Gilad Atzmon's Blog, page 42
July 7, 2014
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: Palestine's vision of peace is clear
You may agree or disagree with President Abbas, but his message is crystal clear!
By Mahmoud Abbas
Twenty-six years have passed since the Palestine Liberation Organization officially endorsed the two-state solution. In a painful and historic decision, Palestine recognized the State of Israel based on pre-1967 territory, conceding over 78 percent of Palestinian land. Rather than seize this opportunity for peace, the current Israeli government has chosen to use the peace process as a smoke screen for more colonization and oppression. We still wish to believe that our Israeli neighbors do not expect the Palestinian people to live under a system of apartheid. The desire of a peace- and freedom-loving nation for independence can’t be eliminated by force.
Palestine’s vision of peace is clear, and grounded firmly in principles of international law. This is because we believe that no just and lasting peace can be achieved without respecting the rights of everyone, including both Palestinians and Israelis. In accordance with these principles, the sovereignty of the states of Palestine and Israel, as bound by the 1967 international border, must be respected; and the rights of Palestinian refugees must be honored in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194.
Negotiation serves as a powerful tool for peace, but negotiations must have a stated goal and known parameters. At least in relation to Palestine, the government of Israel does not share the same goals and parameters as the rest of the world. It is time for the world to accept that the policies of the current government of Israel are not consistent with the two-state solution. It is telling that during the last nine months of negotiations sponsored by the United States, Israel advanced housing units for 55,000 new settlers in occupied territory. Does this signify intent to achieve a just and lasting peace with Palestine? Many of our friends remind us of the wise words of late President Kennedy: “We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” Negotiations will be meaningless as long as Israel continues to entrench its occupation and to change the demography of our country in order to impose new facts on the ground.
Century of Enslavement: The History of The Federal Reserve
What is the Federal Reserve system? How did it come into existence? Is it part of the federal government? How does it create money? Why is the public kept in the dark about these important matters? In this feature-length documentary film, The Corbett Report explores these important question and pulls back the curtain on America's central bank.
July 6, 2014
Anthony Lawson: Israel and the Palestinians — It's about Mind Over Matter
Ever since the three Israeli teenagers went missing, police and army units have besieged Palestinian towns and villages in the area; their houses and shops have been ransacked and atrocities have been committed; Gaza has been bombed, and the death toll is still rising, yet international leaders have remained largely silent, when they all know that such reprisals amount to collective-punishment which is a War Crime.
A young Palestinian boy, 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khdeir, was abducted and killed in a suspected revenge attack by Israelis, on July 2nd. See how Britain's prime minister reacted to his death.
Living Under Jewish Occupation (must watch)
Israel's first reaction was that video is edited and misleading. Following the publication of the video worldwide, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said that the images indicate on a grave incident that is not indicative of Israel's law enforcement policy. I agree with Livni, the video actually reveals the true nature of Jewish occupation -tt is sadistic on a Biblical scale.
July 5, 2014
Heidegger, Pappe, History And Concealment
A few days ago, I published a comment on Dr Ilan Pappe’s performance on BBC Hardtalk. In my comment, I argued that Pappe’s struggle to make his point was not because of his opponent’s bulldozer tactics and certainly not because of Dr Pappe lacked either scholarship or courage, but simply because Ilan Pappe, in his desperation to conceal Jewish shame, is completely and utterly unable to utter the J word. In effect this means that he was unable to give voice to the blatantly obvious fact that Israeli barbarism is, unfortunately, totally consistent with certain yet common interpretations of Jewish culture, Jewish religious and heritage.
In a short article published today in Dissident Voice, William James Martin, asserted that I accused Pappe of ‘cowardice’. This is not true. In fact, on the contrary, I am well informed about all that Pappe has endured in his home country and I regard him as a very brave man indeed. Of course, I certainly cannot know precisely what it is that prevents Ilan Pappe from examining the real ideology that led to the expulsion of the Palestinians, though I can think of some possible reasons: Pappe occupies a position in a British university which must alone limit his freedom of expression. And of course, it may also be that Pappe really doesn't believe that the criminal actions committed by the Jewish state have anything to do with Jewish culture, Jewish heritage, Jewish ideology or even Judaism.
But here is something that William James Martin probably doesn’t know: Twice in my life I have met Ilan Pappe (both meetings confirmed that he is indeed one of the nicest people within the solidarity movement) and in one of the meetings I discussed the above matter with him.
Eight years ago, Palestinian film maker Dima Hamdan, who was producing a film on Israeli dissent, gathered Israeli film maker Eyal Sivan, Ilan Pappe and myself for a filmed discussion. Hamdan began the session by asking the three of us what differentiated us from the Israeli Left. Sivan, was first to answer and said, quite correctly, that “the Israeli Left is willing to critically examine 1967, but we look into 1948, the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing and so on.” Pappe was quick to affirm that this was indeed also his position.
