Gilad Atzmon Presents Artie Fishel and the Promised Band

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His work has explored the music of the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe and he has collaborated, recorded and performed with musicians from all around the world [7], including the Palestinian singer, Reem Kelani, Tunisian singer and aud player Dhafer Youssef, and violinist Marcel Mamaliga, accordion player Romano Viazzani, and bassist Yaron Stavi, as well as the violinist and trumpet-violin player, Dumitru Ovidiu Fratila and Guillermo Rozenthuler (vocals). Since 2003, Atzmon has also collaborated with Robert Wyatt, who has been a great influence on Gilad's work. Islington council had said Atzmon’s record could harm its relationship with Jewish people in the borough if he was permitted to play with Ian Dury’s former band. I commend this book to anyone interested in Palestine/Israel, the Middle East in general, or Jewish identity issues." Sheldon Richman In 2012, Norton Mezvinsky wrote that "Gilad Atzmon is a critical and committed secular humanist with firm views, who delights in being provocative". [98] [99] Socialist Workers Party

Karen Abi-Ezzi, "Music as a Discourse of Resistance: The Case of Gilad Atzmon", Chapter 7 of Olivier Urbain, Editor, Music and conflict transformation: harmonies and dissonances in geopolitics, I.B. Tauris, 2008 p. 101. When George schmoozed Gilad – Blog". CST – Protecting Our Jewish Community. 6 January 2015 . Retrieved 5 June 2020. Atzmon's second novel, My One and Only Love, published in 2005, was described by the BBC as a "comedic narrative on Zionist espionage and intrigue" and a "psychological and political commentary on the personal conflict between being true to one's heart and being loyal to the Jews". [53] By 2010, the two novels had been published in 27 languages. [1] A pioneering work that deserves to be read and Gilad Atzmon is brave to write this book!" Dr. Samir Abed-Rabbo

Having known Gilad for 25 years, I read the book in English, I heard it in Hebrew and reflected on it in Arabic. Gilad Atzmon is astonishingly courageous” Dr. Makram Khoury-Machool The Ten Commandments is Jerusalem. I don’t need you to tell me I should not kill. Athens is ethics, Jerusalem is anti-ethics.” Some of us, especially the unvaccinated are obviously immune to Covid but very few of us are immune to MRNA substances and even fewer can endure its impact on our bodies. According to David Hirsh, writing in 2017, Atzmon attempted to lead an antisemitic purge of the anti-Zionist movement, which however runs counter to the anti-racist values of most anti-Zionists. Despite this, it took some time for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Socialist Workers Party, which had collaborated closely with him since 2004, to stop treating Atzmon as legitimate. [90]

He said: “How is it related to Grenfell Tower? Very simple. People who think things through, who understand about responsibility and morality and ethics don’t clad buildings all over the country with flammable materials. Hope not Hate described Atzmon as "an antisemite who has promoted the works of Holocaust deniers", [88] [89] relating the Holocaust denial support mainly to circulating a work of Paul Eisen. [89] Atzmon has described Hope Not Hate as "an integral part of the Zionist network, dedicated to promoting Jewish tribal politics". [85] Scholarship The idea of "Jewish supremacism" is most commonly associated with American neo-Nazi and former Klan leader David Duke, who wrote a book of that name. Unsurprisingly, Duke has expressed his admiration for Atzmon's writings. In a 2005 opinion piece, David Aaronovitch criticised Atzmon for his essay "On Anti-Semitism" and for circulating an article promoting Holocaust denial. [73] In June, members of the Jews Against Zionism (JAZ) group protested in front of a London bookshop against an appearance by Atzmon who was criticised by JAZ for circulating a Paul Eisen work that defended Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel. [74] Assuming that Prof Davies’ account is true and I have every good reason to believe it is, then what motivated Prof. Bauer to depict the Holocaust and the Poles in such a misleading light? Presumably, truth seeking wasn’t his prime motivation. Even more telling, if Prof. Davies account is accurate, then it is reasonable to assume that the Israeli historian wasn’t at all interested in uncovering the truth, instead he was investing in the concealment of truth and seeking support for his project from the British historians.Landy, David (2011). Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Disapora Jewish Opposition to Israel. London: Zed Books. p.167. ISBN 978-1-84813-926-8. Kamm, Oliver (25 April 2006). "Agreed, we shouldn't vote for the BNP – but its twin, Respect, is just as bad". The Times . Retrieved 21 August 2016. When (as the SWP has done for the past two years) they entertain at their keynote events a speaker — a jazz musician called Gilad Atzmon — who explicitly believes that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are, whatever their historical provenance, an accurate depiction of modern America, they are allying with classic anti-Semitism. (subscription required) In the wake of Mr Williamson’s endorsement of Mr Atzmon, 32 university Labour clubs signed an open letter urging the party to “withdraw the whip… until he listens to the concerns of the Jewish community and properly educates himself about antisemitism”. Deeks, Steve (27 March 2019). "Jazz musician cancelled by Southsea club over 'anti-semitic' claims says he is victim of 'international smear campaign' ". The News . Retrieved 3 May 2020.

