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In the following  JC article Marcus Dysch explains why British Jews preferred  Sabbos Goy David Cameron over clown  Bar Mitzvah Boy Ed Miliband. This article is an embarrassing  glimpse into Judeo centrism – every person within the British political spectrum is judged in reference to the Jews and their self-interests.

http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/analysis/136047/election-2015-why-british-jews-will-welcome-tory-win

By Marcus Dysch, 

When the rosettes and the placards are packed away, the winners have caught up on sleep, and the losers have drowned their sorrows, what messages will British Jews take away from the 2015 election?

A couple of points are blatantly clear, even so soon after the declarations.

It sounds like a broken record, I know, but Ed Miliband’s stance on Israel did hurt Labour.

How else can you explain the results in Hendon, Finchley and Golders Green and Harrow East?

Labour’s Sarah Sackman had at one stage been a point ahead of Tory incumbent Mike Freer in Margaret Thatcher’s old seat. Yet she finished 5,662 votes behind, barely any better than her predecessor had five years ago.

Andrew Dismore, the former Labour MP in Hendon, had been confident of returning to the Commons’ green benches this month. But he saw Matthew Offord romp away to extend a 106 majority to nearer 4,000.

Big Tory wins in three of the biggest Jewish constituencies. Maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe it was really all down to the mansion tax and the economy?

But all the evidence points to the toxicity factor that I wrote about last month. Almost every Jewish voter I spoke to reeled at the thought of Miliband as Prime Minister. Most of the expletive-laden comments offered when his name was mentioned cannot even be repeated here.

Miliband himself told me 10 days ago that it didn’t matter – some people would agree with him, some would not. Arch cynics would say his anti-Israel position came with the belief it would play well in constituencies with large Muslim populations and would secure backing from vehement anti-Israel backbenchers.

But now it is the man who wanted to be the country’s first Jewish Prime Minister who finds himself cast into the political wilderness.

Who fared better? Not the Liberal Democrats’ most senior female, Jewish minister. Lynne Featherstone was beaten so heavily in Hornsey and Wood Green that the gigantic swing to Labour reads like something from a political fantasy.

Her political career is over, like so many of her colleagues in the upper echelons of the party.

Few in the Jewish community will mourn the departure of Vince Cable, the man who fought to impose an arms embargo on Israel at the height of the Gaza conflict.

The party’s now ex-leader, Nick Clegg, often made the right noises towards British Jews, but his failure to deal properly with the party’s controversial backbencher, David Ward, will be long remembered. It finished the Lib Dems as a potential vote for almost the entire Jewish population of Britain.

There will be wry smiles on the faces of those who found Mr Ward’s comments about Jews and Israel abhorrent when they sit back and admire his hammering in Bradford East. Another big mouth consigned to the dustbin of history.

The situation in Scotland, where so many Labour Friends of Israel – Jim Murphy, Anne McGuire, Michael McCann – are now gone, replaced by the SNP, will be deeply worrying to many Jews north of the border.

Weeks and months of patient consideration will be needed if any sort of working relationship is to succeed between the community and Nicola Sturgeon’s party.

Who can expect to benefit most in personal terms from today’s results? Luciana Berger, who was already a rising star in the Labour shadow cabinet, should be handed a big position when the party selects a new leader.

It is hard not to feel enormously sorry for defeated Tory Lee Scott, a man who never shirked from defending Jews, even when it meant his personal safety was threatened in his Ilford North seat. It would be to the community’s benefit if he returns to a role in a Jewish organisation, similar to that which he held before entering Parliament.

Robert Halfon, the buccaneering Tory campaigner, deserves a bigger role than his previous job working under George Osborne in the Treasury.

David Cameron’s former deputy chief of staff, Oliver Dowden, will be a useful ally for the community in Hertsmere. Already a strong supporter of Israel, he can be expected to bend the Prime Minister’s ear further still.

