Nahida Izzat: The Use of Character Defamation as a Political Tool

Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: once again Nhida Izzat exposes the destructive role of some of the so called Jewish 'anti' Zionists within our movement. Enough is enough. If  Sam Semoff or any other Jewish 'anti' Zionists  AKA AZZ (Anti Zionist Zionists) are really interested in controlling the discourse, they better join the ADL and leave us alone!!! 

http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/

On the 14 December I received this email from Sam S. one of the founders of our local group of "Jews for Peace and Justice".

I am sharing his email with my readership to give people the opportunity to see an example of the dishonourable methods of ad hominem attacks and character assassination, used (in this case against me) to stifle the debate. Pursuing their objectives, they stop at nothing; in this incident, they even try to exploit my personal pain and sorrow for the loss of my late beloved husband as a way to intimidate me into silence. All I can say is that I find their tricks nauseating and sick to the core.

Please read my comment following Sam S. email (Emphasis mine):

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Laura Stuart: Board of Deputies of British Jews versus freedom of expression

Laura Stuart considers the use of defamation and disinformation by the Board of Deputies of British Jews – Britain’s leading Israel lobby group – as tools in its rear-guard defence of Zionism and the apartheid state of Israel.

An article in the Jewish Chronicle last week trumpets a great victory by the Board of Deputies of British Jews over the envoy of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the UK, Manuel Hassassian. The Board of Deputies boasts of the pressure they brought on Hassassian which caused him to remove links to an article written by Gilad Atzmon on Israelis who were caught organ trafficking.

Defamation in the service of Zionism

The article in question is hardly an unsubstantiated or new story about Israeli involvement in organ trafficking. In fact, Atzmon provided a link in his article to the Israeli news website Ynet, which also reported the story. Anyone who wishes to investigate further the involvement of Israelis in organ trafficking need only search the words “Israelis” and “organ trafficking" on a search engine to find a wealth of reports about various cases in the Middle East and America.

“Here we are again, a perfect example of the “anti-Semite” label being used against someone who some Jews hate rather than someone who hates Jews.”

So, why the outrage by the Board of Deputies of British Jews for what is an established fact? Well, the Jewish Chronicle article provides us with the views of the Board’s senior vice-president, Jonathon Arkush, on Gilad Atzmon, defaming him as an "anti-Semite" and a "deeply controversial and distasteful figure".

Here we are again, a perfect example of the “anti-Semite” label being used against someone who some Jews hate rather than someone who hates Jews. As is well known, Atzmon, who is a renowned International jazz musician, has Jewish members in his jazz band. Furthermore, I hardly think that Gilad Atzmon's recent book The Wandering Who? a study of Jewish identity politics, would have been endorsed by leading academics and humanists if there was any “anti-Semitism” in it.

Disinformation in the service of Zionism

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Sheldon Richman Discussing Newt Gingrich and the Palestinians on Antiwar Radio

I spoke with Scott Horton about Newt Gingrich, the Palestinians, and Israel on Antiwar Radio recently. Here’s the audio.

http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com

Merry Christmas from Gilad Atzmon

I wish you all a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year (i post it now because i am touring from today) 

Here is the last nine minutes of our Xmas concert at the Bonington Theatre, Nottingham UK.

We had a great time, we played ‘Wonderful World’ hoping that soon our planet will be a wonderful place again- a bit of music and a fair amount of stand up.

I hope you like it.

Peace & Love

Gilad

http://youtu.be/71USvua52qg

Richard Edmondson: Message to Dershowitz: the Saxophonist is not that 'Obscure'

http://leftwing-christian.net/

You could almost, with a few minor modifications, imagine the same irate conversation taking place 2,000 years ago in the Jerusalem Sanhedrin:

“He hates anybody who’s Jewish or who has anything to do with being Jewish.”

“But he is a Jew! He was born in Israel!”

