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Oren Ben-Dor wrote “I am firmly convinced that these vulgar attempts at silencing of Gilad and other courageous voices offends against supremely thoughtful, compassionate and egalitarian intellectual endeavours." Reviewer Chris Searle defended accusations against Atzmon’s "crude anti-zionist rhetoric,” writing “No jazz musicians have done more to honour, publicise and spread solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinians than Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble.” John Mearsheimer has defended Atzmon, writing with regard to the charge that Atzmon is anti-semitic, "to be perfectly clear, he has no animus toward Judaism as a religion or with individuals who are Jewish by birth. Rather, his target is the tribalism that he believes is common to most Jews, and I might add, to most other peoples as well." Richard Falk described Atzmon "a de-Zionized patriot of humanity." Norton Mezvinsky, who interviewed Atzmon at an event in Washington, DC in 2012 after thoroughly studying his work, wrote that "Gilad Atzmon is a critical and committed secular humanist with firm views, who delights in being provocative."
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