But that brings us to the final and arguably most important point. The strength of David Cameron’s relationship with Anglo-Jewry means the majority of the community will be celebrating around their Shabbat dinner tables this weekend.

A month ago, 69 per cent of British Jews said they would support the Tories. Two-thirds preferred Mr Cameron’s approach to that of Mr Miliband.

“More of the same” is rarely a political position that attracts people. But if our community enjoys another five years of the warmest possible relations with the Prime Minister, then few will complain.

Talking about Israeli crimes, the Jewish Lobby,  Holocaust denial, the denial of the crimes against Germany and many other hot topics...

Introduction by GA:  

Unlike JVP and Modoweiss who cowardly failed to even mention* the historic anti Zionist gathering between Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and yours truly in NYC last Wednesday, the infamous ultra Zionist ADL was brave enough to send a reporter to the event and even deliver a brief review of the discussion. The meaning of this is obvious and depressing. Unlike our so-called Jewish ‘allies’ who are actively engaged in suppression of intellectual exchange and policing the discourse, the vile Zionists are willing to encounter criticism and even give it a thought. This fact alone may explain why Zionism has won such vast support amongst Jewish people. At the end of the day, Zionism is coherent and consistent as much as it is genocidal and supremacist. But the Jewish left is duplicitous to its core; concealment and suppression of truth is its survival strategy.    

 A video of the discussion will be released soon

 

http://blog.adl.org/

Flyer adver­tis­ing the event

On May 6 in New York City, an anti-Israel event fea­tured Gilad Atz­mon, an Israeli-born anti-Semite based in Lon­don, and Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, Spokesper­son for the anti-Israel group “True Torah Jews.” The stated goal of the event, titled “Judaism ver­sus Jew­ish Iden­tity Pol­i­tics: Reli­gion ver­sus Trib­al­ism,” was to help “unravel the tan­gled web of sec­u­lar Jew­ish pol­i­tics, right and left.”

In his remarks, Atz­mon claimed that there have been con­certed efforts to silence his views, but that the efforts were “not from Zion­ist bod­ies, but actu­ally from Jew­ish left bod­ies,” such asJew­ish Voice for Peace. He stated that JVP’s stance took him “by com­plete sur­prise” because he had always worked towards “oppos­ing Israel.”

Atz­mon claimed that there are three cat­e­gories of Jews:

Jews who fol­low the Torah and see Judaism as the core of their identityThose who iden­tify as Jews because they have Jew­ish heritageThose who iden­tify polit­i­cally as Jews

Atz­mon, who referred to him­self as “a devoted self-hater,” stated that the first two cat­e­gories of Jews are “inno­cent” because reli­gious Jews “have never been involved in any col­lec­tive geno­ci­dal attempt against another peo­ple,” and that hav­ing “a Jew­ish mother doesn’t make you into a war criminal.”

Accord­ing to Atz­mon, the third cat­e­gory of Jews are “guilty” because they have sup­pos­edly been “at the cen­ter of too many dis­as­ters,” includ­ing the Bol­she­vik Rev­o­lu­tion, the Span­ish Civil War, and the “Nakba.” He added that in the U.S. there was “Jew­ish influ­ence within the neo-conservative school” and that Amer­ica is “pay­ing the price for those wars,” which he stated were not “rab­bini­cal wars.”

After Atz­mon con­cluded his ini­tial remarks, Rabbi Shapiro spoke, echo­ing much of what Atz­mon said, and adding his reli­gious anti-Zionist ide­ol­ogy to the dis­cus­sion. Like Atz­mon, he spoke against the cre­ation of Israel and called its for­ma­tion “a his­tor­i­cal anom­aly.” But, rather than focus­ing on the var­i­ous cat­e­gories of Jews that Atz­mon did, Shapiro instead spoke only about sec­u­lar Jews and reli­gious Jews.

