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From: Gilad Atzmon <gilad at gilad.co.uk>
Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:48 AM
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 1. Two People, One
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*By Gilad Atzmon*

*A talk given in Toronto at The Islamic Society of York, Canada 24.2.12 *

I was asked to talk to you today about the on-going dispute within our
ranks between those who support the One State Solution for the Israeli
Palestinian conflict, and those who advocate Two States for the two people.

Interestingly enough, this is a topic I hardly comment on, and not because
I am short of vision, opinion or ideas, but rather because I do believe
that the fate of the people in Palestine and Israel should be decided by
the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves. I, for instance, fail to see
what qualifies a NYC Jewish academic or activist to determine how people
should live in Palestine or anywhere else. Furthermore, I have never seen a
Palestinian trying to advise Western solidarity activists how to run their
life. I argue then, that our ‘interventionist’ enthusiasm to preach to
others on how they should live is actually slightly pretentious.

But the subject is obviously deeper: in spite of the fact Israel is an
organic sovereign State -- it is already recognised as a one State by the
nations, it has a single sewage system, one electric grid, one pre-dial
international code -- many Western world leaders insist that it should
actually be divided into two. But don’t you think that it is pretty unusual
for the ‘international community’ to blindly follow the Zionist ideology
and draw a racially inspired line between the two people on the land?

So, rather than entering an endless and futile debate here, I propose
that we should begin from a point at which we all agree: I presume that we
all accept that Israel is currently a one State, yet it is dominated
politically and spiritually by an ethnocentric discriminatory political
system.

Israel defines itself as the Jewish State and the practical meaning of it
is pretty devastating. It is racially driven. Israeli laws favour the
Jewish population over the indigenous people of the land. Israel is
impervious to universal and ethical thoughts. It is basically set to serve
one tribe at the expense of the people of the land.

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  2. Ezra MacVie- The Wandering Who: A Study of Jewish Identity
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 [image: The Wandering Who by Gilad Atzmon]

In a way, this latest book by Israeli-British saxophonist-commentator Gilad
Atzmon is a case study. It is a study of the situation of mastery by a
Zionist cabal over the foreign policies of the United States and the United
Kingdom and of the critical centers of public opinion that guide these
policies. What makes this subject a case is the broader conception of
Jewish-led enterprises as a sort of evolved parasite first infesting, then
controlling institutions and structures of human organization generally,
going back to hosts as ancient as the Roman Empire. Whenever and wherever
systems of human order and power have developed to a scale that justifies
the effort, strategic networks organized and staffed largely by Jews have
sprung up to move matters in the directions that favor them (the major
exceptions to date seemingly confined to East Asia). This applies not only
to empires and republics, but to dictatorships, kingdoms, professions,
labor unions, media, banks, and supra-national organizations—wherever power
of any sort intersects organization of any kind.

The case Atzmon delineates in 202 trenchant, eminently readable pages is a
beast in whose belly—Israel—he was born and raised, up to and including a
stint in the vaunted Israeli Defense Forces, in which the future
saxophonist’s billet was in a military band that he reports played as badly
as possible in order to keep its future workload to a minimum. But Atzmon’s
experiences were not limited to blowing the horns such as those with which
his ancient forebears reduced the walls of Jericho. He also witnesses
numerous cases, described in this book, of cruelty and murder visited by
his comrades-in-arms on their hapless opponents, the natives of the
Palestine that Israel is relentlessly swallowing up in the finest
traditions of the ancient Roman and all succeeding empires.



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*Dear friends*

*I will be touring the USA
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next three weeks. I will be talking about The Wandering Who, Jewish
identity politics, music & ethics and the future of Palestine.  I will be
giving many radio interviews and scheduled for a few TV appearances. Truth,
Justice & Peace is all we want.*

* Please spread the message.*

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   - Friday, Feb. 24, 7 pm—Islamic Society of York Region, 1380 Stouffville
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*California<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=37671575&msgid=579727&act=XB2K&c=283016&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwanderingwho.wordpress.com%2Fcalifornia%2F%3Fcsspreview%3Dtrue>
*

   - Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 pm—Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts,
   1428 Alice St., Oakland, CA; suggested donation of $10-$20. Contact: (510)
   224-3518.
   - Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8 pm— University of La Verne, 1950 3rd St., La
   Verne, CA. Morgan Auditorium, 8 pm. Contact: (909) 593-3511.
   - Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7:30 pm—Levantine Cultural Center, 5998 W. Pico
   Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. Free, reservations suggested. Contact: (310)
   657-5511.

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*

   - Thursday, March 1, 7 pm—University of Colorado Campus, Boulder, CO.
   UMC, Free for the public.
   - Friday, March 2, 8-11 pm—Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver,
   CO. Free, Contact: 303-669-7286
   - Saturday, March 3, 7-10 pm—3rd Street Center, Carbondale, CO.

*Texas<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=37671575&msgid=579727&act=XB2K&c=283016&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwanderingwho.wordpress.com%2Ftexas%2F%3Fcsspreview%3Dtrue>
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   - Monday, March 5, 7-10 pm—Café Nayal, 6328 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX
   77057.

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   - Wednesday, March 7, 7-9 p.m—Northeastern Illinois University Recital
   Hall, 5500 North St. Louis Ave., Chicago, IL;  free.

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   - Friday, March 9, 7 pm—discussion, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
   WI, 1111 Humanities.
   - Friday, March 9, 10 pm—music portion to follow, The Weary Traveler,
   1201 Williamson St., Madison, WI.

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   - Saturday, March 10 – Atlanta, GA. More information to come.

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*

   - Sunday, March 11, 3-5 pm—Plymouth Congregational Church with Maceo
   Kemp, 5301 North Capitol St., Washington, DC, open to public, donation to
   church recommended/not required.
   - Sunday, March 11, 6:30-9:30 pm — DC Jazz session at Dahlak Restaurant,
   1771 U St. NW, Washington, DC; no cover charge.

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   - Tuesday, March 13, 7 pm —The Cracker Factory, 35 Lehigh St., Geneva,
   NY. Contact: (315) 246-4395.

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   - Wednesday, March 14, 6:30-8:30 pm—Gilad Atzmon discusses *The
   Wandering Who?* and other matters with Norton Mezvinsky, Connecticut
   State Professor of History Emeritus, at the Mount Vernon Place United
   Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC; free and open
   to the public.
   - Thursday, March 15, 5-7 pm —Music and talk at DC Peace House,
1233 12thSt. NW, Washington, DC; free and open to the public.
   - Thursday, March 15, 8 pm—possible additional event TBA.

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   - Friday, March 16 – New York, NY. More information to come.

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