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ON THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST SMEAR CAMPAIGN - A STATEMENT BYGILAD ATZMON
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* Booking In Germany and Europe Navigation A Statement by Gilad Atzmon Magazine Bio Media Photos Music videos Thoughts, lectures & TV Music News Press Quotes The Spirit of Trane blog The Whistle Blower Blog Listen to the Whistle Blower Songs of the Metropolis The Tide Has Changed Gilad with Strings The Orient House Ensemble Discography Productions Saxophones etc' Thoughts Writings RSS & News Letters Archive Shop Books CDs Downloads Literature Being in Time Being in blog The Wandering Who? A to Zion My One And Only Love A Guide To The Perplexed Documentary: Gilad and All That Jazz Contact Gilad Booking In Germany and Europe ON THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST SMEAR CAMPAIGN A STATEMENT BY GILAD ATZMON > "The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel > has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west.” > Glenn Greenwald 19.7.2017>
Together with veteran Pink Floyd star Roger Waters and many other artists and thinkers worldwide, I am being subjected to an international smearcampaign,
orchestrated and promoted by various Zionist institutions that attempt to silence every form of legitimate dissent of Zionism and Israelipolitics.
Local councils, clubs and festivals that promote my music or my thoughts around the world are being subjected to a barrage of emails sent in a clear and malicious attempt to slander me. In these emails I am called an ‘anti-Semite’, ‘bigot’, ‘racist’, ‘Holocaust denier’, and so on. THIS DUPLICITOUS CAMPAIGN OF FABRICATION IS ADDRESSED BY ME HERE.
I DELVE ONTO EACH OF THE FALSE QUOTES ATTRIBUTED TO ME AND PROVIDE MY ORIGINAL WORDS INSTEAD. \n","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwTWlKmQX2I","width":854,"height":480,"providerName":"YouTube","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WwTWlKmQX2I/hqdefault.jpg","resolvedBy":"youtube"}" data-block-type="32" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1545869534588_10552"> " data-provider-name="YouTube" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1589777081888_118"> Obviously, there is no truth in any of this. As a writer I have indeed criticised Israel and other manifestations of Jewish political exceptionalism, I critically analysed Zionism, Jewish politics, ideology and identity politics in general. I do believe that all states, ideologies and politics must be subject to criticism, but I have never criticized Jews (or anyone else for that matter) as people, as a race or as a biological entity. In fact, my work is deeply _anti_-racist and focuses only on the political and the cultural. Update: 1. in January 2018 Gilad Atzmon was listed amongst 'one hundred living peace and justice activists, advocates, models.' Unfortunately, there are some who are engaged in relentless censorship and book burning and we must never permit them to succeed. Intellectual freedom and tolerance are precious Western values which we must defend at all odds. So in case you feel the need to address some of those hateful operatives, here are a few points you might wish to take into account. 1. FROM ITS DAY OF INCEPTION, MY OWN MUSICAL GROUP, THE ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE (OHE) HAS BEEN A MELTING POT FOR ARTISTS OF MANY DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING JEWISH, BLACK, ARAB AND ROMANI MUSICIANS – HARDLY A ‘BIGOTED’ SETTING. 2. DESPITE INCREASINGLY TOUGH ‘HATE SPEECH’ LAWS IN THE UK, EUROPE AND THE USA, I HAVE NEVER ONCE BEEN QUESTIONED BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY ABOUT ANY OF MY WRITINGS OR PUBLIC APPEARANCES. MY VIEWS AND THOUGHTS ARE WELL WITHIN THE STRICT BOUNDARIES OF THE LAW IN THE UK, EU AND EVERY OTHER WESTERN COUNTRY. 3. I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A ‘HOLOCAUST DENIER.’ THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE. I DO NOT DENY THE HOLOCAUST, BUT I DO INSIST THAT THIS CHAPTER IN OUR PAST SHOULD BE TREATED NOT AS A RELIGION OR DOGMA, BUT MUST, LIKE ALL OTHER EVENTS IN THE PAST, BE SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY AND OPEN DISCUSSION. DESPITE GERMANY AND AUSTRIA’S STRINGENT HOLOCAUST DENIAL LAWS, MY BOOKS AND WRITING ARE TRANSLATED AND PUBLISHED IN BOTH COUNTRIES AND I PERFORM AND TEACH THERE REGULARLY WITHOUT EVER BEING SUBJECTED TO ANY LEGAL ISSUES. 4. MY DETRACTORS CURRENTLY SPREAD AN OUTRAGEOUS LIE ABOUT ME THAT I ADVOCATED SYNAGOGUES BURNING. NEEDLESS TO MENTION THAT THIS IS A TOTAL FABRICATION THAT WAS INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO ME IN A GUARDIAN ARTICLE BACK IN 2005. HOWEVER, THE GUARDIAN WAS VERY QUICK TO CORRECT ITS MISTAKE AND PUBLISHED MY LETTER TO CLARIFY THIS MISQUOTE:“QUOTE, MISQUOTE
Your quote ('Boycott threat to Israeli colleges', News, last week) of my saying 'I'm not going to say whether it is right or not to burn down a synagogue, I can see that it is a rational act' is inaccurate and taken out of context. By no means did I justify any form of violence against Jews, Jewish interests or any innocent people. In the School of Oriental and African Studies we were debating the question of rationality of anti-semitism. I claimed that since Israel presents itself as the 'state of the Jewish people', and bearing in mind the atrocities committed by the Jewish state against the Palestinians, any form of anti-Jewish activity may be seen as political retaliation. This does not make it right.GILAD ATZMON
London NW2
5. MY WORK HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED HUMANISTS AND SCHOLARS AROUND. HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES: "A transformative story told with unflinching integrity that all (especially Jews) who care about real peace, as well as their own identity, should not only read, but reflect upon and discuss widely." _PROFESSOR RICHARD FALK _ United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine "Fascinating and provocative" _PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, JOHNJ. MEARSHEIMER_
"Atzmon has the courage - so profoundly lacking among Western intellectuals" _PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, JAMES PETRAS_ “Gilad’s book constitutes an excellent critique of Identity Politics in general and Jewish Identity Politics in particular from a humanistic perspective.” _PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, FRANCISA. BOYLE_
“INSTEAD OF KING OF THE JEWS. PERHAPS ATZMON SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS THE PROPHET OF OLD, AT LEAST IN HIS SELF DESCRIPTION AND HIS OUTREACH, THIS IS THE WAY HE APPEARS” _JEWISH THEOLOGY PROFESSOR __MARCELLIS_
"A superb and necessary book that demystifies some "undeniable truths" about Jewish identity - _GAUDEN SARASOLA, __EL PAIS_ "Atzmon’s essential contribution to solidarity with Palestine is to help non-Jews realize that they are not always in the wrong when conflicts with Jewish organizations arise." _SCIENCE PROFESSOR __JEANBRICMONT_
"Gilad Atzmon’s book, _The Wandering Who_? is as witty and thought provoking as its title. But it is also an important book, presenting conclusions about Jews, Jewishness and Judaism which some will find shocking but which are essential to an understanding of Jewish identity politics and the role they play on the world stage." _PUBLISHER AND FILM PRODUCER_ _KARL SABBAGH_ “Gilad's escape from spiritual claustrophobia towards a free and open humanitarianism is fearless” _LEGENDARY MUSICIAN_ _ROBERTWYATT_
"It is excellent from beginning to end. very well-organized and well-articulated arguments." _REVOLUTIONARY SONGWRITER_ _DAVIDROVICS_
“In his inimitable deadpan style, Atzmon identifies the abscess in the Jewish wisdom tooth – exilic tribalism – and pulls it out. Ouch!” _ERIC WALBERG,__ AL AHARAM WEEKLY_ “A fascinating achievement” _LAW PROFESSOR OREN BEN DOR,_ “Gilad Atzmon is someone who encompasses what it means to be an intellectual.” _KIM PETERSEN__,
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_Gilad Atzmon’s book Being In Time: A Post Political Manifesto is available now on: __Amazon.co.uk__, __Amazon.com_
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