Accord­ing to Shapiro, Zion­ism was cre­ated by sec­u­lar Jews who wanted to destroy Ortho­dox Judaism because they allegedly “absorbed the atti­tudes of the anti-Semites and looked at the Jews them­selves with the same dis­gust and loathing that the anti-Semites did.” He con­tin­ued and stated “the rea­son the Jews were dis­gust­ing is because they looked like me and they acted like me. And they blamed the reli­gious Jews for anti-Semitism.”

Shapiro added, “When Gilad says ‘the Jews do this and the Jews do that,’ he’s talk­ing about one type, those are sec­u­lar Jews…The Jews that stole our iden­tity. Nev­er­mind the Pales­tini­ans say they stole our land. They stole our Jew­ish name, they stole my iden­tity, they are not real Jews!”

* I myself emailed each of Mondoweiss's editors as well as JVP' secretary about the NYC event. I invited them to attend the meeting and report about it to their followers. 

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By Gilad Atzmon

I want to thank JVP (Jewish Voice For Peace) for once again displaying their corrosive attitude.  The following is another clumsy ad hominem attack: no facts, no attempt to substantiate. It is a crude, futile exercise in policing free thought and interference with the understanding of Jewish Identity politics, Israel and Zionism.

Our Jewish ‘peace’ merchants are panicking for a good reason. They realize that I am about to blow the whistle. I have recently complied a devastating document that proves that the Jewish solidarity project has successfully derailed the pro Palestinian campaign. In the next two weeks I will present my case in 10 American cities and on radio and TV shows.   

These Jewish activists preach against ‘right wing rhetoric’ but they themselves operate within racially exclusive political cells.  Maybe they should finally disclose how many ‘goyim’ hold seats within their ‘Jews only’ JVP board. Is it possible that the Zionist Knesset is more diverse than the ‘anti’ JVP?  You can decide for yourself.

Once again these Zionist employ their flawed terminology - ‘Colonialism,’ ‘ settler colonialism,’ ‘apartheid,’ etc. to conceal the fact that Israel defines itself as the Jewish State and its politics are driven by a radical yet vastly popular interpretation of Jewishness.

One might expect progressive Jews to defy the notion of choseness.  But the JVPs insist upon dictating what language is allowed and what ‘detracts’ from the Palestinian movement. Is not the huge list of great humanists, scholars and pillars of Palestinian solidarity supporting my work enough to shake this deceitful bunch of crypto Zionists JVPs? Not yet apparently…

And who or what is a ‘neo Nazi’ exactly?  Out of curiosity I would love to learn from JVP what makes peace hero activist Ken O’Keefe into a Neo Nazi (whatever that is), What did O’Keefe do to deserve such repulsive treatment at the hands of our so-called  ‘Jewish allies’? 

Dear friends, long ago I came to the conclusion that the Jewish Left is not the solution; it is actually the core of the problem. The document below proves my point. 

https://www.facebook.com/FrontRangeJVP/posts/915322115191237?fref=nf&pnref=story

This Friday, Gilad Atzmon will be speaking at Mutiny Cafe. Here is our response:

"As Front Range Jewish Voice for Peace, we are aware of the presence of right-wing rhetoric and casual anti-Semitism amongst many groups who oppose Zionism and many policies of the state of Israel. Many of us in Denver have noticed the influence of intellectually lazy anti-Zionism, which points the finger at Jews for our role in perpetrating the Israeli occupation, as opposed to the wider problem of Zionism and settler colonialism. In Denver, many are captivated by rhetoric like that of Gilad Atzmon, whose alliance with prominent neo-Nazis such as David Duke, Trevor LaBonte, and Ken O'Keefe is often hidden behind the smokescreen of his opposition to the state of Israel. (Warning: the links are very hateful, but provided as examples of what we wish to condemn). His targeting of our own allies in the Palestine solidarity community such as Ali Abunimah, Noam Chomsky, and Miko Peled are volatile and counter-productive to finding peace in Israel/Palestine.

This rhetoric and politics are not to be tolerated. When anti-Semitism infiltrates Palestine solidarity circles, it negatively impacts us as Jews. It is a clear form of racism that should be challenged at all times.

