{"id":44508,"date":"2011-05-07T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.palmografos.com\/?p=44508"},"modified":"2011-05-07T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T09:53:00","slug":"vivvo-9636","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palmografos.com\/?p=44508","title":{"rendered":"\u03a4\u03bf Wiesenthal Centre \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c6\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03b8\u03b5\u03af \u03c4\u03bf \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 UNESCO \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u039c\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u0398\u03b5\u03bf\u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wiesenthal Centre Calls for “International Music Council-UNESCO Prize” to be Stripped from Mikis Theodorakis<\/span><\/h1>\n

“Music Must Serve to Contain Hate, Not to Reward It!”
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*UPDATES TO THIS STORY:
(Read related story in the International Business Times<\/a>)
(Read related story in the Jerusalem Post<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paris, 14 February 2011<\/p>\n

In a letter to the International Music Council (IMC) President, Professor Frans de Ruiter, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, urged him “to vigourously condemn Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, for his obsessive anti-Jewish hatemongering and to strip him of his 2005 IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize”.<\/p>\n

Samuels explained, “Last week, Theodorakis reportedly announced on Greek television that he is ‘indeed an anti-Semite … everything that happens in the world today has to do with the Zionists … American Jews are behind the world economic crisis that has hit Greece also.'”<\/p>\n

– “Only yesterday, he amplified these positions in ‘Mikis Theodorakis answers the usual circles accusing him of anti-Semitism’, (Read more: <http:\/\/www.mikis-theodorakis-kinisi-anexartiton-politon.gr\/el\/mikistheodorakis\/?nid=445<\/a>><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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‘It is a paradox of history that the principal victims of Hitlerism now faithfully imitate the methods employed by the latter for global predominance’.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a composer, he presents himself as a victim, since;<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Zionists control 99% of global musical life.” <\/span>
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This hatred could already be foreseen in his 2005 statement;<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Jews are the root of all evil”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


The letter suggested that “such language should have sufficed to disqualify his candidacy for the prize. It is interesting that both the IMC and UNESCO decided that the 2005 laureate would be the last.”<\/p>\n

The Centre argued that “Theodorakis offends all Jews, now including the identity of many of his predecessor awardees, such as Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, Benny Goodman, Gidon Kremer, Yehudi Menuhin.”<\/span> <\/p>\n

The letter stressed that “he has also violated the IMC’s mission statement, which ‘promotes musical diversity, access to culture for all and assists … in building peace and understanding among peoples of all cultures and heritage.'”<\/span> <\/p>\n

Samuels insisted, “when racists or bigots – of whatever form or stripe – proudly step out of the closet to announce: ‘I am indeed, an Islamophobe\/anti-Gay\/Gypsophobe or anti-Semite, they must be scorned and marginalized. They can no longer serve as icons for their peers or for the younger generation.'”<\/span> <\/p>\n

“Mr. President, strip Theodorakis, a self-proclaimed racist, of the prestigious International Music Council-UNESCO Prize. Music must serve as a vehicle to contain incitement, not to reward it,” concluded Samuels.<\/span> <\/p>\n

The letter was shared with European Music Council Chairman, Timo Klemettinen of Finland <\/span> timo.klemettinen@musiccouncil.fi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For further information contact Dr. Shimon Samuels on 0033(0)609770158, join the Center on Facebook, www.facebook.com\/simonwiesenthalcenter<\/a>, or follow @simonwiesenthal for news updates sent direct to your Twitter page or mobile device.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is an NGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).<\/span><\/p>\n


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Le Centre Simon Wiesenthal demande que le prix de la musique UNESCO – Conseil international de la musique soit retir\u00e9 \u00e0 Mikis Theodorakis qui s\u2019est ouvertement d\u00e9clar\u00e9 antis\u00e9mite. La musique doit faire obstacle \u00e0 la haine et non l\u2019encourager.<\/p>\n

