résumé.
Quant à Tammam Salam, il a commencé par dénoncer tout ce qui peut être fabriqué, falsifié ou monté de toutes pièces sur le Net, refusant net lui aussi que la politique vienne se mêler de culture, d'art et de tourisme. .
Et quand leurs allies ont emmerde Fairuz car elle allait se produire sur scene en Syre, c'etait une separation de l'art, la culture et la politique? Bizarre qu'ils ne se soient pas prononces contre l'intimidation dont elle avait fait objet...
Il faut arreter la recuperation politique de tout bord et les faux semblants.
Dommage que Ces hommes politiques et ce peuple aient la memoire d'un poisson rouge...
We, the lebanese people should check our sources, double check them, triple check them, QUADRUPLE check them before making any accusation.
Then we should start to realize that politics and art don't mix
Neither the lebanese people nor the reporters know what critical thinking actually is.
Those criticizing Gad strongly believe that the accusations launched by Al Manar are accurate.
As for those in favor of he visit are denying the accusations and pretendying the pix was photoshopped.
Both are wrong and no one bothered to investigate and identify the truth.
Didn't most of the American politicians visit Lebanon? Didn't these same politicians visit Israel too? Even some of them visited Lebanon coming directly from Israel. Moreover, these same American politicians sell American weapons to Israel which are sooner or later used to kill innocent Lebanese children.
What about Fatfat Tea?
What about some of the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb political figures?
What about the PSP political figures?
so did the guy serve in IDF or is it all false accusations or misinformation from Al-Manar?
as Gad malah agent said it was all false accusations! who should we believe?
i think if it is misinformation from al manar they should just apologize and thats it
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It's celar now, Al-manar is against all Jews !!!!!
All jews artists who decide to come to lebanon, will face a huge propaganda !!!
No offense but this is one of the most ignorant assumptions that one can ever come up with. Especially when it's backed by hate and anger, and not by reason.
You don't know anything, and i mean anything at all, about HA, so don't ever come up with such simplistic 5 years old kids' cliches.
Go learn a little more about the people that you're accusing then come back and apologize.
As for Gad El Maleh, whether he denied that he served in the Israeli Army or not doesn't matter anymore. Whether it is his picture or not, does not matter either.
The mere fact that he is publicly a strong supporter of Tsahal, and was publicly thanked by a Tsahal association for his strong support for it, and never disavowed it, is enough to forbid him the entry of the Lebanese territory, and not only to boycott his shows.
Which is something that we need to learn to do in all similar cases. No matter the person, the rank, the nationality, the faith, etc...etc...
That's if we have a minimum of decency and patriotism or at least, some self-respect.
This is what makes people and states respect our national sovereignty which is a good thing to do if we care to keep the integrity of this country intact.
People need to respect us, and to think twice before they decide to stand by our enemies and support them. No heart feelings.
A stand-up comedian, who happens to be a strong supporter of the Tsahal (whether he has been a member of that army or not, whether he has visited Israel or not, wont add or reduce anything concerning this case by the way), has planned a three days stage performance at Beit el Din festival, Lebanon.
And that Tsahal, happens to be an enemy for Lebanon, whereas just three years ago it waged a thirty-days war on this poor country, whereas it murdered more than 1100 civilians mostly children, and destroyed the infra-structure of the country, and was opposed and resisted by a relatively small group of brave native fighters, who lost 49 of their comrades in the process. And still, that army is violating Lebanon's sovereignty on a weekly basis, and places its military ships to monitor illegally its sea shores.
And then, some Lebanese come and argue that the comedian is of a good quality and a plus for the Beit el Din festivals, and suggest that the Lebanese think open-minded, and for once separate politics from cultural interaction (although I don't have a clue what's this supposed to mean, since it's whole the ******* cultural values are at stakes here and much more than those values too, and not some temporary political animosity). And they urge the Lebanese to go attend those shows intensively so that Lebanon's image wont be severely criticized and destroyed by the western media.
Well, well. Some argue also that democracy is the ideal way for the people of this world to rule themselves.
This very case here, is a very strong argument actually, to argue otherwise, that is a just dictatorship on the contrary is the way to go!
People with no self-esteem, no self-respect, no dignity, no honor, and eventually with little brains and low-limited knowledge, should be dealt with and ruled bil Jazma!
manar are racist :S???? u are only giving reasons to justify why we have to give publicity to an pro- israeili artist ... and pro terrorist acts ... he doesn't deserve it and good for us that we didnt
''People with no self-esteem, no self-respect, no dignity, no honor, and eventually with little brains and low-limited knowledge, should be dealt with and ruled bil Jazma! '' as
FALSE more says
come on , msh kel ma wa7ad sham hawa in israel we should do a big fuss about it believe it or not , we are only a couple of countries in this world who don't have diplomatic relations with israel , so if he lived in israel or whatever he was doing in israel , its normal
You're right, and this is all our fault, I don't find any reason why we are behaving in such an aggressive way with Israel.
They have been very nice neighbors, their reputation is excellent worldwide ..
The thousands that were killed by the Israelis in Lebanon are iranian, Shebaa is not Lebanese.
There is no reason for us not to have diplomatic relations with Israel.
2nd July 2009