“He says he hates the Jew in him, and that he would like to get rid of anything that relates to his Jewish background. Nobody would take it seriously except that two prominent professors (a great many average people) have endorsed the book (his message) and told everybody to think about it, to reflect on it, to widely discuss it!”

“John Mearshimer (the Baptist) says, ‘Of course I do not agree with everything that he says (said) in the book (his speech that day on the mount)—what blurber (desert sage) does?’—he liked parts!”

“But there’s nothing in this book (that speech) that deserves to be liked!”

Clutching a copy of Gilad Atzmon’s The Wandering Who, Professor Alan Dershowitz recently did an interview with the abundantly-respected Fox News in which he referred to the book’s author as “some obscure saxophonist from England who nobody takes particularly seriously.” In fact, not once but twice during the interview we see a visibly upset Dershowitz classifying Atzmon as an “obscure saxophonist” while attacking two American professors who gave favorable comments about his book.

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Gilad Atzmon: Cameron Argues that Britain is actually Christian

The BBC reported today that  PM David Cameron has said that the UK is a Christian country "and we should not be afraid to say so". 

In a speech in Oxford on the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the prime minister called for a revival of traditional Christian values to counter Britain's "moral collapse".

"We are a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so, Cameron told the audience at Christ Church.

However, Cameron failed to explain the bizarre fact that 80% of his Tory MPs are actually Conservative  Friends of Israel (CFOI).  Cameron also failed to explain why  a ‘Christian country’ abolishes its precious universal jurisdiction law just to appease the Jewish lobby. Cameron also should open our eyes and explain to us why exactly a Christian country followed orders from a Jewish Lobby group and arrested Sheikh Raed Salah.

If we are a Christian country, why did we launch a criminal war based on a ‘dossier’ that was compiled in Tel Aviv? Also, is the fact that Lord Levy was chief fundraiser for the Labour Government a mere coincidence?

If we are a Christian country, as Cameron suggests, someone better explain to us all how is it, that we have succumbed to ‘eye for an eye’ political doctrine instead of self search for  compassion and empathy in the spirit of Christ.

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Alan Hart and Gilad Atzmon discussing Jewish security matters.

Link to the full version of the panel event featuring Alan Hart, Gilad Atzmon, Karl Sabbagh and Sameh A.Habeeb (London, May 2011):

http://vimeo.com/23539189

 

The Wandering Who-A Study of  Pre Traumatic Stress Dissorder   Amazon.com  or Amazon.co.uk

Rich Siegel-The Way to Peace (New Album)

Gilad Atzmon: I took part in the production of Rich's new album and I highly recommend it to music lovers and people who care about justice and Palestine.

http://palestineonlinestore.com/shop/the-way-to-peace-by-rich-siegel/

“The Way to Peace” by Rich Siegel

Combining jazz/cabaret music with social justice, this anti-Zionist activist sings about Palestine, peace and justice, and a better world for our children. Includes the hit “In Palestine” (link to video below).

Product Description

New CD release by pianist/vocalist/songwriter Rich Siegel, featuring Gilad Atzmon (woodwinds), Eugene Moye (cello), Gary Ciuci (guitar), Cameron Brown (bass), and Anthony Pinciotti (drums). This CD features vocals in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Hebrew and features a new cello arrangement of “In Palestine.”

“I sought a marriage of spirituality and peace activism, combining my originals with some extraordinary cover material, notably by New York composer Kirk Nurock and Lebanese composer Ahmad Kaabour, as well as others.”

Release Date: December 12th, 2011
Pre-order now and receive it by December 15th in the USA and by Dec. 24th elsewhere.

Track Listing:
1. This Moment
2. I’ll Meet You There
3. The Way to Peace
4. One Truth Many Paths/The Shema
5. How Do We Teach the Children?
6. Help Is On the Way/Nuestra Ayuda Llegara
7. Shams el Aghani
8. In Palestine (click for video)
9. You Are the Stars
10. Lo Yissa Goy
11. What a Wonderful World
12. Row Row Row Your Boat

Related Links:
Video: Rich Siegel and Dave Lippman speak about their support for Palestinian rights

Cover art by Rich’s daughter, Emily Gu Siegel, age 6.