Atzmon and anti-Semitism in the Palestine solidarity community are a distraction from the issue at hand, namely the occupation of Palestine by Israel. We want to shift the conversation away from solely anti-Semitism. The more pressing conversation we want to have is one that recognizes that the anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia that sustains the occupation of Palestine comes from the same mindset as traditional anti-Semitism.

It is important for us to recognize as Jews that we are all affected by Israel’s actions. Israel falsely claims to represent us as Jews. The Israeli Law of Return gives us the right to move to Israel and live anywhere we want. Some of the same apartments that Diaspora Jews could be buying or renting in Palestine are built on top of the same land that is confiscated from the indigenous people of Palestine: in the Jerusalem area and the West Bank. Resentment of Diaspora Jews for the benefits we receive is warranted, and comes from a legitimate place of rage, because these benefits come at the expense of the Palestinian people.

Our leaders, and much of our community, have failed us by not speaking out against the injustices being done in our name. They often have a stronghold on Jewish public opinion. Whatever anti-Semitism we encounter within our movements obscures our role as ordinary Jews who oppose Zionism and the failures of these institutions. Given that Palestinians are always presumed to be anti-Semitic by US and Israeli propaganda, we do not need white Americans who claim to be members of our ranks reinforcing these false claims.

Ultimately, anti-Semitic rhetoric makes our movement hypocritical. It prevents us from standing up for those victimized by anti-black racism in the wake of the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, and far too many more. It prevents us from fighting for justice for poor people and people of color in Denver being pushed out by increasing gentrification. It prevents us from seeking justice for Ryan Ronquillo and Jessica Hernandez, who were killed by the police here in Denver. It prevents us from challenging the racism under which our world has been held captive for the last 500 years of human history. Therefore, we officially condemn statements of Gilad Atzmon and others that seek to portray Jews as an inherently flawed group of people."

 

 

By Gilad Atzmon

Ahead of Election Day tomorrow, the ultra Zionist www.webelieveinisrael.org.uk published its list of Sabbos Goyim operating within British politics. 

“With Polling Day in the General Election this Thursday, here is a list of all the parliamentary candidates who have sent positive replies to the Fairness for Israel Charter,” the Zionist outlet informed its followers. 

Our British candidates agree, for example that, “boycotts against Israel in any sphere must be opposed.”  The shameless British parliamentary candidates listed below are willing to sacrifice freedom of expression to please their paymasters; agreeing that the “democratic State of Israel is not an ‘apartheid state’ and must not be described as one.”  The Zionist outlet explains;  “It is noted that every (Israeli) citizen has the right to vote and discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality is illegal.” But We Believe In Israel fails to mention a basic crucial fact. Millions of indigenous Palestinians living within areas controlled by Israel and subject to Israeli oppression are not entitled to be citizens let alone vote. And why? Because they are not ‘racially’ qualified.  

This extensive list reveals that British politics is in urgent need of a major overhaul. It must cleanse itself of the corrosive influence of a very dangerous foreign Lobby. The list reveals that Zionist corruption has planted its roots in pretty much every British parliamentary party. This fact alone may help to explain why Brits have lost interest in their politics and do not believe their political parties.  No matter who you vote for, at the end of the day, it is the Jewish Lobby that calls the shots.  

The List:

Constituency                                   Candidate                             Party

Aberconwy                                        Guto Bebb                             Conservative

Aberconwy                                        Mary Wimbury                      Labour

Aldridge Brownhills                         Ian Garrett                             Lib Dem

Banbury                                             John Howson                       Lib Dem

Barrow & Furness                            Simon Fell                            Conservative

Battersea                                           Jane Ellison                         Conservative

Beaconsfield                                    Dominic Grieve                    Conservative

Belfast South                                    Rodney McCune                 UUP

Bexhill & Battle                                 Geoffrey Bastin                    UKIP

Birkenhead                                       Clark Vasey                          Conservative

