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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Jewish racism knows no boundaries. Though many people of many ethnic origins live between the river and the sea, the Jewish State is not exactly a multi- cultural society. The Israeli legal system is racist to the bone; it is a true mirror of Jewish supremacy and Talmudic tribalism. In ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
By Gilad Atzmon
MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 AT 11:58 AM - As I write this piece the scale of the Israeli lethal slaughter at sea is yet to be clear. However we already know that at around 4 am Gaza time, hundreds of IDF commandos stormed the Free Gaza international humanitarian ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
In London schools today, children are taught about the Holocaust, how bad the Nazis were. But, asks jazz musician and writer Gilad Atzmon, is anyone teaching about the immorality of Empire? Or Israeli aggression in Gaza? Atzmon is confident the real lesson is being learnt - that genocide, by whichever ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
One bloody incident in Rafah in 1956 left 111 Palestinians dead, shot by Israeli soldiers. Seemingly a footnote to a long history of killings, that day in Rafah also reveals the competing truths that have come to define an intractable war. In his new graphic novel, Footnotes In Gaza, Joe ...
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
In spite of being an action-packed movie, the message of James Cameron's Avatar, the US$300 million cinematic spectacle, is clear: NO to war, NO to greed, NO to intervention, NO to throwing bombs, YES to nature, harmony and respecting the beliefs of others. Review by jazz musician and writer Gilad ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
A TV character leaves a drop of urine on a framed picture of Jesus and people in America and around the world are outraged. But jazz musician and writer Gilad Atzmon makes a case for comedian Larry David who took upon himself the courageous responsibility to portray the ugly face ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
There are some who not only cling on to the memory of the Holocaust but even derive some satisfaction by making up stories about the Holocaust. On the other hand, they are the witnesses of an ongoing holocaust in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. As writer and musician Gilad Atzmon ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Israel does not lag behind when it comes to making friends with rising superpower China. But it is not just making friends, it is the marketing of Israel that seems more important. Jazz saxophonist and writer Gilad Atzmon wonders if China can really accommodate Israel, a country with a bourgeoisie ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
'Palestinian right of return' sounds like an amusing idea to an Israeli. Even the most advanced 'Israeli humanists' are not ready to share the land with its indigenous inhabitants. This doesn't leave the Palestinians with many options but to liberate themselves against all odds. As commentator and musician Gilad Atzmon ...
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