Richard Jones

http://www.fistfulofpoetry.com/

Palestine lost a great friend this week. Richard Jones passed away two days ago. Richard was a close friend of mine. He was one of my favourite poets and a devoted advocate of Palestinian rights and Justice. Richard AKA RedRej was one of the very few intellectuals who struggled to maintain socialist thinking as a dynamic discourse and subject to constant changes. His latest poetry book, Fistful of Poetry was dedicated to the Palestinian plight.

Richard will be missed by many of us.

Rest in peace dear friend.

Gilad

Monday, November 28, 2011

Bunker Mentality

It came to me in the queue,

Outside the school canteen,

The day the skies turned black

And we knew the Russians would attack.

That afternoon,

During Double Maths,

I made my plans,

Complete with detailed diagrams

And comprehensive lists.

Next morning,

I watched my mother disappear

Round the corner onto Richmond Road

Then started my work.

Supplies from the kitchen/diner -

Into sturdy cardboard box went:

1 bottle Tizer,

½ a loaf of white, sliced bread,

1 tub Stork Margarine,

1 tin Nestles Condensed Milk,

1 tin Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup,

1 can Heinz Baked Beans,

½ a chocolate Swiss Roll,

1 can opener,

1 set cutlery,

1 plate,

1 ½ pint glass.

Two armchairs face to face

At the end of the bed.

Supplies box slides under one.

Library box ( stock of Wizards,

Captain W.E Johns, New Testament,

Revised Standard Version ) under other.

Bed stripped. Mattress arched between

Layer two -

Eiderdown spread over the top,

Layer three -

Candlewick bedspread,

Gaps sealed with pillows,

Wireless and torches placed inside,

Lastly the big tin box

After which I crawl,

Sealing up the entrance behind.

Wireless on in time

To catch the latest bulletin,

No news.

Time to review forces.

Out of the tin emerge,

1 Centurion tank,

1 APC

1 armoured car,

1 ten ton truck,

1 captured Tiger,

2 twenty-five pounder field guns,

Followed by the troops,

In precise rows,

Followed by motley POWS,

After all, no could blame the Germans

For this one.

Stand easy men - no new developments.

Time for paperwork.

I wonder what the Great Wilson

Would make of my cosy cave?

Would he be ready for a doze

So soon? Better set all the alarms.

Before I snuggle down.

Westclox danced around

To sound the all clear.

All present and correct.

All still here.

Back to work,

Timed out at 31 minutes,

After which everything

Is in it’s place,

Well before my Mother’s

‘Have you had a nice day dear?’

Evaluation

V. Good. No chance of being spotted from the air.

What chance have the Russians got of finding this

When my own Mother doesn’t know it was there?

And in retrospect, ecologically speaking,

Well ahead of my time, for even after

The first strike, you could return in thirty years

And find no urine drenched cellars, no

Flaking graffiti covered walls, no

Twisted, tangled rusting metal.

No, not a single trace of my defences

Could have been found anywhere!

French National Front Searching for Support In Israel

Haaretz reported today that French National Front heads to Israel to stump for support ahead of election

Islamophob Louis Aliot, partner of rightist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, is in Israel to persuade those eligible to vote in the French presidential election to give their vote this spring.

Louis Aliot, the partner of National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, visits Israel trying to persuade those eligible to vote in the French presidential election to give her their vote in this spring's balloting and to boost her image en route to the Elysee Palace.

"For us this visit is a precedent," Aliot told Haaretz. "This is the first time a National Front leader has visited Israel. It's true that relations were tense for a time, but it's time to warm up the atmosphere."

"They invited me so they could hear our worldview and Marine Le Pen's platform, particularly in the face of the Arab Spring," Aliot said. The group comprised "Frenchmen who live in Israel, many of them of Algerian origin."

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