Blackpool South                              Peter Wood                           Conservative

Bognor Regis & Littlehampton      Francis Oppler                      Lib Dem

Bolsover                                            Peter Bedford                       Conservative

Bolton West                                      Chris Green                          Conservative

Bournemouth East                          Tobias Ellwood                     Conservative

Bournemouth East                          David Hughes                      UKIP

Bournemouth East                          Peter Stokes                         Labour

Bournemouth West                         Conor Burns                         Conservative

Bradford West                                   Celia Hickson                       Green

Braintree                                            Matthew Klesel                     Lib Dem

Brent Central                                    Stephen Priestly                  UKIP

Brigg & Goole                                   Andrew Percy                       Conservative

Brighton Kemptown                        Paul Chandler                      Lib Dem

Brighton Pavilion                             Nick Yeomans                      Independent

Burnley                                              Sarah Cockburn-Price        Conservative

Bury North                                         Richard Baum                      Lib Dem

Bury North                                         David Nuttall                         Conservative

Bury South                                        Daniel Critchlow                  Conservative

Bury South                                        Ivan Lewis                             Labour

Carlisle                                              Lorraine Birchall                  Lib Dem

Carmarthen W & S Pembs             Selwyn Runnett                   Lib Dem

Carshalton & Wallington                Ashley Dickenson               Christian People’s Alliance

Chatham & Aylesford                      Tristan Osborne                   Labour

Cheadle                                             Shaun Hopkins                    UKIP

Chelmsford                                       Simon Burns                         Conservative

Chingford & Woodford Green       Iain Duncan-Smith              Conservative

Chippenham                                    Michelle Donelan                Conservative

Chipping Barnet                              Victor Kaye                            UKIP

Chipping Barnet                              Theresa Villiers                    Conservative

Christchurch                                     Christopher Chope              Conservative

Cleethorpes                                      Martin Vickers                      Conservative

Corby                                                 Jonathan Hornett                Green

Corby                                                 Tom Pursglove                    Conservative

Crawley                                             Henry Smith                         Conservative

Dudley South                                   Mike Wood                            Conservative

Ealing Central & Acton                   Rupa Huq                             Labour

East Antrim                                       Sammy Wilson                     DUP

East Belfast                                       Gavin Robinson                  DUP

East Devon                                       Stuart Mole                           Lib Dem

East Ham                                           David Thorpe                      Lib Dem        

East Kilbride, Strathaven & L         Lisa Cameron                     SNP

Eastbourne                                       Paul Howard                        Independent

Edinburgh North & Leith                Alan Melville                        UKIP

Enfield North                                    Cara Jenkinson                   Lib Dem

Epping Forest                                   Eleanor Laing                     Conservative

Epping Forest                                   Mark Wadsworth                 Young People’s Party

Erith & Thamesmead                      Sidney Cordle                     Christian People’s Alliance

Exeter                                                 Dom Morris                         Conservative

Finchley & Golders Green             Jonathan Davies                 Lib Dem

Finchley & Golders Green             Mike Freer                             Conservative

Finchley & Golders Green             Richard King                         UKIP

Finchley & Golders Green             Sarah Sackman                   Labour

Folkestone & Hythe                         Claire Jeffrey                        Labour

Grantham & Stamford                     Barrie Fairbairn                    Labour

Hammersmith                                   Millicent Scott                       Lib Dem

Hammersmith                                   Richard Wood                      UKIP

Hampstead & Kilburn                      Maajid Nawaz                      Lib Dem

Hampstead & Kilburn                      Magnus Neilson                  UKIP

Hampstead & Kilburn                      Tulip Siddiq                          Labour

Hampstead & Kilburn                      Simon Marcus                      Conservative

Harborough, Oadby & Wigston     Edward Garnier                    Conservative

Harrow East                                      Bob Blackman                      Conservative

Harwich & North Essex                  Mark Hughes                        UKIP

Hemel Hempstead                           Howard Koch                       UKIP

Hemsworth                                        Martin Roberts                     Yorkshire First

