Gilad Atzmon is a jazz & world music artist, a novelist and an author focusing on ID politics.
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Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: Glenn Bowman had a significant influence on my thought and understanding of the origin of the exilic nature of Jewish culture & ideology. Here is an opportunity to listen to Bowman comparing between the Babylonian Jewish exile and the birth of Zionism in the 19th century. Fascinating material!!
A rather stinky Israeli espionage mole has just been exposed in Britain. Yesterday, Liam Fox the Defence Secretary resigned following revelations about his dubious relationship with Adam Werritty. Some 17 years younger than Fox, Werrity has been involved with Fox both in business and in the conservative Atlanticist think-tank ‘The Atlantic Bridge’. While Fox was Defence Minister, Werrity visited Fox at the Ministry on many occasions, accompanied Fox on numerous official trips, attended some of his meetings with foreign dignitaries and used official-looking business cards which announced him as an 'adviser' to Fox – and all despite having no official government post whatsoever. However, it has now also been revealed that Fox and Werritty were heavily financed by the Israeli lobby and ‘beyond’.
In the The Daily Mail Craig Murray wondered whether Mossad was using both Fox and Werritty as 'useful idiots'.
"Say to (them): "If the home of the Hereafter with Allâh is indeed for you especially and not for others, of mankind, then long for death if you are truthful." (Al-Baqarah 2:94)
As a muslim woman (Alhamdulilah) I choose to wear the niqab, this is notimposed on me by any man it is entirely my personal choice, yet it is the focus of fear and loathing by such groups as the E.D.L.- Rabid Zionists such as Harry's Place and even Anti Zionists such as Tony Greenstein.
Today my personal choice of clothing was used in a "thinly veiled" attack on the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. This is the second time this week I witnessed the P.S.C. come under attack the other time was a question as to who funds them raised by Jonathan Hoffman at a meeting hosted by M.E.M.O. at the House of Commons, about The Cold War on British Muslims. Who actually funds the "cold war" on British Muslims was part of the presentation of a report by The Cordoba Foundation. You may well ask what my niqab has to do with the P.S.C. Well after the attack on the Mavi Marmara the P.S.C. hosted an event where some of us who had been on board were able to speak of our experiences, the event was open to anyone who wanted to come and listen to eye witness accounts not just P.S.C. members.
Every day we educate ourselves more about the Jewish ‘anti’ Zionists and their lies. Yesterday we learned about Naomi Wimborne Idrissi who together with her 'Jew Only' political cell (J-BIG) produced a fraudulent defamatory document based on lies. Today we read Dr. Gabi Weber of Café Palestine Freiburg addressing Kershnar’s & Levy’s spin.
I think that our detractors amongst the Jewish ‘anti’ Zionists AKA AZZ (Anti Zionist Zionists) better slow down and re-think their tactics, because they are now fully exposed.
To read Weber letter follow this link:
http://paltagefreiburg2011.blogspot.com/2011/09/video-gilad-atzmon-open-society-and-its.html
Gilad Atzmon speaks about self love, self hate, thinkers who inspire him and of course, The Wandering Who.
There are couple of minutes missing due to a camera failure but we will do our best to get the missing footage from other cameras that were in the room.
Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: In this short address to Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Laura Stuart says “Some of the things that I find disturbing now, more than the scenes of blood, and the massacre itself are, I happen to live in the Finchley area. And sometimes, when I was looking at the soldiers on the boat, pointing their guns at me, I was thinking, do any of you have dual passports? Do any of you live just down the road for me?”
Stuart is indeed correct, this is a matter of great concern. Considering the vast Israeli record on war crimes, the British Government better look closely into this unique group of dual passport holders. Seemingly, our government is doing the complete opposite. Two weeks ago it amended the British Universal Jurisdiction Laws in order to appease leading Israeli war criminals.
Part 1 contains some footage from a picket orgenised by J-BIG that took place shortly prior to Gilad Atzmon's 'The Wandering Who' book launching event and Panel Discussion
Panelists: Glen Bowman, Karl Sabbagh, Oren Ben-Dor and Gilad Atzmon
Facilitator: Irving Rappaport
Panel Discussion on Jewish Identity Politics, Part 1 from Tali Atzmon on Vimeo.
