Atzmon vs. Abunimah

In the above clip Gilad Atzmon deconstructs Ali Abunimah's attitude towards history and culture. Atzmon Argues that if Israel defines itself as The Jewish State and its tanks are decorated with Jewish symbols we must ask ourselves who are the Jews? What is Judaism and what is Jewishness? Atzmon attempts to identify the impact of Jewish culture on Israeli and Jewish politics. Atzmon believes that such an attitude is necessary in order to bring peace to the region and beyond.
For Atzmon's speech follow http://youtu.be/MlvaN2c-Oto
Abunimah doesn't agree at all. Abunimah suggests here that history and politics are totally detached from culture. This is obviously an unusual stand that counters every intellectual and philosophical understanding of humanity, history, politics as well as culture. Abunimah says "Talking about Jewish culture, is wrong because such arguments can be made about anyone. We could blame German culture for the history of Germany..."
Someone should take the time and effort and suggest to Abunimah that this is exactly what intellectuals do. They search for the origin of political thoughts in culture, ideology, religion and heritage. Those who study the Nazi era, for instance, try to comprehend the exact impact of Wagner, the German Symphony, Protestant culture, German philosophy, Martin Luther's The Jews And Their Lies, Hegel and the German Spirit, German Early Romanticism, Lebensphilosophie, Heine, Athens vs. Jerusalem and so on.

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[Bruce Scott]

Atzmon your not afraid to to talk about the obvious .All power to you .

[justletuslive]

I love the internet and youtube/blogs!!!! you can say anything any where and then get a reply for it online without actual physical contact@!!

Great Video Gilad!

[n0manland]

Yeah I can imagine. They do force their opinions on one and whine and get hysterical if you don't buy their lies. The Ashkenaz (European Jews) may be a race but don't tell that to the Sephardim or Mizrahi jews. They would not agree. Much more pleasant people.

[bamainatlanta]

Well, that is not what a LOT of Jews tell me. I had an obnoxious Jewish professor who said his ethnicity is "Jewish." And he punished me for daring to speak the truth about Israel's war crimes. Jews are no better or worse than any other tribal group.

[moovershaker]

Strange  - I've read countless arguments against Atzmon, countering both his 'facts' and his theory, many far more convincing than his own. However Abunima's argument is less than impressive and an easy target for Gilad. Of course Atzmon has been a godsend to the zionists who can point to his jew hatred and claim that such anti-semitism is part and parcel of the palestinian cause. To claim the BDS is in any way a zionist org is just laughable!!

[banjo234]

Abunimah is clearly a shill and the Palestinian Solidarity Movement looks very, very much as if it is a Jewish organisation.

The culture and 'religion' of elite Jews is the enemy of all humankind. Christ condemned it as being "of Satan", a fact that Christianity as a collective seems to have forgotten.

Gilad Atzmon is a Christian, a man of truth and genuine universalist principles, whether he calls himself one or not because it is the spirit, not the label, that counts.

[Kaylani Maka]

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[mtx2200]

I think Gilad is correct. 

[splitbabyniblet]

we love gilad. never stop.

[n0manland]

Could someone tell this Ali goon that Judaism is a religion not a nationality.