<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Alan Dershowitz’s Zionist Views: Unwelcome in&nbsp;Norway]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p class="byline">by Gilad Atzmon | April 6th, 2011 | Dissident Voice</p>
<p>In a recent <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alan-dershowitz-norway-to-jews-youre-not-welcome-here-2011-03-28">article</a>, notorious Zionist Alan Dershowitz reveals the scale of rejection he faced on his recent visit to Norway:</p>
<p>Ahead of his visit to the country, Dershowitz’ lectures were offered  (without any charge) at the three leading Norwegian universities.  These  universities, who on earlier occasions had been happy to host Harvard  Scholar Stephen Walt and Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, clearly said ‘no’  to Dershowitz.</p>
<p>The Dean of the Law Faculty at Bergen University told Dershowitz that  he would be honoured to have him present a lecture on the O.J. Simpson  case — as long as he was willing to promise not to mention Israel.</p>
<p>I guess that the message was clear — while the Dean of the Law  Faculty thought that his students may benefit from learning about the  legal advocacy of a ‘single murder suspect’ — he probably could not see  any academic justification in educating them about the possible defense  of a ‘murderous collective,’ i.e., the Jewish State.</p>
<p>An administrator at the Trondheim school said that Israel was too  ‘controversial.’ That is surely the most polite way possible to refer to  a racist expansionist terrorist state. The University of Oslo simply  said “no” without offering any excuse.</p>
<p>But then the shekel dropped: “It was then”, writes Dershowitz, “that I  realized why all this happened. At all of the Norwegian universities,  there have been efforts to enact academic and cultural boycotts of  Jewish Israeli academics.”</p>
<p>Did I miss something here? Dershowitz is not exactly even an Israeli;  he is, actually, an American Jew – so why should he regard himself as a  ‘victim’ of the academic and cultural boycotts of ‘Jewish Israeli  academics’?</p>
<p>I guess though, that Dershowitz grasps the inevitable truth here: the  boycott against Israel is ethically driven — It obviously identifies  Dershowitz and other Jewish lobbyists as an extension of the Israeli  crime, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Seemingly, humanity and humanists are making an intensive effort to  purify our cultural landscape of any traces of Zionist ideology and  Zionist advocates: It is not just Israeli academics that we oppose — it  is actually people who are affiliated with any form of Jewish  supremacist ideology. Dershowitz can be assured that Jews and even  Israelis are more than welcome in Norway — as long as they do not  represent the Jewish State and its policies.</p>
<p>As you may have expected though, Dershowitz could not leave the scene  without trying to dig up some ‘dirt.’ He found out that Trond Adresen  (a professor at Trondheim who was amongst the leaders of the cultural  Boycott of Israeli academics) had, on an earlier occasion, written that  ‘there is something immensely self-satisfied and self-centered at the  tribal mentality that is so prevalent among Jews.’</p>
<p>Apparently, Adresen’s words were taken out of context (as he himself <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576234543785315106.html?mod=ITP_opinion_1">explained</a>.)</p>
<p>Yet the most obvious fact here is that there surely is something  ‘immensely self-satisfied,’ ‘self-centered,’ and tribally obsessed about  Dershowitz himself, and since Dershowitz insists on representing Jewish  interests on every possible platform (that would be lame enough to  allow him to do so), Dershowitz should also be aware of the bad  impression he gives of the Jewish people as a collective.</p>
<p>“This line of talk — directed at Jews, not Israel — is apparently  acceptable among many in Norway’s elite,” complains Dershowitz.</p>
<p>One should remind the dull Zionist American lawyer that Israel does  actually specifically define itself as the ‘Jewish State’, and therefore  if Dershowitz wants others to differentiate between ‘Israel’ and the  ‘Jews’ — he might also be kind enough to advise us where the demarcation  line between the two begins and ends: where for instance does ‘Israel’  end and the ‘Jews’ start? Or more precisely, where exactly does ‘Israel’  end, and where does ‘Dershowitz’ start?</p>
<p>The world we are living in is becoming increasingly aware of the  destructive power of Zionism. It is also becoming more and more aware of  the role of the Jewish lobbies, and of their powers within the media.   The world we are living in is becoming allergic to Dershowitz, and for a  damn good reason.</p>
<p>‘Jews you’re not welcome here’ was Dershowitz’s interpretation of his rejection in Norway.</p>
<p>He was obviously wrong. The clear, direct and unmistakable message was, ‘Dershowitz you’re not welcome here.’</p>
<p>But it goes further — sooner than you think, Dershowitz won’t be welcome anywhere.</p>
<p class="author">Gilad Atzmon was born in Israel and served in the Israeli military. He lives in London and is the author of two novels: <em>A Guide to the Perplexed</em> and the recently released <em>My One and Only</em> Love. Atzmon is also one of the most accomplished jazz saxophonists in Europe. He can be reached at: <a href="mailto:atz@onetel.net.uk">atz@onetel.net.uk</a>. <a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/author/GiladAtzmon/">Read other articles by Gilad</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/04/alan-dershowitz-and-his-views-on-israel-persona-non-grata-in-norway/">Source</a></p>
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