Part 2 contains an introduction by Irving Rappaport who was the facilitator of the event.
Panel Discussion on Jewish Identity Politics Part 2 from Tali Atzmon on Vimeo.
By Gilad Atzmon
I tend to agree with Shlomo Sand that Jews invented themselves as a nation over a century ago. But it was interesting to find out this week that Naomi Wimborne Idrissi and her three Jewish Anti Zionist comrades AKA AZZ (anti Zionist Zionists) were desperate to invent Gilad Atzmon.
For me, the Jewish anti Zionists, exhibit the most amusing ideological pathology of all Jewish collectives. On Monday morning, the Palestine Telegraph called Wimborne Idrissi and her mini clan not to picket my book launch. Wimborne Idrissi, was, seemingly, deaf to the Palestinian call. In the evening she appeared along side another three of her comrades at the resource centre, London. They were not alone. There were another three allies who identified themselves initially as ISM but later had to admit that they were actually representing themselves and themselves only.
I actually went out of the conference centre to meet my adversaries. I wanted to invite them in to take part in the discussion. I thought to myself that if they have a valid criticism, they may well want it to be heard in public. I thought that more than anyone else, they should join the gathering and understand once and for all what my writing is all about and why more and more people regard the AZZ as the enemy within.
Introduction by Gilad Atzmon:: Leading pro-Palestinian activist Laura Stuart tells us about the role of the Jewish thought police in Britain, both Zionist and AZZ (anti Zionist Zionists). For some reason, they insist to locate themselves at the centre of every political discourse.
The last seven days have been particularly busy ones for "activist" me. Last Thursday I was outside Downing Street shoulder to shoulder with the Torah Faithful Jews (N.K.), Muslims and non Muslims, protesting against our government's invited guest 'War Criminal' Tzipi Livni. The Naturei Karta Jews turned up with their banners, stood for photographs, did a video interview all with no fuss, their agenda is clear they want to see the end of the State of Israel. When I e.mailed around the video of the Naturei Karta interview I received a reply from a Jewish lady in America warning me that they do not have the same agenda as us!
Saturday I was in Trafalgar square for the anti war protest and although I didn't notice any Jewish groups there I was especially uplifted (sarcasm) as a Muslim woman, to have read Harry's Place and learned that they were 100% behind the continued war and occupation of Afghanistan in the name of women's rights! Harry's Place a rabid pro Zionist website believes that firing missiles from drones is liberating for Afghan women never mind that said women are too often left widows and grieving mothers.
ON THE 18TH OF OCTOBER @ IRMO CENTER UNIT 7 FAIRFAX HOUSE, MYATTS FIELDS, SOUTH LONDON SW9 7JR, NEAREST TUBE BRIXTON AND, TURN RIGHT AND THEN A 5-10MINUTE WALK BY FOOT.
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GILAD WILL BE GIVING A TALK ABOUT HIS JOURNEY TOWARDS ETHICAL THINKING AND THEN PERFORMING ONE SET WITH FRIENDS.
THERE WILL BE FREE WINE, A Q AND A SESSION (THAT WILL ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING I AM SURE, MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, IDENTITY POLITICS AND OF COURSE MUSIC).
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE A VERY INTERESTING EVENING OF LITERATURE, POLITICS AND GREAT MUSICIANSHIP PLEASE COME DOWN.
Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: Once again, Danny Ayalon provides us with a glimpse into Israeli collective psychosis.
In his Zionised version of the conflict, Israel has always said ‘Yes’ to peace but the ‘Arabs’ said No. However the Hasbara master forgot to mention that Israel is actually a racist, nationalist, expansionist state and it celebrates its symptoms on the expense of the Palestinians people.
Why should anyone say 'yes' to a racist, nationalist, expansionist state?
Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: According to Golan Azulai, everything Israel is doing is nothing but ‘legal’. Azulai is obviously wrong. But you may note that the Hasbara man cannot distinguish between ‘the legal’ and ‘the ethical’. This is indeed a fundamental problem within the Jewish discourse both secular and religious.
