{"id":60281,"date":"2012-11-16T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=60281"},"modified":"2012-11-18T11:54:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T11:54:01","slug":"caricature-chief-rabbi-sacks-caught-off-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=60281","title":{"rendered":"Caricature Chief Rabbi Sacks Caught Off Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gilad Atzmon \u2013 gilad.co.uk Nov 16, 2012<\/h1>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Chief-Rabbi-Sacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-60282\" title=\"Chief Rabbi Sacks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Chief-Rabbi-Sacks-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks was caught off guard during a Radio 4 interview this morning when he accused Iran of being part of the Gaza conflict.<\/h5>\n<h5>Appearing on the Today programme broadcast he was asked by presenter Evans Davis for his reaction to the situation in Gaza immediately after delivering the daily peaceful \u2018Thought for the Day\u2019.<\/h5>\n<h5>He initially responded: &#8216;I think it&#8217;s got to do with Iran, actually.&#8217; Rabbi Sacks clearly spoke his mind.<\/h5>\n<h5>But when the Rabbi was told he was live on air, he quickly changed his spots and \u00a0responded by making a plea for peace saying: &#8220;A continued prayer for peace is needed, not only in Gaza but the whole region.&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r8mdCWNY-g8?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r8mdCWNY-g8?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h5>The Rabbi then continued: &#8216;No one gains from violence &#8211; not the Palestinians, not the Israelis. This is an issue where we must all pray for peace and work for it.&#8217;<\/h5>\n<h5>Rabbi Sacks provides us with a glimpse into the disingenuous nature entangled with Jewish identity politics. There is one official progressive \u2018peace seeking line\u2019 for the Goyim to consume, yet, \u00a0there is also a conspiratorial warmongering view that is constantly dripped via the necessary media cannels.<\/h5>\n<h5>Rabbi Sacks is Chief Rabbi of Britain and the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Unfortunately, once again we witness an ideological continuum between Israeli militancy and Diaspora Jewish leadership.<\/h5>\n<h5>Oy Vey indeed.\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Update:\u00a0 The BBC has now apologised to Rabbi Sacks,\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/9682850\/BBC-apologises-after-Chief-Rabbi-blames-Iran-for-Gaza-conflict.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 The BBC should have instead apologise to the rest of us for inviting this chief Israeli Hasbara Rabbi to preach &#8216;spirituality&#8217; to the British nation!!!\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics, Jewish political interest and Israeli Barbarism\u00a0 in the context of Rabbinical off guard preaching.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wandering-Who-Gilad-Atzmon\/dp\/1846948754\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1312891740&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Amazon.com <\/span><\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Wandering-Who-Jewish-Identity-Politics\/dp\/1846948754\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1312891884&amp;sr=8-1\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Amazon.co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/caricature-chief-rabbi-sacks-caught-off-guard.html\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Rabbi of Britain should have been a comedian as he revealed when he was caught off guard on BBC radio. 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