{"id":86657,"date":"2013-12-17T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T14:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=86657"},"modified":"2013-12-20T10:08:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T10:08:41","slug":"the-sycophantic-palestinian-solidarity-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=86657","title":{"rendered":"The Sycophantic Palestinian Solidarity Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gilad Atzmon — gilad.co.uk Dec 17, 2013<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the Palestinian Solidarity Movement we really love celebrities \u2013 those famous, rather special people who write great books, play musical instruments\u00a0 (drums included) or even just think great thoughts. We like those people to stand up for Palestine and denounce \u2018Zionism\u2019, \u2018Israeli Colonialism\u2019 and \u2018Apartheid.\u2019\u00a0 We love them\u00a0 – as long as they don\u2019t say what they really think.<\/h5>\n
Here\u2019s the problem. Celebrities are often famous and successful because they\u2019re clever and independent. Unlike our\u00a0 progressive, dysfunctional activists, who in most cases lives on income support and repeat our \u2018party line\u2019, the celebrity is a confident, career-oriented, self-sufficient subject and, because of their capacity to make autonomous decisions, he or she is assertive and thriving . In short, the activist and the celebrity are made of very different stuff \u2013 so a collision is inevitable.<\/h5>\n
Time after time it happens to us in the Palestinian Solidarity Movement. We manage to pull in a great human being, we tell them what to say and they comply. For a while, they call to boycott Israel and, like parrots, they repeat our slogans. But then, against all odds, these damn, self-centred stars start to speak their minds.<\/h5>\n
Roger Waters is obviously such a celebrity. For the last two years we were so proud of our Pink Floyd comrade rallying for Palestine. For a while, he repeated our slogans, denouncing colonialism and Israeli Apartheid. But then, the inevitable happened.\u00a0 For no obvious reason he told the truth. In an interview on Counter<\/span>punch<\/span><\/a> he equated Israel with Nazi Germany and, speaking about Jewish power, he even mentioned the \u2018J word\u2019.<\/h5>\n
Within hours, all hell broke loose. Every Jewish media outlet, including The <\/span><\/span>Guardian<\/span> <\/span>unleashed its venom in order to bring Roger to his knees. Rabbis, Holocaust memory merchants and even artists were recruited to join the choir. But guess what? Not one single Palestinian activist stood up for Waters. Neither Electronic Intifada nor Jewish progressive Mondoweiss supported the legendary bassist. Their silence was deafening.\u00a0 The progressive, Cohen Blumenthal also didn\u2019t show any support for the truth teller. Is this a coincidence?<\/h5>\n
Our sycophantic Solidarity Movement dropped Roger Waters like a stone as we\u2019ve done so many times before because, in our little progressive ghetto, we love celebrities – but not when speak their minds or tell the truth.<\/h5>\n
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics and controlled opposition – available on Amazon.c<\/span><\/span>om<\/span> <\/a>& Amazon.co.<\/span>uk<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

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