BBC Radio Interviews Gilad Atzmon about 'All that Jazz'

He is associated with the biggest names in musical history, but his heart is in the needs of the human beings.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Gilad Atzmon was interviewed by The BBC this week about what he describes as, "all that jazz"- and he is talking of course about Israel, the country he was born in; and Palestine, a land of downtrodden and broken people kept in a perpetual state of violence and terror, who have come to receive his love and dedication.

Gilad is a no-holes-barred writer who challenges the norms set in place by a one-sided society allowed to operate against civilians with impunity. We're talking of course about Israeli Defence Forces under the command of immoral political leaders who scream 'terrorist' as they terrorize a population whose land they have stolen piece by piece.

When it comes to these critical subjects, particularly Jewish identity politics, there is not a voice more clear in this world that Gilad's. His book, The Wandering Who? breaks barriers and forces an honest appraisal of the last six plus generations in the Holy Land. It has drawn fierce criticism from leading Jewish/Zionist personalities like Alan Dershowitz and many others, time and time again. Gilad has even been attacked from within the heavily infiltrated Palestinian freedom movement.

A top, world level musician, this past member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads (Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll) is associated with the biggest names in musical history, but his heart is in the needs of the human beings who are barely hanging onto their existence.

He's also a dear friend and fellow Salem-News.com writer who generates content that pushes forward undeniable facts about the Middle east and continually addresses the simple question, what is right and what is wrong?

It is also worth pointing out that with this humanitarian, it is about more than just the politics; inevitably art and passion are the flavor and anyone who knows Gilad's work on the saxophone knows that the sounds of peace and hope literally fly from that musical instrument when he plays it. He is amazing and the band Gilad is central in today: Orient Ensemble, generates delicious and memorable tracks that can steal your breath when you are not expecting it.

Tim King has more than twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. Tim is Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. His background includes covering the war in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, and reporting from the Iraq war in 2008. Tim is a former U.S. Marine who follows stories of Marines and Marine Veterans; he's covered British Royal Marines and in Iraq, Tim embedded with the same unit he served with in the 1980's.

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