A brilliant, courageous study as well as critical reflection on Jewish ethnocentrism" Rainlore's World of Music Mr Williamson, the MP for Derby North and an outspoken ally of Jeremy Corbyn, signed the Change.org petition, tweeting a link with the caption “Hands Off Gilad Atzmon – Sign the Petition!” Gilad's The Wandering Who? would have been a welcome delight to Albert Einstein just as it will be the irritating nemesis for Abe Foxman ideologues.” Dr. Paul Balles Frazer, Jenni (2 July 2020). "Gilad Atzmon says sorry for libelling Campaign Against Antisemitism's chairman". The Times of Israel. Atzmon was born in Tel Aviv in 1963, into what he describes as "a conservative, secular Zionist family". During his National Service, he served as a paramedic in the Israeli army in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, and started to question some of the fundamental tenets of his upbringing. "I realised that I was part of a colonial state, the result of plundering and ethnic cleansing," he says. He sought solace in jazz, in particular the recordings that Charlie Parker made with a string section in the early 1950s.a b Frazer, Jenni (22 May 2018). "Gilad Atzmon to face trial for accusing Jewish activist of 'inventing anti-Semitism' ". The Times of Israel . Retrieved 2 May 2020. Sometimes well-meaning people fail to recognise antisemitism when they encounter it, because they are not attuned to the linguistic codes in which it is expressed, or are unaware of the cultural themes of anti-Judaic prejudice being drawn upon. Anti-Judaic bigotry predates modern racism, and is embedded in our culture. In pre-capitalist Europe Christians were prohibited from usury – lending money for interest. Medieval Jewry thus played a social role as financiers. The enduring negative stereotype of Jews as "greedy" therefore derived from medieval opposition to finance capital. As Martin Luther wrote in 1543: "[The Jews] let us work in the sweat of our brow to earn money and property while they sit behind the stove, idle away the time, fart, and roast pears … with their accursed usury they hold us and our property captive. … Thus they are our masters and we are their servants, with our property, our sweat, and our labour." I call it reverting to the primacy of the ear. Western education is very visually oriented: you play two bars of one chord, two bars of another - it's all written out in grids. I see the way my daughter learns the cello. It's codified, methodically. But there is no way to write Arabic music." He hums a melismatic Arabic phrase. "There is no way you can write that down. You have to learn to internalise it before you can play it on an instrument. You have to listen. And that's where I see the overlap with politics. I see Arabic music as injecting ethics into my music. We don't listen to Arab voices. We don't listen to Hamas. We don't listen to Hezbollah, or Ahmadinejad."

If you care to understand Zionist Israel, read Atzmon’s book, The Wandering Who?" Paul Craig Roberts Atzmon has described charges of antisemitism as being a "common Zionist silencing apparatus" [93] and said that "there is an international smear campaign against me". [94] Gilad's "The Wandering Who" entertains, pushes and irritates us. His painful journey through what it means to be Jewish, what the consequences are of carrying that realization around, and his ultimate acceptance of who he is makes me awfully glad I was raised a Methodist. Not to be missed and not to be put down for later, his book is one of the best reads of 2012."

Engaging Gilad Atzmon, video of Norton Mezvinsky interview with Gilad Atzmon,' Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2012.