Palestine Think Tank

For our American readers, a chance to meet up with Gilad Atzmon during a week of speaking events for Palestine.
Houston, Texas
Wednesday  June 3 8 -10PM, Station Museum of Contemporary Arts
Denver, Colorado
Thursday June 4 7pm, The Mercury Cafe 2199 California Street
Carbondale, Colorado
Friday June 5 Steve’s Guitars
Denver, Colorado
Saturday June 6 8pm The Mercury Cafe 2199 California Street
Saratoga, California
Sunday [...]

WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO Like anybody, we love to watch false idols crumble, and when rabid Zionist and war advocate Aaronovitch hit the floor with a crash, it was actually one of the most amusing moments in recent political public events. We got to hear, and in some cases, to see the man who considers [...]

Well, not much really…. Just that when you invite people who don’t consider each other to be “within the pale”, as British columnist David Aaronovitch said, then the discussion on anti-Semitism turns into character assassination.  
No one expected a calm discussion during the debate entitled “Anti-Semitism – Alive and Well in Europe?”, which was organised by [...]

INTERVIEW BY Sebastian Scotney
"Are you a Londoner now?" , I asked Cricklewood resident Gilad Atzmon.
He paused for thought. And for a very brief moment, I imagined I had achieved the impossible and caught him short of an answer.
Atzmon is one of the most articulate, confident and powerful communicators around. Not just as a musician, but [...]

Hasan: Dear Gilad, How do you evaluate the Israeli carnage in Gaza? 
 
Gilad: Dear Hasan, I don’t really think that it is a matter of evaluation. We are all aware of the level of destruction brought upon innocent civilians by the Jewish state. Gaza looks as if it was nuked. Yet, as we know, the devastation [...]

The World Economic Forum at Davos had an incredible moment of truth… After Shimon Peres was allowed to justify the wanton killing that the Jewish State engaged in over the territory they have strangled with their inhumane blockade, (and received applause for it by the men and women waiting for their champaign glasses to be [...]

The second part of an analysis of the motivations behind the internet campaign to keep the views of Gilad Atzmon out of the "Palestinian Solidarity Campaign". Written by an objective observer, active in human rights campaigning for the past 50 years, we offer the second part of the analysis for better understanding of the reasons [...]

The First of Two Parts WRITTEN BY ROY RATCLIFFE
The catalyst leading to the production of this paper was the suggestion of a boycott of an Exeter University student ’Friends of Palestine’ event in May 2008. The suggestion was made by at least one Exeter Socialist because it was alleged that one of the participants, Gilad [...]

A brief introduction to Gilad Atzmon’s “The Jewish Experience”Gilad Atzmon’s Abencerraje or How the Fulfillment of Desire Disables Hope
Desperation tires until it becomes true,
and hope until its desire is realized.
The Story of Abencerraje and the Lovely Jarifa
Today, Gilad Atzmon is no stranger to the Spanish language audience. In 2003, when by chance, I came across [...]

Gilad Atzmon talk at Euro Palestine event at the Parisian Librairie-Resistances bookshop featuring the legendary Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef 16/5/08.
On May 16th Gilad Atzmon presented his 'Primacy of the Ear' talk at Librairie Résistances in Paris. The room was filled to capacity with enthusiast Palestinian solidarity activists.
The following is a short video clip of Atzmon's [...]