{"id":201741,"date":"2020-01-31T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=201741"},"modified":"2020-02-03T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T08:38:09","slug":"zionist-terror-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=201741","title":{"rendered":"Zionist Terror in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gilad Atzmon \u2013 gilad.co.uk Jan 31, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why I have withdrawn from my commitment to play at the Great 606 Jazz Club this Saturday night.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gilad-NY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gilad-NY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/asa-winstanley\/we-slaughtered-jeremy-corbyn-says-israel-lobbyist\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">They destroyed the Labour Party<\/span><\/a>, now they have launched a campaign against the British arts scene. Will they successfully abuse the moniker of anti-Semitism to destroy any place,\u00a0person or organization where they sense opposition?<\/h5>\n<h5>The 606 Jazz Club and its owner, Steve Rubie, have been subjected to a constant barrage of pressure and threats for hosting my concert. In a familiar first act,\u00a0 a Jewish \u201cmember of the public\u201d asked the 606 to explain why the club gives a [music] platform to me, whom he duplicitously\u00a0\u00a0calls \u2018an anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier.\u2019<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/uk-news\/jazz-club-defends-decision-to-host-antisemite-gilad-atzmon-1.496203\">The UK Jewish press<\/a><\/span> avidly repeated the lies about me.\u00a0 Ludicrous accusations were made. The club was told that I advocate the \u2018burning of synagogues.\u2019 I was accused of suggesting that \u201cHitler was right after all.\u201d The accusations are false and, of course, unsourced as they cannot be found anywhere in my work. If I were a Hitler supporter who urged burning synagogues, certainly these campaigners would have used Britain\u2019s strict hate speech laws to have me spend some time behind bars.<\/h5>\n<h5>I have played in the 606 club for many years and Steve and I have spent many hours discussing Israel and its politics. Steve has no doubts that the accusations against me are unfounded. Yesterday\u00a0 he wrote a <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.606club.co.uk\/statement\/\">moving\u00a0 statement<\/a><\/span> explaining\u00a0why I am invited to play at his club on a regular basis despite the constant pressure he endures. Amazingly, Steve had to point out that The 606 is\u00a0 \u201ca music venue first and foremost. We are here to promote the best in UK music and Gilad falls in that category\u2026\u201d This is without regard to Steve\u2019s disagreement with most of my political views.<\/h5>\n<h5>Steve\u2019s explained the basic core western value that political disagreement is no reason to stop the music. Are we to live in a land where Tories and Labour block each other\u2019s arts events? Ridiculous. But apparently kosher in the case of supporters of Israel and its critics. The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA)\u00a0 were not persuaded by the simple truth of Steve\u2019s letter. Last night, the CAA launched its new strategy, to threaten and then harass the Jazz community, the club, that artists and the jazz audience whenever it so decides.\u00a0 A few hours ago the CAA posted the this Tweet:<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cCampaign Against Antisemitism will be selecting a number of future dates on which to picket the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/606club\">@606Club<\/a> over its decision to provide notorious antisemite Gilad Atzmon with a platform.\u201d<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Campaign Against Antisemitism will be selecting a number of future dates on which to picket the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/606club?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@606Club<\/a> over its decision to provide notorious antisemite Gilad Atzmon with a platform.<\/p>\n<p>To join us, volunteer at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emX4iwfUe8\">https:\/\/t.co\/emX4iwfUe8<\/a> and when asked, set your city to \u201cLondon\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SnhV2EjHpz\">https:\/\/t.co\/SnhV2EjHpz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antisemitism\/status\/1223002733407604737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>This should horrify every Brit, Jew and Gentile, as it horrifies me.\u00a0 In 2017 a similar CAA campaign ended in a vicious attack on an audience member who suffered\u00a0a serious <a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2017\/8\/7\/first-violent-attack-against-jazz-audience\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">eye injury<\/span><\/a>.<\/h5>\n<h5>This morning I decided that in the light of the CAA\u2019s threats, I am withdrawing from the gig. I do not want to see the art scene obliterated by an insane Zionist\u00a0pressure group. I certainly don\u2019t want British artists and audiences subjected to violence. I did this despite my concerns about the consequences of bowing to anti-cultural bullies and my obligation to the British artists who have played with me for decades and whose livelihoods depends on such gigs.<\/h5>\n<h5>Of far larger concern is\u00a0that a pressure group that tweets its call for volunteers to destroy our art scene\u00a0enjoys such impunity in Britain. How is it that British tax benefits granted charitable status to the benefit of the CAA that openly threatens to harass the Jazz community, its audience, venues and artists?<\/h5>\n<h5>I\u00a0deeply believe that\u00a0 Britain must reinstate its liberal and universal values of tolerance and diversity, and as a first step, I intend to file a complaint against\u00a0 the CAA with the <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/complain-about-charity\">Charity Commission<\/a><\/span>. I ask you to examine their rules and decide if you want to do the same.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">My battle for truth and freedom involves \u00a0some expensive legal services. I hope that you will consider committing to a monthly donation in whatever amount you can give. Regular contributions will enable me to avoid being pushed against a wall and to stay on top of the endless harassment by Zionist operators attempting to silence me.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">To assist Gilad in his work, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2020\/1\/31\/zionist-terror-in-london\">scroll to the foot of the source page<\/a><\/span> to make a donation.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2020\/1\/31\/zionist-terror-in-london\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is it that British tax benefits granted charitable status to a group that openly threatens the Jazz community, its audience, venues and artists?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201743,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201741\/revisions\/201743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}