Judaism is the acceptance of God’s law. It is not an ethically oriented precept- it is a religious method of blind observance. Tragically enough, Zionism that was there initially to ‘liberate’ the Jew is, in practice, just another method of blind observance. In a Talmudic manner, Zionism would cling to legalism and avoid any form of ethical thinking. This fact alone explains why Israel is the biggest threat to humanity and humanism.
Gilad Atzmon captures the essence of his book, The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics, on the first page of his foreword. The book is about the conundrums of Jewish identity—what is it; why is it special, if it is in fact special; why do the rest of us so often celebrate it; what does the fixation on it mean for Israel and for its neighbors? He wastes no time getting to the core of the issue—which is the politics these identity issues create. On page 1, he cites his own very rightwing grandfather, who he says knew perfectly well that “tribalism can never live in peace with humanism and universalism.” His grandfather was an unapologetic tribal Jewish nationalist, as were virtually all of the early Zionists in Israel, and none of them had any truck with humanism or universalist notions of coexistence with Arabs or Jewish-Palestinian equality in Palestine.
A few days ago I compared two critiques of my new book ‘The Wandering Who”. One was by rabid Zionist Mark Gardner and the other by American academic Kevin MacDonald. I called my piece ‘Supremacists on The Wandering Who’.
In my article I labeled Gardner as a ‘Jewish Supremacist’ and MacDonald as a ‘White Supremacist’. However, since the publication of my column it has been pointed out by a few readers that I may have been insufficiently careful in the way I attributed supremacism to Kevin MacDonald.
The definition of supremacism is actually pretty straightforward. It is the belief that a particular race, species, ethnic group, religion, gender, sexual orientation, belief system or culture is superior to others, and thus entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control or rule those who do not.
What is clear beyond any doubt is that such a definition fits Zionist ideology, discourse or practice like a glove. Zionism is driven by the belief that Jewish people are entitled to dominate, control and rule their supposed ‘promised land’ at the expense of its indigenous population i.e. the Palestinians. But is this only true of Zionism? Is not any Jewish ‘progressive’ discourse, driven by tribal and racial inclinations towards segregation and determined to enforce on others how their struggle must be conducted, is not this also fundamentally supremacist?
My point is actually very simple and, also it seems, devastating. I believe that every single Jewish political discourse is chauvinist to the bone and is either already supremacist or on the verge of becoming supremacist.
Brilliant performance by Sarah last weekend in Derby
This is a song about extraordinary rendition.
Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: I guess that the following is very bad news for Naomi Wimborne Idrissi and her J-Big. The Palestinian Telegraph is calling J-Big to let go..
London, (Pal Telegraph) - A number of so-called “Pro Palestinian campaigners” are planning a picket against the musician and activist, Gilad Atzmon, in London Monday, 10/10/2011. The campaigners suggest that Atzmon is harmful for the Palestinian solidarity. However, the man is reported to be one of the leading critics of Israel and its deadly policies in the Middle East.
A group of the so-called Pro-Palestinian campaigners, Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods (J-Big) have called for a picket of Atzmon's book launch. Atzmon's new book, The Wandering Who, tackles issues to do with Jewish-identity politics and Jewish Diaspora relationships with Israel.
Further, it reveals a very solid fact that some of the so-called Pro Palestinian Jewish groups that support Palestinians are actually primarily concerned with Israel.
The J-Big’s call has been spread by a fanatic persona who is attempting to stop Atzmon criticizing Israel and its Jewish supporters. Experts suggested that J-Big is harming the Palestinian solidarity movement in the UK as it introduces some personal internal Jewish conflicts o the arena of Palestine activism.
Tahir Mahdi, a Palestinian activists based in London expressed his deep concern over the move of J-BIG. He thinks that their move is dividing the Palestinian solidarity in the UK.
“I think Jewish business should be discussed in-house. Jews should take their own conflicts away from the solidarity groups. J-BIG did great job to boycott Israeli goods. Now, they are deviating from their own discourse. If they have issues with Atzmon, then they should keep it away from our Palestinian struggle. I don’t understand why they are trying to hijack the movement.” Said Mahdi
Atzmon's Book Launch is scheduled tomorrow, October 10th at 7.30pm. It will take place at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA. The launch is open for public.
