Bob Geldof announced Gaza Aid 2025

Very odd. Going out of his way to stop a housing development. But then it's what millionaires do I suppose. Such a rebel.

Agree. 🤨

This

It’s not far more nuanced. It’s very simple.

A murderous islamo-fascist regime is attempting to eradicate a democratic state which happens to be the only Jewish state on earth. Hamas and its backers have managed to dupe the Western liberal elite into supporting it.

The farmland isn’t actually near him. He’s at the far side of town and traffic etc wouldn't affect him either. Not really nimbiysm

I suppose nimbyism is quite time consuming. And possibly expensive? Could he not get some of the 80s heads to do an ould benefit gig. Geddorf Me Land Aid. Rod Stewart and Phil Collins . Roger Daltrey.

Actually, I suppose it has multiple points

1. click bait

2. pick on someone who achieved something massive - and pick on them for literally no reason at all

3. click bait

4. sit at home criticising someone who achieved something massive while achieving nothing - because how dare somebody achieve massive things? So massive that people are still talking about it 40 years later. Okay, this poster is clearly furious that somebody dared to do something so mammoth because, hey it's been 40 years.

5. click bait

6. pretend to feel virtuous while criticising a humongous achievement

This post makes about as much sense as the thread 🤷🏻‍♀️

‘The powerful pro Israel lobby’ who ‘everybody is scared of’

And say they’re not antisemitic

smh

If I was 73 year old Bob, I’d be happily letting any one of the uber-minted celebrities of 2025 step up for this one. Why not Jay-z and Beyonce, or Taylor or Ed or Oasis. Any of them could sacrifice a night’s ticket sales alone.

What Bob and Midge pulled off in 1985 was amazing, risky and of it’s time. Even then, the biggest US stars gave the Philadelphia concert a swerve: Jackson, Prince, Springsteen, Ross

I can’t resist although I’ve no idea what this thread is about but. Geldofs ancestry and influences are Belgium Catholic, English Jewish, German Protestant and he was born and brought up in Ireland. Who knows what he thinks of the Gaza situation but he’s certainly spending time campaigning against Price Williams 2500 new housing estate on Duchy farmland. Maybe that’s taking up his time along with shopping in the local charity shops 😀 and jamming with Jools Holland at Cooling castle

No, I’m on the side of the ordinary Palestinian who has had their live destroyed. I’d do that in any circumstance, whatever the country, race, creed etc. And by rhetoric, I mean the constant chatter about taking the one side. And as I said, we’d be a lot better off if we let conflict resolve more locally.

I used to ask myself this question, until I discovered the answer and now I know it's pointless.

And I should have added, supporter of a viable Palestinian state too, as that is Labour Friends of Israel's position.

Oops sorry, obviously Israel isn’t a Muslim country, meant to say it was one of the few countries in the Middle East where Arabs have a genuine free vote!

Why wouldn’t there be a pro Israel lobby in the UK? It’s the only true democracy in the Middle East where women and gays have equal rights and one of the few Muslim countries in the Middle East where Arabs have the vote.

Or maybe its the other way around. He is a member of Friends of Israel because it aligns with his position as a supporter of the nation of Israel.

Kier Starmer’s wife is Jewish.

@mids2019

So he actually HASN'T mentioned 'Gaza Aid' at all then?

Why put that as the title?

And why would he do this anyway?

As several others have said, what on earth are going on about?!

@mids2019

He is 73 and it’s up to the younger generation to do something if they want to.

Also I believe he is of Jewish descent - tho Wikipedia does say he doesn’t follow a religion. However I doubt he would be pro-Palestine.

His paternal grandmother, Amelia Falk, was a British Jewfrom London of German-Jewishdescent.

I don’t understand people saying the media is pro Israel - everything I see in the media is in favour of Gaza. Channel 4 is very pro-Palestine.

They're doing their very best to catch up.

Maybe. But it's equally possible he is more inclined to sympathise with Israel. His friend Bono is / was a born again Evangelical Christian. Bob Geldof isn't of course but many in his generation ( myself included) had a rose tinted view of Israel. Going there to pick fruit on a kibbutz was a rite of passage for many people. Yes , I know Christian churches are being destroyed by settlers and the IDF but that doesn't matter to the born agains. All part of God's plan. The Rapture etc.

PM "scared of Pro Israel lobby". I don't know if he's scared but he's part of Friends of Israel group in parliament. Maybe a reason why he takes his positions? See also Telegraph newspaper.

Yes, when it's needing to arrests. Bullying tactics.

The irony.

I don’t think you are discussing in good faith so I’ll leave you to it.