Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:17
Gilad Atzmon: Ethiopian Jews’ Protests Reveal Real Face of Inheritably Racist Israel
TEHRAN (FNA)- Gilad Atzmon, political activist, says racial discrimination in Israel is the highest in the world, and the black community is of the lowest classes, causing the black Ethiopians migrants to protest against the ruling white supremacist elite.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with FNA, Giald Atzmon said, “There is a clear ironic skin-color related system. While Jews all over the world complain against white supremacy, Israeli is most white supremacist in the world. Israel is institutionally racist. It is ruled by Ashkenazy white elite.”
Gilad Atzmon is a British musician, author and political activist. He was born in a Jewish family in Tel Aviv, Ashkenazi on his father’s side and grew up in Jerusalem al-Quds. His articles and commentaries are published by various alternative news sources such as Counter Punch, Uruknet and the Palestine Telegraph.
Below is the full text of the interview
Below is the full text of the interview:
Q: Ethiopians protest in Israel, demanding for rights equal to other residents of the occupied territories. How is the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian lands?
A: Israel is uniquely racist against not only Palestinian people, but also black community. There is a clear ironic skin-color related system. While Jews all over the world complain against white supremacy, Israeli is most white supremacist in the world. Israel is institutionally racist. It is ruled by Ashkenazy white elite. Within the Jewish continuum, the Ethiopians are really at the bottom. Their blood donation is thrown out and their population is restricted by the official birth control measures. Their protests have received a lot of attention in Israel, and attracted many more around the globe. This reveals the real face of Israel. The Israeli society is inheritably and culturally racist.
Q: What is the situation of the minority, especially the Ethiopians, in Israel?
A: A lot of people mistakenly argue that in Israel the Palestinians, Arabs or black migrants are second class. It is very misleading. Palestinians are more likely to be twentieth class citizens. Before them, you have Jewish Ethiopians, Moroccan Jews, Iraqi Jews or Algerian Jews. The Israeli society is a multi-layer racist system, and Ethiopians are of the last layers only because of the color of their skin. The more black you are, the less the changes for you to get to the top.
Q: Israeli security forces clashed with protesters, killing at least one black Ethiopian protester recently. Do you believe that the protester had been targeted for his skin color?
A: There is a possibility that the policeman mistakenly regarded this Ethiopian a member of the non-Jewish black African migrants, who are treated in Israel really badly. The other option is that the policeman intentionally targeted the black protester! In both cases, there is another proof that Israel is an extremely racist society. The point is when Jews protest racism all around the world, they create the Jewish state which is essentially the most clear form of racism. In Jewish Ashkenazy culture, there is institutional racism towards black people. The word “Schwarz” which is “Black” in German language is considered an insult in Ashkenazy culture, displaying inherited racism in Jewish Ashkenazy culture.