Palestinian and Pro Palestinian activists are expected to attend the event.
Gilad Atzmon probes the dilemmas Zionism has created for its adherents
A fervent friend of the State of Israel, Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove last week wrote to primary schools in the north London boroughs of Haringey and Islington strongly urging them not to participate in human rights workshops that were to form part of the first Tottenham Palestine Literary Festival.
Reacting to concerns raised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Gove evidently concluded that participants in the festival, organized by the Haringey branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, were liable to subject children to anti-Israel propaganda. That the festival's participants included the Jewish fugitive from Nazi Germany, Hanna Braun, and the respected British Jewish poet and broadcaster, Michael Rosen, apparently weighed with him not at all.
Not that Zionists are ever likely to view the Palestine Solidarity Campaign with equanimity, no matter how many Jews join its ranks or how impressive their moral credentials might appear. Indeed, in Zionist eyes, Jews who support to it are merely providing evidence that they belong to that basest of categories, the “self-hating Jew.”
What would have been the alarm of the Board of Deputies if the participants in the Tottenham Palestine Literary Festival had included Gilad Atzmon, the expatriate Israeli jazz musician and writer who positively flaunts his identity as a self-hating Jew and who has just published a powerful new book, The Wandering Who?, which anatomizes attitudes of Jews toward themselves and their fellow human beings.
Gilad Atzmon: As far as I am concerned Torah Jews are the only peaceful Jewish collective that is also coherent, ethical and authentic. They are also totally modest. I have never heard any of these Rabbis telling Palestinians or solidarity activists how to run the Palestinian state or how manage to solidarity movement.
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On Today's Jewish Heroes:
Gilad Atzmon, ex Israeli and internationally recognized jazz musician (http://www.gilad.co.uk/) has just released his latest book called “The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics”. The book is receiving international recognition as the most accurate assessment to date on Jewish identity and political drive.
We have learned in the last few days that some Jewish ‘anti’ Zionist elements are planning to interfere with Zero Books’ The Wandering Who book launch this Monday.
Your support for the book and also for the freedom of speech is most welcome.
Book Launch: A Panel Discussion on 'Jewish Identity Politics'
Monday, 10th October, 2011, 7:00 pm
Resource for London
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA
The truth of the matter is that Israel’s long arm is not necessarily just the Mossad as you may have thought. The title fits nicely to some of our so-called Jewish ‘anti’ Zionist stooges.
Predictably, half a dozen Jewish ‘anti’ Zionists, who have been terrorizing the Palestinian solidarity movement and activists for decades are also very unhappy with my new book The Wandering Who. This is understandable for my new book doesn’t just expose Zionist cultural and ideological morbidity, it also exposes the level of duplicity that is entangled with Jewish ‘anti’ Zionist discourse. The book depicts a clear ideological continuum between the ADL and the so-called Jewish progressive cells. In fact, The Wandering Who openly criticises any form of Jewish secular political discourse Zionist and anti Zionist for being racially oriented. Jewish political activism and identity politics are basically nothing but different forms of a racially exclusive political exercise.
It didn’t take me by complete surprise to find out that J-Big (Jews Only Israeli Boycott Campaign) are operating relentlessly against the book. I always asked myself, how long is it going to take before J-Big contaminates my song with one of their Ava Nagilas or any other Jewish folklore anthem. It is almost amusing to follow the distorted Jewish progressive interpretation of the BDS. Instead of mounting pressure on Israel or its Hasbara agents, J-BIG is now trying to suppress intellectual exchange within our movement.
In recent years I have gathered information about Jewish ‘anti Zionist’ leaders operating constantly against other Palestinian solidarity activists. I have seen Sara Kershnar and Mich Levy of the ‘Jewish Anti Zionist Network (IJAN) operating against myself and others in the USA and in Germany. I have exposed Naomi Wimborne Idrissi operating in a clandestine manner within our movement. I have exposed the infamous Roland Rance and his Wikipedia Jews network vandalising activists’ Wikipedia entries.