Gilad Atzmon's Blog, page 67
December 6, 2013
Hilariously Predictable - Watch A West Bank Settler Run Away
2nd segment of a a debate between Jewish Settler politician David Rubin and jazz artist Gilad Atzmon on Richie Allen Show /PVT (3/12/13). It doesn't take too long before the settler runs away. All it takes is jus a bit of 'in your face' truth...
And here is the first segment of the same debate:
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics - available on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk
December 5, 2013
The Meaning Of The Jewish State
Donning The Yellow Star
By Alan A,
Tom Gross reports that the pianist, Evgeny Kissin, has chosen to adopt Israeli citizenship:
On Saturday evening at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim arts center in Jerusalem, he will receive his Israeli passport from another prominent Soviet-born Jew, Natan Sharansky (who, of course, spent years in solitary confinement in the gulag for saying he wanted to live in freedom). Evgeny will give a recital next Monday at Binyanei Ha’Uma, Jerusalem’s largest indoor venue.
This is what he says:
I am a Jew, Israel is a Jewish state – and since long ago I have felt that Israel, although I do not live there, is the only state in the world with which I can fully identify myself, whose case, problems, tragedies and very destiny I perceive to be mine.
“If I, as a human being and artist represent anything in the world, it is my Jewish people, and therefore Israel is the only state on our planet which I want to represent with my art and all my public activities, no matter where I live.
“When Israel’s enemies try to disrupt concerts of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra or the Jerusalem Quartet, I want them to come and make troubles at my concerts, too: because Israel’s case is my case, Israel’s enemies are my enemies, and I do not want to be spared of the troubles which Israeli musicians encounter when they represent the Jewish State beyond its borders."
December 4, 2013
The Palestine Terminological Spin
Gilad Atzmon on Ken O'keefe's Middle East PTV pt2[image error]
[image error][image error]Atzmon and O'keefe look into the terminology that diverts the attention from the crimes committed in Palestine. In this segment Atzmon argues that Zionism, Colonialism, and Apartheid are there to divert the attention from the unique characteristics of the Jewish national project. O'keefe and Atzmon also look into BDS, infiltration, George Soros, Liberal Zionism, NGO, Civil Society and the transformation of nations into a bunch of beggars.
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics - available on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk
December 3, 2013
Gilad Atzmon on Press TV: Israeli lobby a ‘threat’ to Western politics
Israel and its powerful lobby in Washington D.C. are considered a risk to “our Western politics,” said a London-based political activist on Monday, in a reference to Tel Aviv’s opposition to a newly-reached nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the UN Security council plus Germany.
People around the world start to realize that the price we are paying "for the Jewish lobby’s interfering with our Western politics is severe,” said Gilad Atzmon in a phone interview with Press TV.
After Iran and the six world powers reached an interim deal in Geneva on Nov. 24 over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely opposed the agreement calling it “weak and desperate.”
Netanyahu even appealed to members of the US Congress as negotiations were underway to kill the Geneva deal, which is set to ease some of sanctions imposed on Tehran.
December 2, 2013
Gilad Atzmon on Ken O'keefe's Middle East - TPV pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7r1eQDGxo&feature=youtu.be
Atzmon and O'keefe scrutinize the role of language in political discussion and Palestine solidarity discourse in particular. In this segment they examine Zionism, Israel, Jewish tribalism and the usage of the 'J word'.
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.tv/watchnow
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics - available on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk
Songs Of The Metropolis made it to Mojo's 2013 Best Albums
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[image error]Songs Of The Metropolis – Album Launch Tour
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
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Gilad's music facebook page
‘A formidable improvisational array...a jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height...’ The Guardian.
‘The best musician living in the world today’ Robert Wyatt
"The Band has created perhaps their most enduring ensemble work yet" Andy Robson Jazzwise ****
"Whether he’s blowing up a storm of notes or gently caressing a ballad, there’s a luminous vitality at the heart of Atzmon’s playing that’s irresistible to the ear" Record Collector ****
Tomorrow Night, A Unique London appearance: Figarova & Atzmon @ the 606 Jazz Club
[image error] A special opportunity to listen to legendary New York based pianist Amina Figarova, originally from Azerbaijan and London based virtuoso saxophonist Gilad Atzmon. These two masters will be playing together in the USA in 2014 but you can listen to their incredible duo next week in London at the 606 Jazz Club on 3rd December 8:00 PM and also in a house concert in Mill Hill, NW London (contact info@pinemail.co.uk) on 4th December.
On Figarova:
"...With this rewarding date, Amina Figarova makes her case as an important composer of her generation..." www.allmusic.com
"... Figarova is among the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium..."
Thomas Conrad, Jazztimes
"... She is a major artist..." London Evening Standard
On Atzmon:
“A formidable improvisational array...a jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height.” The Guardian.
“The best musician living in the world today” Robert Wyatt, The Guardian
“One of the most charismatic and focused reedsmen on the planet.” Chris Parker LondonJazz
Clashing Views of Political Reality: Chomsky versus Dershowitz
By Prof. Richard Falk
http://richardfalk.wordpress.com
My friend and former collaborator, Howard Friel, has written an intriguing book contrasting the worldviews and polemical styles of two Jewish American intellectuals with world class reputations, Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz (Friel, Chomsky and Dershowitz: On Endless War and the End of Civil Liberties, Olive Branch Press, 2014). The book is much more than a comparison of two influential voices, one critical the other apologetic, with respect to the Israel/Palestine struggle and the subordination of private liberties to the purveyors of state-led security at home and abroad . Friel convincingly favors Chomsky’s approach both with respect to the substance of their fundamental disagreements and in relation to sharply contrasting styles of argument.
Chomsky is depicted, accurately I believe, as someone consistently dedicated to evidenced based reasoning reinforced by an abiding respect for the relevance and authority of international law and morality. Chomsky has also been a tireless opponent of American imperialism and military intervention, and of oppressive regimes anywhere on the planet. He is also shown by Friel to be strongly supportive of endowing individuals whether citizens or not with maximal freedom from interference by the state. From such perspectives, the behavior of Israel and the United States are assessed by Chomsky to be betrayals of humane values and of the virtues of a constitutional democracy.
