BBC Airbrushes Atzmon’s Anti-Semitism
October 15, 2012 15:50 by Simon Plosker
Why did the BBC give a platform to an anti-Semite? On 14 October, the BBC World Service, in a discussion on the links between music and politics, interviewed Gilad Atzmon, a studio guest described as an
acclaimed and controversial jazz saxophonist… a London-based Israeli jazz man… whose political criticism of Zionism and the Israeli state has made him many enemies.
But as is so often the case with the BBC, a piece of vital context has been omitted – Gilad Atzmon is a dye-in-the-wool anti-Semite.
And, in this case, the BBC has no excuse whatsoever for confusing criticism of Zionism or Israel with actual Jew-hatred. For Gilad Atzmon’s Holocaust denial and support for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have been well-documented. Indeed, some of his “many enemies” include some of the most rabid anti-Israel agitators on the fringe left who have found Atzmon’s beliefs to be beyond the pale even for them.
Here are some of Atzmon’s views, which can be viewed in more detail here:
- Jews were responsible for their persecution by the Nazis
- Burning synagogues is a “rational act”
- Jews try to control the world, as predicted by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- Jews are inhuman and they are destroying the planet
- Jews caused the Credit Crunch
- The history of the Holocaust is questionable and is used to conceal plots by Zionists and Neocons
- Israel is worse than the Nazis
It’s one thing to broadcast Atzmon’s music. It’s quite another to give him a platform to legitimize his appalling views. In a discussion concerning the links between music and politics, surely the BBC presenter Julian Woricker could have challenged Atzmon?
(Click below to listen to the full interview.)
As one blogger at Harry’s Place put it:
What was really unpleasant about this interview, and the conversation with other guests which followed, was the apparent complete unconcern felt about Atzmon’s foul views. Woricker claimed to have read a good deal about him, but seemed unperturbed by what he had learnt; he made approving noises when Atzmon claimed that no one could say he had got his facts wrong, and expressed apparent incredulous disbelief at the thought anyone could think his guest a racist or anti-Semite.
The BBC is prepared to fete a man who has been disowned by even the most vicious anti-Zionist activists who see his anti-Semitism as discrediting the Palestinian cause.
Just how far is the BBC prepared to go to promote its institutional bias and hatred towards Israel?
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martin
11:51 am
Oct 22, 2012
The official reason for allowing it to happen is because the railway tracks to Ausxhwitz were not considered a military target, unlike the cities such as Berlin, Cologne, Mannheim etc.
Martin Gilbert is a tremendous author and wrote a biography on Churchill.
I don’t believe the matter of millions of Jews being sent to their deaths was an imp-ortant matter to any of them, Stalin, Churchill or Roosevelt
I read a very good book about Roosevelts crocodile tears.
The official line to continue was to finish the war as soon as possible thereby allowing Jews to be around a little longer.
The fact is that the British establishment suffered from over the top Jew hatred, a disease that does not stop.
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Mark Feffer
4:40 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Thanks, Martin. I will read the book. I have the impression that Gilbert liked Churchill. I will see.
Todah. But as Lord Moyne said about taking in refugee Jews and saving them, “But what will we do with them?”.
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martin
6:03 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Mark, no doubt that Martin Gilbert admired Churchill , as most positive did, with and without mistakes. If the Hitler supporters and their gullible peace now friends had had their way, the UK would have surrendered, without doubt.
Unfortunately, I am in the middle of moving house and all my books are packed. I have one book, I believe titled Prime Ministers and written by Yehuda Avner. Any one who doubts my statements regarding British aristocracy and their Jew hatred should try to obtain this excellent book. Avner, a British religious socialist wrote about his time serving various Israeli prime ministers. I was very pleasanlty surprised to note that according to him, Begin was best.
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Mark Feffer
6:15 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Martin, Somehow I get the impression that the Guardian’s and BBC’s Jew hatred
is based on pycho-sexual hangups. Big time Conscious and obvious hangup their anti semitism is, Potty training?
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Horace Pizzicata
11:10 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Mine friend, what’s with your theory of psycho-sexual hangups involving Jews and potty training? Are you okay in da noggin?
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Mark Feffer
8:46 am
Oct 23, 2012
I am suggesting that the blatent anti Semitism of the
Leftist UK media is rooted in infantile trauma of the pycho sexual nature Freud would be at home explaining.. It is certainly pathological. And they KNOW it leads to the killing of Jews…..