Hendon                                             Andrew Dismore                  Labour

Hendon                                             Raymond Shamash             UKIP

Hertford & Stortford                          Michael Green                      Lib Dem

Hertsmere                                          Oliver Dowden                     Conservative

Horsham                                            Martyn Davis                         Labour

Horsham                                            Jeremy Quin                         Conservative

Hove                                                   Graham Cox                         Conservative

Ilford North                                        Lee Scott                               Conservative

Ilford North                                        Wes Streeting                       Labour

Ipswich                                              Chika Akinwale                    Lib Dem

Islington South & Finsbury            Pete Muswell                        UKIP

Kingston & Surbiton                        James Berry                          Conservative

Lagan Valley                                     Alan Love                              UKIP

Lagan Valley                                    Trevor Lunn                          Alliance

Leeds North East                             Fabian Hamilton                  Labour

Leeds North East                             Warren Hendon                   UKIP

Leeds North East                             Simon Wilson                       Conservative

Leeds North West                            Greg Mulholland                  Lib Dem

Leicester East                                   Susanna Steptoe                 UKIP

Lewisham East                                 Heidi Alexander                   Labour

Liverpool Wavertree                        Luciana Berger                    Labour                      

Livingston                                         Charles Dundas                  Lib Dem

Loughborough                                 Steve Coltman                      Lib Dem

Louth & Horncastle                         Victoria Atkins                      Conservative

Manchester Withington                  Mark Davies                          UKIP

Meon Valley                                      Dave Alexander                   UKIP

Mid Norfolk                                        Anna Coke                            UKIP

Mid Sussex                                       Toby Brothers                       UKIP

Mitcham & Morden                          Richard Hilton                      UKIP

Newbury                                            Catherine Anderson           UKIP

Newcastle-upon-Tyne East           Nick Brown                           Labour

Newcastle-upon-Tyne North         Violet Rook                           North East Party

North Antrim                                     Jayne Dunlop                       Alliance

North Antrim                                     Ian Paisley Jnr                     DUP

North Belfast                                     Nigel Dodds                          DUP

North East Fife                                 Huw Bell                                Conservative

North East Fife                                 Tim Brett                                Lib Dem

North West Hampshire                   Andrew Adams                     Labour

Nottingham South                           Tony Sutton                          Lib Dem

Penistone & Stocksbridge              Graeme Waddicar                UKIP

Penrith & The Border                      Neil Hughes                         Lib Dem

Plymouth Sutton & Devonport      Oliver Colville                       Conservative

Poplar & Limehouse                       Elaine Bagshaw                  Lib Dem

Portsmouth North                            John Ferrett                          Labour

Redditch                                            Karen Lumley                       Conservative

Richmond Park                                Andree Frieze                       Green

Richmond Park                                Zac Goldsmith                      Conservative

Richmond Park                                Sam Naz                                UKIP

Richmond Park                                Robin Meltzer                       Lib Dem

Rochester & Strood                         Kelly Tolhurst                       Conservative

Romsey & Southampton North     Ben Nicholls                         Lib Dem

Ross, Skye & Lochaber                  Philip Anderson                   UKIP

Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner         Gerrard Barry                        UKIP

Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner         Michael Borio                       Labour

Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner         Nick Hurd                              Conservative

Sheffield Hallam                              Ian Walker                             Conservative

Sheffield Heeley                              Howard Denby                     UKIP

Somerton & Frome                          Alan Dimmick                       UKIP

South Belfast                                    Paula Bradshaw                  Alliance

South Cambridgeshire                   Sebastian Kindersley          Lib Dem

South Northamptonshire                Tom Snowdon                      Lib Dem

South West Surrey                          Jeremy Hunt                         Conservative

Stockport                                           Daniel Hamilton                   Conservative

Stockton South                                Ted Strike                              UKIP

Stone                                                 Martin Lewis                         Lib Dem

