Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: The following Hasbara piece crowns my book and myself as the ultimate exponents of  “a relatively new form of antisemitism injected into the anti-Zionist discourse”. The piece admits a Jewish political dedication to book burning and the author behind this piece is somehow desperate to silence me and my work. The Hasabra writer is also convinced that it is down to Jews to decide what Brits should read who should be featured in their media outlets.    

Needless to say that any of my critics have yet to point at a single drop of antisemitsm, racism or an incitement of any kind of hatred in my entire work. I am indeed an opponent of Jewish politics and highly critical of Jewish power. However, I am clearly delighted to learn that Hasbara as well as a few Sabbath Goyim are devastated by my work.  It seems the Hasbara man didn't find many followers in the BBC or in Manchester City Council. But he certainly regards Ali Abunimah and an ally.

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Report: Israeli apostate blamed for UK anti-Semitism - by Richard Mather

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12532#.UMBR-YWOFzU

http://defenseoftheisraelipeople.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/report-israeli-apostate-blamed-for-uk-anti-semitism/

An investigation into Judeophobia in Britain concludes that Jewish renegade and jazz saxophonist Gilad Atzmon is responsible for injecting a “relatively new form of antisemitism into anti-Zionist discourse” in the UK.

According to Antisemitic Discourse in Britain in 2011, published by the Community Security Trust, which monitors anti-Semitism in the UK, the apostate Israeli’s rancorous views are contributing to a climate of mistrust and hostility.

Thankfully, explicit anti-Semitism in British public life is rare, says the report. Nevertheless, anti-Semitic themes alleging Jewish conspiracy and power still exist within mainstream discourse about Israel and Zionism. This, claims the CST, is partly due to the nefarious writings of Atzmon, whose recent book The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics is cited as an example of anti-Semitic discourse.

The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics, power  and collective psychosis
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Atzmon, born in Tel Aviv and trained at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, describes himself as a “proud self-hating Jew.” Now based in London, Atzmon has released over a dozen jazz albums. Atzmon is also a prolific opponent of Israel, Jews and Judaism. His conspiratorial articles have been published by a number of dubious media outlets, including Counterpunch, Al-Arab online, the Palestine Telegraph and Aljazeera.info.

The Wandering Who? was released in September 2011 by left-wing publisher Zero Books. It is packed with anti-Semitic rhetoric and is barely distinguishable from the worst Nazi propaganda (one of the chapter headings is “Swindler’s List”). The book is a litany of hatred and lies that blames Jewish bankers for two world wars and “one communist revolution.” Jews are also responsible, says Atzmon, for persuading the UK to attack Iraq in order to “erase one of the last pockets of Arab resistance to Zionism.” Jews, he asserts, have no origin in Palestine “whatsoever” and Israeli children who visit Auschwitz return home to “mimic SS barbarity.” And perhaps most shockingly, Atzmon states that one day people “may be bold enough” to argue that “Hitler was right after all.” This is just a small sample of the book’s outrageous claims.

A few months ago I tried to have all copies of The Wandering Who? removed from libraries in Manchester, which is home to Britain’s second-largest and fastest-growing Jewish community. But because the book “has not incurred penalties under the law,” the city council says “it should not be excluded from libraries on any moral, political, religious or racist ground alone to satisfy any sectional interest.” Apparently, Manchester city council believe that the book is a legitimate expression of “human experience and activity.” I will, of course, try again to have all copies removed from the city’s libraries on the grounds that such blatant anti-semitism does not serve the public interest and may actually incite hatred or violence against the Jewish community.