Me, being the notorious trouble maker, immediately challenged both Sivan and Pappe. I agreed that 1948 demanded scrutiny but why, I asked, stop there? Why not go on and extend our enquiries and try to grasp the power structure that made, for example, the Belfour declaration possible? After all, how can we possibly look at the Balfour declaration without also understanding the power of the Lobby behind it, a lobby already firmly in place in 1917? Furthermore, what was the nature of the ‘Jewish question’ already much under discussion at that time? How did it emerge and why did emancipation not work out as had been expected? What about the role of culture and heritage? Was not the Jewish ‘homecoming’ then and the Nakba later driven by the same interpretation of the bible as a call for a genocide?
Czech Jews are unhappy with Mel Gibson's Latest achievement.
A long time has passed since Czech Jews used to spit on the cross and churches. Here is in an extract from a Jewish travel guide for Europe. “In Prague’s Charles Bridge, the visitor will observe a great crucifix surrounded by huge gilded Hebrew letters that spell the traditional Hebrew sanctification Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Tzvaot, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts.” According to various commentators, this piece, degrading to Jews, came about because in 1609 a Jew was accused of desecrating the crucifix. The Jewish community was forced to pay for putting up the Hebrew words in gold letters. Another explanation is that a Jew spat at the cross and for this he was to be put to death as a punishment. When this man begged for his life, the king, seeking to have good relations with the Jews, said the Jewish community had to rectify the offence….” (To read more: Travel Guide for Jewish Europe, pg 497)
But the Czech Jewish community is slightly more confident these days. It is clearly very unhappy with Mel Gibson's Latest achievement.
http://www.bloomberg.com/
"The Czech Jewish community protested against a decision by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to give Mel Gibson its top award for lifetime achievement, saying his work includes anti-Semitic views.
The 58 year-old actor and director will receive a Crystal Globe during the state-sponsored festival’s opening on July 4, according to organizers. The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic objected to the award, saying Gibson’s 2004 movie the “Passion of the Christ” portrays Jews as “evil and blood-thirsty,” it said in a letter to the festival.
“By granting this award, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival becomes another of the very arguable platforms that are gradually changing the atmosphere of our country from a traditional, relatively tolerant society” into one “where space is given to hostility, xenophobia, and anti-Semitic ideas,” the Federation said in the letter on its website.
The Karlovy Vary Festival acknowledged receiving the letter and said it respected its opinions.
“The award is to recognize Gibson’s filmmaking skills and his career,” festival spokeswoman Uljana Donatova said by phone. “We don’t feel that we’re entitled to comment on the rest. The Passion of the Christ won’t be screened at the festival.”
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity politics and Jewish Power in particular - available on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk
July 4, 2014
The Milibands,The Mossad and Deception in General
Alimuddin Usmani Interviews Gilad Atzmon
Alimuddin Usmani: In a recent text you called the British labor opposition leader, Ed Miliband, a shameless Zionist. Ed’s father, Ralph Miliband, was a Marxist and a member of Hashomer Hatzair. Is there a contradiction between being both a Marxist and a Zionist?
http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-deba...
[image error]Gilad Atzmon: This raises a few questions that deserve close attention. First, can someone be a Marxist and a Zionist simultaneously? Theoretically, NO; practically, YES.
On the theoretical level, there is a blatant contradiction between Marxism and Zionism. Marxism is universal and cosmopolitan, Zionism is tribal and nationalist. Can anyone be a cosmopolitan and a nationalist or universal and tribal? Ordinary people probably can’t, but the Jew can - Ralph Miliband clearly got away with it and he wasn’t the only one.
While the term ‘Jewish Left’ is an oxymoron due to the impossible contradiction between ethno centrism and the universal, it turns out that quite a few Jews have managed to overcome this hurdle. They operate tribally within their racially oriented Jews-only political cells, but they also identify as Marxists, Socialists and leftists. They must believe that no one notices the duplicity. But many do.
In order to understand this form of political dishonesty we must grasp the Jewish progressive twist on the universal. Marxism seeks to unite the proletariat regardless of skin-colour, gender or race. The Jewish left strives to transform Marxism into a tribal friendly discourse. They separate society into different identity groups. Accordingly, the Jewish progressive purports to support the ‘oppressed’ yet he stays cocooned in a Jews only Marxist ghetto in which he doesn’t mix with the Goyim, let alone the working people.
The next question addresses the case of Ralph Miliband. The fact that Ralph Miliband, a petty Zionist, continually managed to convince his socialist cohorts that he was ‘cosmopolitan’ and a ‘socialist’ shows that the British Left has been hijacked by a controlled opposition for some time. This fact alone explains why the working class in this country have been left behind.