Stangford                                          Jim Shannon                        DUP

Stratford-on-Avon                            Elizabeth Adams                  Lib Dem        

Stratford-on-Avon                            Nadhim Zahawi                   Conservative

Surrey Heath                                   Laween Atroshi                    Labour

Tatton                                                 Stuart Hutton                       UKIP

Tooting                                               Dan Watkins                        Conservative

Vale of Glamorgan                          David Paul Morgan             Lib Dem

Wallasey                                            Chris Clarkson                     Conservative

Warrington North                             Sarah Hayes                         Green

Warrington South                            Nick Bent                               Labour

Warwick & Leamington                   Chris White                           Conservative

West Worcestershire                       Julian Roskams                   Green

Wimbledon                                        Stephen Hammond             Conservative

Witham                                              Priti Patel                               Conservative

Witham                                              Garry Cockrill                        UKIP

Woking                                              Chris Took                             Lib Dem

Worsley & Eccles South                 Iain Lindley                           Conservative

Wythenshawe & Sale East            Victor Chamberlain             Lib Dem

Ynys Mon                                          Nathan Gill                            UKIP

May 10 2015 4:00pm - 6:00pm

http://www.levantinecenter.org/

Free to the public (charitable contributions welcome)
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Levantine Cultural Center & Inside/Outside Gallery
5998 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035-2657

Controversial author, master jazz artist and professional troublemaker Gilad Atzmon will discuss his latest book, A to Zion, the definitive Israeli Lexicon (co-authored with Enzo Apicella), and give a talk on the Palestinian "Right of Return,"  Atzmon's detractors call him a "racist" while others rally to his defense. Find out who Gilad Atzmon is with this rare L.A. appearance, and read his work online.
 

The Right Of Return is the core of the Palestinian cause. It positions the Nakba and the suffering of refugees as the primary issue, places Gaza into historical context and highlights the gross injustices perpetuated and sustained by Israeli politics since 1948. It clearly illuminates the racist nature of the Jewish state and its immigration laws. The Right Of Return offers a clear course of action that unites Palestinians in the region and the Diaspora but it evokes fear amongst Israelis, Zionists and Jewish anti-Zionists.

Since the early 2000s there has been a surge in Jewish support for Palestine and the Palestinian people. This support has been welcome but it came with a price; the call for the Right Of Return has been gradually diluted by alternative terminology designed to appeal to the Jewish progressive crowd.

In this talk, I will elaborate on the terminological shift that left the Palestinian people and their cause behind. I will suggest that each of the terms introduced into the discourse in the last two decades functioned primarily to legitimize Israel and appeal to the Jewish Left crowd. The reality is grim; instead of solidarity with the victims, the movement has morphed into an attempt to appease the oppressor. This unfortunate shift may explain why the solidarity movement has achieved so little for the Palestinians. It is possible that it wasn't supposed to achieve much in the first place. 

 

http://www.presstv.ir/

Press TV has conducted an interview with Gilad Atzmon, a musician, author and political commentator in London, about a Jewish community’s recent criticism of Britain’s “complicity” in Israeli war crimes.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Numerous rights bodies and rights groups have criticized the UK’s arms trade with Israel, now a Jewish community in the UK is also pitching in on the calls of condemnation. Give us your thoughts.

Atzmon: Yes, it is about time that the Jews say something. We learned from Jewish news here and from British news that the vast majority of Jews in this country do support Israel, actually support Netanyahu, actually do not support Miliband, they support Cameron and now we understand why, because the conservative government was indeed very supportive of Israel and actually complicit in the Israeli crimes.

What I find out slightly strange is that this Jewish body - Jews for Justice in Palestine - tried to avoid the core of the problem and the core of the problem is the fact that the British foreign affairs is dominated by the Jewish lobby. We have a very powerful lobby we call the Conservative Friends of Israel, 80 percent of the British conservative MPs are members of this club and this is the problem.

