I don't know whether Frank Turner is Jewish, which would maybe alter my interpretation of this song a little.
I get the impression that although he understands how the "...justifiably angry camp survivors..." felt following World War II, and despite the fact that anti-Semitism is a hushed subject these days that people are all to keen to deny exists; Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon isn't helping the cause of his people by acting like a bigot (thereby ignoring the last fourty years of Middle Eastern history) and thus ignoring the Palestinian plight.
Personally, I wouldn't call Sharon a raciest. I believe him to be a man locked in the same power war as a lot of other world leaders. His methods aside, I'll leave it for someone else to comment on his whether his motive really is a hatred of Arabs or not.
I also find it interesting the way he sets the record straight with the first verse (that he supports the Jewish cause), before launching off on Sharon. A sad sign of the times, having to cover your own backside before you present you argument.
I really like this song, and the message of 'learning from history' it conveys. Hate 'must' never breed hate, its contradictory to our own purpose as human beings to ignore the lessons we learn from the mistakes we make.
I don't know whether Frank Turner is Jewish, which would maybe alter my interpretation of this song a little.
I get the impression that although he understands how the "...justifiably angry camp survivors..." felt following World War II, and despite the fact that anti-Semitism is a hushed subject these days that people are all to keen to deny exists; Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon isn't helping the cause of his people by acting like a bigot (thereby ignoring the last fourty years of Middle Eastern history) and thus ignoring the Palestinian plight.
Personally, I wouldn't call Sharon a raciest. I believe him to be a man locked in the same power war as a lot of other world leaders. His methods aside, I'll leave it for someone else to comment on his whether his motive really is a hatred of Arabs or not.
I also find it interesting the way he sets the record straight with the first verse (that he supports the Jewish cause), before launching off on Sharon. A sad sign of the times, having to cover your own backside before you present you argument.
I really like this song, and the message of 'learning from history' it conveys. Hate 'must' never breed hate, its contradictory to our own purpose as human beings to ignore the lessons we learn from the mistakes we make.