Does anyone really believe that any of the Milibands (Ralph, Ed or David) spent a day in a factory in their entire life? I doubt it. And what about Ralph Miliband’s best friend Eric Hobsbawm, was he a worker or a coal miner? These people are members of the Jewish middle class pseudo intelligencia. They are people who claim to know what is good for the ‘working people.’ In Yiddish it is called Chuzpah. In practice, it is nothing short of deception.
Alimuddin Usmani: Three young Israeli settlers who disappeared recently in the West Bank were found dead. Since their disappearance the Israeli government took measures to punish the Palestinians collectively. What do you think of this affair?
Gilad Atzmon: Collective punishment is a popular activity in the Jewish State. After all, the Jews have been waiting for 2000 years to punish the goyim collectively.
In order to understand Israel and its actions we must understand Israeli policy within the context of the Jewish continuum. It is not Zionism that drives Israel to impose collective measures against Palestinians. This response is embedded in the nature of the Jewish state.
Haneen Zoabi--Israeli TV interview on Hebron kidnapping
Israel's Channel 2 interviews Israeli-Palestinian MK Haneen Zoabi. Interviewer is an extremely hostile, Rina Matzliach. They discuss the Hebron kidnapping and Zoabi's controversial statements (to Israeli Jews) saying that while she disagrees with those who committed the alleged crime, she does not find them to be terrorists.
July 3, 2014
Congratulation: Lib Dem Friends of Palestine Made It To The Jewish Chronicle
Lib Dems say sorry over anti-Israel post
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/120...
By Marcus Dysch, July 3, 2014
The Liberal Democrat Party has apologised after its Friends of Palestine group again posted antisemitic material on Facebook.
The group linked to a piece by antisemitic Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon which claimed "the time is ripe to cleanse British public life of Zionists and Jerusalemites".
Mr Atzmon's article referred to Ed Miliband's speech to Labour Friends of Israel last month.
He wrote: "Ed Miliband affirms his deep Zionist affiliation… He would have been better suited for a position as a local rabbi or a part-time job as an Israeli consular."
It went on to suggest Mossad had arranged the kidnapping of the three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank.
A Lib Dem spokesperson said: "That article was not, and is not the view of the party in any way. It was clearly inappropriate and offensive. We're of course sorry if there was any offence caused."
The LDFoP group removed the link and also apologised.
Gavin Stollar, Lib Dem Friends of Israel chairman, said: "It demonstrates that they are on the fringes. They are not in the mainstream of the party."
The JC revealed in May that the Friends of Palestine group had repeatedly posted links to a site promoting Zionist conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial.
Press Tv: On Israel's Genocidal Nature
Press TV has conducted an interview with Gilad Atzmon, a political commentator, from London, about the violent reaction by the Israeli PM and Israeli settlers to the confirmed deaths of three missing Israeli settlers.
The following is an approximate transcript of the interview.
Press TV: What is your reaction on how things have unfolded now after three weeks where we have the three settlers found dead and you have now a reaction coming – still not proven - but many deducting that extreme settlers were responsible for this?
An Israeli police spokesman has said that the main direction right now that Israeli police is looking at is whether the incident was criminal or nationalistic.
Atzmon: Yes, I can imagine that this is what the Israelis would do when a Palestinian is murdered by Israelis, either military forces or just settlers.
They always try to find an outer motive that diverts attention from the murderous and genocidal and plunderous nature of the Jewish state.
I don’t like to talk about particularities - I think the situation on the ground is indeed grave – I like to understand how is it possible that the Jewish state that was supposed to launch a beautiful Jewish homecoming to celebrate the new Israelite and to solve the Jewish question managed only to move the Jewish question or the Jewish problem into a new place and this is a disaster.
I can’t decide whether I was amused or very sad to hear Richard (Richard Hellman, Press TV guest from Washington) a second ago trying to divert attention and make us look at Iraq and Syria. I think that the situation in Iraq and Syria is very grave, but we have to remember that just a year ago it was the Jewish lobby in America and Israel that pushed to send ammunition to support ISIS and all those very frightening organizations.
And I think that we have to start to take a broad look into this topic and to understand that Israel is the biggest threat to world peace and people like Richard and the Jewish lobby in America and Britain and France are actually very dangerous to their nation and to the people around them as well as the planet.
Press TV: Your reaction to Richard Hellman’s description of Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East and as a benefit to the world, if only its neighbors would stop wanting to destroy it.
Atzmon: I think calling Israel a democracy is slightly pathetic. I’ve heard it many times. I want to remind your viewers that in the ‘Israeli democracy’ half of the people living within Israeli-controlled territories are living in open-air prisons – Gaza is an open air prison and it’s not a state, it’s still under Israeli control as we know; the West Bank is an open air prison and when Israel feels like it – like in the last week – it enters the West Bank, it killed, it arrested. It’s not a democracy, it’s a Jewish democracy and in practice it is a terrorist state.
