Gilad Atzmon views the lies, hypocrisy and contradictions of Alan Dershowitz, a rabid Zionist and apologist for Israeli racism, apartheid and war crimes who has made a name for himself by harassing campaigners for justice and human rights in the Middle East.
“How come [Ehud] Barak, Israel’s defence minister, is under threat of being arrested in the UK while Khalid Mish’al, the leader of Hamas, roams London free of concern?” asks Professor Alan Dershowitz, who is probably the leading defender of the Jewish state in America. In fact the question could be easily turned round: how come Dershowitz and his ilk are roaming freely between Western capitals, considering the racist, nationalist, expansionist ideology they promote i.e. Zionism? At the end of the day, Dershowitz – the loudest Zionist apologist in America – is promoting a precept that has proven to be genocidal.
Documenting the genocide commited by Isreal in "Operation Cast Lead"
What intrigues me about Dershowitz is the fact that Israel’s leading hasbara cheer-leader is also one of America’s most prominent criminal lawyers specializing in murder and attempted murder cases. As a criminal appellate lawyer, Dershowitz has won 13 out of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he has handled. Notable is his role as the appellate adviser for the defence in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson. Seemingly, this is exactly what Israel needs and deserves: a “criminal attorney”, one that would help it to get away with murder.
In a conversation with Ynet, Israel’s most popular news website, Dershowitz claimed that Judge Richard Goldstone, the author of the UN report investigating Operation Cast Lead, “preferred to give interviews to public television rather than debating with him”. Dershowitz said that it isn't appropriate for Goldstone to “filter whom he debates with”. One may wonder why. It is a common and accepted practice among humanists not to share a platform with racists. Zionism is not only a racist ideology; it is also murderous in practice. Dershowitz is a proud, rabid Zionist. It is understandable that any descent human being would prefer to avoid sharing a platform with him or his cohorts.
According to Ynet, “Dershowitz demanded that Judge Goldstone provide explanations of the sources that led him to his final conclusion in the report, which asserted that Israel's policy in Operation Cast Lead was to kill as many Palestinian civilians as possible”. Dershowitz, must find time to watch this video. It is all there. It is an extensive review of the Israeli terror campaign in Gaza. One doesn’t have to be a military expert to grasp that pouring weapons of mass destruction on, and using artillery against, a civilian population is sufficient evidence. Israeli murderous tactics are now established facts and common knowledge.
Dershowitz said that he “does not expect Israel to suffer much damage in the US following the Goldstone report. He asserted that the Americans understand that the [UN] Human Rights Council is a farce and its conclusions not taken too seriously”. Dershowitz obviously fails to tell the truth. If the Human Rights Council is a “farce” as he says, then why does Zionist loud-mouth Dershowitz insist on holding a debate with Judge Goldstone?
Dershowitz claimed that “Israel can breathe easily in academic circles as well, saying that students in the US can think for themselves and will not believe that Israel decided intentionally to kill Palestinian civilians”. Again, if this were the case, if Israel’s reputation within the academic circuit is secure, why are Dershowitz and company piling pressure on Norman Finkelstein, Stephen Walt, John Mearsheimer and every other critical voice of Israel and Zionism? Dershowitz is obviously failing to tell the truth again. He can see that the tide is changing. He knows that every ethical human being sees the truth behind Israeli brutality. Why is Dershovitz lying? Because Jewish nationalism left, right and centre is grounded on a set of lies. By way of deception, they make their wars.
Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli-born musician, writer and anti-racism campaigner. His latest jazz album, "In loving memory of America", was released on 1 March 2009 and can be purchased here.
