Today a new war broke in my country. My boyfriend and me woke up at 6:30 from a sound of a loud siren. We live in suburb close to Tel Aviv. Today is actually a traditional holiday for the jews and it is also Sabbath. Thousands of missiles were thrown on the southern and centre areas of Israel. The news is terrible. Hundreds of young people who celebrated in techno party in nature were slaughtered. Many of them killed and many were kidnapped to Gaza. Many civilians who live in “Kibbutz” that close to the border were shot, many of them are old people who established those Kibbutzim. I always took part in left demonstrations and Jewish-Arab activities. For 8 months we are taking part in massive demonstrations against prime minister Netanyahu and his worst parliament. But now, my hope is almost gone. The stories keep coming out and it looks like a nightmare.
YAEL @ Issue no. 256I was dismayed to hear that my namesake, Tom Jones has had his murder ballad, Delilah cancelled by the Welsh Rugby Union, and roundly condemned by Police Chiefs and Politicians, for imagery of violence towards women and the fear it will inspire such acts. Research of course consistently shows this to be nonsense, but there are always certain types of, media attention seeking, public figures who love to perpetuate such myths. Therefore, as an artist who released a whole album of murder ballads, actually called “Murder Ballads”, just how worried are you about your future cancellation, and what is your view on such censorship?
TOM @ Issue no. 222