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Horace Pizzicata
6:17 pm
Oct 22, 2012
ALL EUROPEAN ARISTOCRACY HATED JEWS and blatant anti-Semitism was not the reason.It was because much in Christianity had roots in voodoo paganism. Many of the European aristocrats were Roman Catholic and were able to control their subjects by way of Pope voodoo. That is their subjects minus Jews who didn’t fall for nonsense such as, “Believe in this or you will be turned into a bird turd.” And so the Jews weakened the grip of the aristocrats who thrived the most when their subjects were the stupidest. Hence the Jews became scapegoats for all the ills of the kingdoms and subsequently murdered.
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Mark Feffer
7:45 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Horace, re etymology of ENGLAND. This from Edenics founder Isaac Mozeson.
The Germanic name didn’t refer to England, but to the German homeland of the invaders from the Continent who murdered the Picts…and later accused Israel of being unfair.
See ENGLAND in edenics.net
the L gets assimilated in ANGLE-LAND, so it really doesn’t matter if that L is part of ANGLE from [A]QeL, crooked, or from the element meaning LAND (a Babelized AReTS — S-L, S-D).
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Horace Pizzicata
11:06 pm
Oct 22, 2012
Oh for cryin’ out loud. This founder of Epidemics is on TWITTER. He’s no scholar but an average guy who plays marbles and stuff like that. You use that preposterous thing as a crutch. Ich spreche Deutsch und ich erzaehlt dich dass England zwei Woerter besteht ist. Eins is ENG (narrow) und die andere LAND (land). Es gibt kein Edenische Abfall darin. In other words, Jack, this Edenics thing has you totally screwed blue and tattooed. Do you believe in that religion Tom Cruise in involved in? His wife Katie considered it so terrible-might have such a bad effect on their daughter, she amscrayed and fast. Well you are in a rut with this endenics stuff. You’re being spoon -fed monkey turds.
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Mark Feffer
8:56 am
Oct 23, 2012
Horace my friend – Mozeson has just finished a book outling 1000 german words from the proto Hebrew.
This is only a beginning. I am at feffer@netvision.net.il.
Write me and I can send you a German-Hebrew list for you to ponder. Again, science
considors a world wide proto language a long time ago. Could proto Hebrew be the basis of this universal tongue? Examine Edenics evidence and then respond. The Origin of Speeches is available at Amazon. The mystery of language – the mystery of man.
Give me a word, I will find the proto Hebrew root for you. You decide.
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Mark Feffer
9:02 am
Oct 23, 2012
Horace – Typo here. It should be highlighting 1000 german words directly from the Hebrew…… Thanks.
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Horace Pizzicata
11:21 pm
Oct 22, 2012
For all of you who don’t understand how the Holocaust could have happened i.e. how GB and other powers permitted it,I can explain quickly,accurately + succinctly. The Holocaust began in 1933 when the new German Kanzler (German lingo), Herr Hitler, opened Oronienburg KZ (Konzetrationlager) (German for concentration camp) for Jews, Gypsies, Christian dissidents, Homosexuals and commies.The west did nothing. Then came pulling out Jews from their homes and shooting them. The west did nothing. Then we had “Krystalnacht” in which synagogues were burned down, Jewish businesses went up in flames and Jewish civilians were shot dead. The west did nothing.By Aushwitz, IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING
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Scott
4:33 am
Oct 23, 2012
I’m surprised Atzmon has yet to be hired by the Huffington Post.
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martin
12:11 pm
Oct 23, 2012
Yes Horace and don’t forget the speech given by Hitler, in that he offered Germany’s Jews to the world. The German Lloyd liner (can’t remember its name for now) sailed the 7 seas. Only, the UK , Holland I believe were the only countries to recive a small number. Certainly Roosevelt by now had shown his true colours.
Even Cuba was halted by US direction, with Canada and other Commonwealth countries were,too, halted from offering a home because of the UK’s relentless hammering of the Jewish question in ints Mandate of Palestine and the effect on the Arab conscience.
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Mark Feffer
1:21 pm
Oct 23, 2012
Martin, Could that liner be the St. Louis? My uncle was on it. Ultimately he got into England (from Germany) and wound up in Canada. The Allies failed miserably here. Jews were expendible….
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