Paris, le 14 f\u00e9vrier 2011<\/p>\n

Dans une lettre, le Dr. Shimon Samuels, directeur des relations internationales du Centre Simon Wiesenthal, demande au Pr. Frans de Ruiter, pr\u00e9sident du Conseil international de la musique, de condamner vigoureusement le compositeur grec Mikis Theodorakis pour ses incitations \u00e0 la haine anti-juive et de lui retirer le prix de la musique UNESCO – Conseil international de la musique qui lui a \u00e9t\u00e9 remis en 2005. <\/p>\n

La semaine derni\u00e8re, explique Shimon Samuels, Theodorakis aurait d\u00e9clar\u00e9, \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision grecque, qu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u2018antis\u00e9mite\u2026tout ce qui arrive dans le monde aujourd\u2019hui est li\u00e9 au sionistes\u2026les Juifs am\u00e9ricains sont derri\u00e8re la crise \u00e9conomique mondiale, qui touche aussi la Gr\u00e8ce.\u2019<\/p>\n

Hier, il a aggrav\u00e9 ses d\u00e9clarations dans \u2018Mikis Theodorakis r\u00e9ponds aux accusations d\u2019antis\u00e9mitisme port\u00e9es contre lui par les cercles habituels\u2019 :<\/p>\n

\u2018C\u2019est un paradoxe de l\u2019histoire que les principales victimes de l\u2019hitl\u00e9risme imitent aujourd\u2019hui fid\u00e8lement ses m\u00e9thodes dans un but de domination mondiale\u2019.<\/p>\n

Il dit souffrir, en tant que compositeur, du fait que :<\/p>\n

\u2018Les sionistes contr\u00f4lent 99% de la vie musicale dans le monde.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cette haine \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 visible en 2005 lorsqu\u2019il d\u00e9clarait : \u2018les Juifs sont la racine du mal.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Un tel langage aurait d\u00fb l\u2019emp\u00eacher de se porter candidat au prix. Mais il est int\u00e9ressant de noter que le Conseil international de la musique et l\u2019UNESCO d\u00e9cid\u00e8rent, cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, de cesser de remettre le prix \u00e0 l\u2019avenir. pr\u00e9cise la lettre.<\/p>\n

Pour le Centre Simon Wiesenthal : Theodorakis offense tous les Juifs, dont plusieurs r\u00e9cipiendaires du prix de la musique UNESCO – Conseil international de la musique, tels que Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenbo\u00efm, Benny Goodman, Gidon Kremer et Yehudi Menuhin <\/p>\n

La lettre met l\u2019accent sur le fait qu\u2019\u00ab il porte atteinte \u00e0 la mission du Conseil international de la musique qui est de \u2018promouvoir la diversit\u00e9 musicale, l\u2019acc\u00e8s de tous \u00e0 la culture\u2026 et de favoriser la paix et la compr\u00e9hension entre les peuples de toutes les cultures et de toutes les traditions\u2019.<\/p>\n

Quand des racistes, des intol\u00e9rants, de quelque sorte qu\u2019ils soient, affirment fi\u00e8rement : \u2018Je suis islamophobe, homophobe, anti-rom ou antis\u00e9mite\u2019 ils m\u00e9ritent d\u2019\u00eatre m\u00e9pris\u00e9s et ostracis\u00e9s. Ils ne peuvent plus \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme des mod\u00e8les pour leurs pairs ou pour la jeunesse. insiste Shimon Samuels.<\/p>\n

M. le pr\u00e9sident, Theodorakis est un raciste d\u00e9clar\u00e9, retirez-lui le prestigieux prix de la musique UNESCO – Conseil international de la musique. La musique doit emp\u00eacher de propager la haine et non l\u2019encourager. conclue Shimon Samuels.<\/p>\n

La lettre fut \u00e9galement envoy\u00e9e au pr\u00e9sident de Conseil europ\u00e9en de la musique, le Finlandais Timo Klemettinen.<\/p>\n

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez contacter le Dr. Shimon Samuels au 0033(0)609770158.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Simon Wiesenthal Centre<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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