Gad el Maleh show cancelled !

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Originally Posted by The Jade

How come Gad was allowed to enter Lebanon ?
How come was he given a visa ?

Doesn't the state know who might've fought in the Israeli army ?
The surete generale, headed by Jezzini didn't have a problem with him entering the country.....

Call it a mistake, a little mistake.

Originally Posted by The Jade

Najwa Karam and I dunno who sang a song for Bachar el Assad, the same Bachar who killed many of our citizens, should we boycott them too and kick them out of Lebanon?

Syria is not an official ennemy to Lebanon, ask Saad El Hairi the Lebanese PM to declare Syria as an ennemy as how Israel is officially an ennemy then come here and do this post

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Originally Posted by PhoenixResurrection

According to the magazine NouvelObs.com it all started with this pix
that lebanese media - I'm presuming aka almanar- attributed to Gad almaleh in Tsahal's fatigues.

Naturally this is not Gad Almaleh. AL Manar reporters are apparently that stupid and didn't bother to read the information on the website and to note that it is a pix of some Tsahal soldier WHILE the comments are Gad's. This was apparently part of a campaign in support for Tsahal launched by an NGO (the website owners) and in which a bunch of french artists participated...

So to sum it up
Was Gad an IDF soldier? No
Did he participate in an event in support of Israel & IDF? yes like most french artists
Do the ones protesting against Gad have the right to? Yes in the name of freedom of speech
Does it do them any favor of calling for a boycott? No because they end up as the people who want to send us to the dark ages (IMO we never surpassed the dark ages in lebanon yet but whatever)

I do understand the frustration of the lebanese specially those that directly suffered from Israeli's murderous acts. BUT calling for boycott is plain stupid.
Instead they should have welcomed Gad to lebanon and invited him to visit the populations, the ruins & destructions caused by the IDF, to see the consequences of Tsahal's acts...

It reminds me of the 14M dudes when they were offended by Fairuz singing in Syria calling for boycott etc...

Apparemment la stupidity libanaise depasse les clivages politiques...

So you agree that he is active in supporting Israel, at the same time, you don't find a reason why we should boycott him in Lebanon ...
This is so strange !
Please read what you write before posting it, what you're saying is funny

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Originally Posted by Führer

There are lots of Lebanese politicians who traveled several times to Israel, met with high Israeli officials, and bought weapons from there. Yet, they are still not only living a peaceful life in Lebanon, but also holding top political positions in certain parties.

Lebanon is not utopia. Cultural exchange is what our century is all about. Let Lebanon be part of it.

You're probably talking about Bashir El Gemayyel, he was assassinated

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Originally Posted by 3abbas

The manager that i work with is a french jews who lived in israel for two years. He is the nicest person i ever met and he helped me when i was in a deep sh*t and when other lebanese gave me empty words.

Can i invite him to lebanon or i'll be facing a huge propaganda and i'll be judged because i am an israeli agent trying to help ex-tsahal to enter lebanon?

What happens was ******** !! I only hope that the manar accusations are true, otherwise i 'll not be able to respond when someone ask me why Gad el maleh was obliged to cancel his show.
I can tell him, that it's all the fault of HA, it will work. I'll add that i was so stupid when i defended HA in the past. They will just say that he got his brain back :)

regards,

Based on your nice experience with your lovely manager, I would like to call our prime minister to go kiss Barak and say sorry for all the bad things that we did to Israel

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Originally Posted by coralie

Gad elmaleh loves israel !
where is your problem guys ? he is jew he loves his jewish state he praise it and invites all his friends jewish and non jewish to visite it fine , this is his personal opinion ! we dont love israel it is our ennemy and the state that brought wars and death to our beautiful Lebanon and its citizens thats too is our opinion .

now did Gad elMaleh at any time hurt Lebanon or the lebanese with any sort of calumniatory comments acts or behavior ? if yes please bring forth the proof !

now lets see how the israely react :

By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Writer

Monday, July 31, 2006

......Gibson said, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,".....

...Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, called Gibson's apology "unremorseful and insufficient." Prominent Hollywood talent agent Ari Emanuel called for an industry boycott of Gibson in a blog posted Monday.


"At a time of escalating tensions in the world, the entertainment industry cannot idly stand by and allow Mel Gibson to get away with such tragically inflammatory statements," he wrote. "People in the entertainment community, whether Jew or gentile, need to demonstrate that they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even if it means a sacrifice to their bottom line.


"There are times in history when standing up against bigotry and racism is more important than money."



This is not the first time Gibson has faced accusations of anti-Semitism. Gibson produced, directed and financed "The Passion of the Christ," which some Jewish leaders said cast Jews as the killers of Jesus. Days before "Passion" was released, Gibson's father, Hutton Gibson, was quoted as saying the Holocaust was mostly "fiction."......

Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic remarks cited in official police report

so the jews have the right to boycott because of a comment they call "anti semitic" they can discredit you , your work, your life, your reputation, your family ....

now this is what i call a bad image of the so called civilised world ! why every time anyone dares open his/her mouth critisizing israel he/she is considered anti semit or terrorist and is investigated isolated fought and banned ?

of course as a LEBANESE civilised person with an open mind having enough respect for every one's freedom of speach i refuse any discremination of any sort from both sides . but when i see that allover the world jews/islraeli take the upper hand and impose their rule i say STOP it is time we treat them the same .

again i ask did Gad elMaleh at any time or any occasion made any bad comments regarding Lebanon or the Lebanese ?

why didnt we boycott Harisson ford's movies he had a very harsh comments AGAINST LEBANON during the july war ? .

if Manar made all this story just because he is Jew well this was wrong extremely wrong and i am realy sad Gad's had to cancel his show .

Thank you coralie

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Originally Posted by 3abbas

It's celar now, Al-manar is against all Jews !!!!!

All jews artists who decide to come to lebanon, will face a huge propaganda !!!

It is not Al Manar .. it is us the people who have been under the Israeli fires for years. not only us, our government.
It's not the jews that we are against, we are against Israelis and their active supporters.

[The Jade]

Originally Posted by Abou Sandal

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.

What about the Tsahal support ?

Get me the proof, get me the video, get me something other than what Manar reported.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixResurrection

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.

This whole issue would have been solved if we saw Gad on TV denying what has been said about his active support to Israel.
Why couldn't he do that?

[Abou Sandal]

Originally Posted by The Jade

What about the Tsahal support ?

Get me the proof, get me the video, get me something other than what Manar reported.

Actualité de l'ABSI

This is the Website of the Tsahal Association where the comments are still posted.

Learn well about this extreme-right wing association before saying anything.

They are praising Gad Elmaleh for his strong support for Tsahal.

Gad Elmaleh knows about this association and is proud to figure among a handful of French artists that this association considers as friends and strong supporters.


So he strongly supports Tsahal, he is proud of it, and Tsahal is proud of him, and that makes him even happier and prouder.

Anything else?

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Biden is a self declared Zionist. Not only did he come to Lebanon, but they also blocked the traffic which caused people to get stuck in their cars for over 6 hours that day.

Let's not be hypocrites here. It would have been better to let the guy come, then stage peaceful demonstrations against his positions.