We have to target the core issue and this is the power of the Jewish lobby and it is here, it is in America, it is in France and it is very dangerous for world peace and it is also very dangerous for British Jews.

Press TV: Mr. Atzmon, you speak of the power and influence of the Zionist and Jewish lobbies in the United States, France and Britain. My question is how can this status quo change? And by changing the situation, I mean first of all the Israelis violating and defying international law on a daily basis and coupled with that, those very countries, the supporters and allies of Israel continue to support these actions or at least turn a blind eye to what is taking place.

Atzmon: I am not an optimist; I am as you mentioned yourself a commentator. I believe that the ability to “call a spade a spade” is the remedy of the situation. The ability to talk about the Jewish lobby and its impact on British politics would eventually resolve the situation because at the moment, if those who oppose this lobby - like this Jewish group - and support Palestine - and I obviously respect their call… even they tried to avoid talking about this issue.

So as long as we are trying to spin around things, we are not going to get them any farther and the situation will get more volatile and eventually very, very dangerous.

AHK/HJL

 

Judaism versus Jewish Identity Politics: Religion versus Tribalism

Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro & Gilad Atzmon

https://theatre80.wordpress.com/tickets/judaism-versus-jewish-identity-politics-religion-versus-tribalism/

Wednesday May 6th 7:30 pm Theatre 80
80 St. Marks Place, New York, NY

Two prominent thinkers, the ultra orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, and philosopher, Jazz artist and ex-Jew Gilad Atzmon, meet to discuss hard questions about Judaism, Jewish politics and the meaning of Jewishness. This unique gathering, the first of its kind, promises to help you unravel the tangled web of secular Jewish politics, right and left.

After the discussion there will be a live Jazz jam session featuring some of New York City’s preeminent musical artists.

10$ suggested donation to attend both the discussion and jazz concert afterwards. 5$ suggested donation to attend the Jazz concert afterwards only.

 

Hello everybody,

I will  be visiting many cities all over the US in the next 3 weeks signing a new book I co-wrote with Enzo Apicella (A to Zion- The Definitive Israeli Lexicon- out on May 27th).  Controversy to follow...Books will be available for purchase ahead of publication at the events. 

The first event is on Wednesday i May 6,   NYC.  An historic dialogue between ultra orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and yours truly:

Please spread the message and come and bring your friends 

Judaism versus Jewish Identity Politics: Religion versus Tribalism

Wednesday May 6th 7:30 pm Theatre 80
80 St. Marks Place, New York, NY

https://theatre80.wordpress.com/

Two prominent thinkers, the ultra orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, and philosopher, Jazz artist and ex-Jew Gilad Atzmon, meet to discuss hard questions about Judaism, Jewish politics and the meaning of Jewishness. This unique gathering, the first of its kind, promises to help you unravel the tangled web of secular Jewish politics, right and left.

After the discussion there will be a live Jazz jam session featuring some of New York City’s preeminent musicans 

8th Fri Denver, CO -  Mutiny Now Art Books and Coffee — 2 S
Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80209 6:30pm “Solidarity Questioned”

9th Sat Los Angeles, CA

TBA

10th Sun Los Angeles, CA - Book Launch at 3:30pm at Levantine Cultural Center

11th Mon San Diego, CA -  Dinner Event talk at Mr. Al Nashashibi’s Fairouz Café 7-9

13th Wed Madison, WI -  Event in the evening

14th Chicago, IL - With Munir Mohamad, Core TV

15th Fri Portland, OR7pm – Book signing and talk event @Lucky Lab 915 SE Hawthorne – Donations will be
taknen at the door

16th Sat Seattle, WA -   University Temple
United Methodist Church, The Social Roomhttp://www.utemple.org/#/connect-with-us/directions-and-parking

17th Sun  Houston, TX -    Cafe Layal  6328 Richmond, Houston 77057 Great Mediterranean Food When: Sunday May 17, 7:30 PM

18th Austin, TX - TBA

 

I am very proud of this...

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