I have to say I wasn't aware of THIS before Jack's heads up - thanks for that
I have no time for Zionism and, while I have tried to understand Stalinism, am no supporter of that either
On the other hand, taking Seeger's actions in context I'm not sure I'm prepared to wholeheartedly condemn him for things he did or sang over half a century ago
Many of us, me included, bent over backwards to hope that Israel turned out a half-decent refuge for those who escaped the Holocaust - my intended marriage to the daughter of Holocaust survivors ended when her I fell out with her mother refusing to accept her describing the then Israeli Government as "a bunch of murdering Fascists" - she was right, of course
We live and learn if we are lucky and try to make up for past mistakes
From Pete's track record regarding Israel, I think at least he has made the effort
Jim Carroll