Barry Chamish episode sound quality

[Kieran]

I think so, based on his last name. However, I think I understood when he called Jews "stupid." What that drunk was trying to say is that Jews at least in the past are/were relatively trusting -- hence the idea that the ramp-up to the Holocaust really wasn't that big a deal. And let's be real; no one thought that was gonna happen. However, I don't think anyone can call any modern Israeli (since that group was the focus) unaware or overly trusting. Look at their history and geography.

1 minute to Google his name and 5 minutes to find this. Take from it what you want to believe!

Anyone who troubles to read my review of The Last Days of Israel, a 2001 book by Barry Chamish, will be aware of my contempt for his work. In the review I call Chamish "Israel's foremost conspiracy theorist," disparage his oeuvre as a "barely edited rant with an alarmist title published by an obscure provincial press," fault his "overheated prose, his overstuffed account, and his overgenerous estimate of himself standing at the crux of history," and conclude by finding the book full of "mad-house digressions."

Chamish being no shrinking violet, he returns the compliments, mostly by accusing me of being a member of the dread Council on Foreign Relations (true enough) which he and other bright lights believe runs the world (sure). But to get a feel for his reasoning, first read my critique of Thomas L. Friedman's ideas, then read how Chamish transforms this column into me "bailing out" and apologizing for Friedman.

All this is by way of setting the stage for the news that "Barry Chamish, author (Israel)" is a scheduled speaker at what is billed as a "Major Revisionist Conference" to be hosted by the Institute for Historical Review, called by ADL "a leading voice in the international movement to deny the Holocaust and vindicate Hitler and his Nazi regime." The IHR announcement proudly states that the April 2004 event is "shaping up as the revisionist event of the year" and compliments itself on "a stellar line-up of speakers."

Even I never imagined that Chamish would stoop this low. Maybe now his surprisingly large Israeli following will see the light and finally stop listening to him. (February 26, 2004)

Feb. 27, 2004 update: Two pieces of good news following my posting yesterday in which I questioned Barry Chamish being listed as a speaker at a "Major Revisionist Conference." (1) Chamish responded to my posting above by stating that as a result of it, "I'm not going to the conference." (2) The Adelaide Institute, an Australian organization headed by Fredrick Töben, is hailed by the IHR for publishing "an important revisionist newsletter" and decried by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council for its "astonishingly high profile in the dark galaxy of international anti-Semitism." The institute devotes many pages of its website to Chamish's writings. (To my dismay and despite my demand that it be taken down, it includes this blog entry too.) Also featured there is a long posting with background for Chamish's appearance at the IHR conference that makes clear that Chamish is (in Töben's parlance) a "Holocaust believer." Or, in Chamish's own words, "I despise Holocaust denial." So, he may think the Council on Foreign Relations runs the world and he may be acclaimed as "the leading UFO researcher in Israel," but at least he is not a Holocaust denier.

Also today, the blogger Nathan Gesher points to the parallels between Chamish challenging Yigal Amir's responsibility for killing Rabin and Holocaust deniers challenging the Nazis' responsibility for the Holocaust:

Barry Chamish's method for casting "doubt" that Yigal Amir murdered Yitzhak Rabin is to raise lots of "questions." These questions almost always have extremely simple answers. Occasionally they can only be answered by forensic scientists or police detectives, which reminds us why lay people do not generally conduct inquests or criminal investigations. But Chamish believes that by asking these "questions" in a pointed manner, and by refusing to accept the most blatantly obvious answers, he can chip holes in the theory - excuse me, the reality - that Rabin was shot by one man, Yigal Amir.

The discerning reader will note that this is exactly the same method used by Holocaust-deniers. They raise "questions" about the Holocaust, ignore the the most simple and obvious answers, and then react with triumph, as if all the evidence for the Holocaust has crumbled. If it's true that Chamish is now associating himself with Holocaust-deniers, I can only surmise it's because their standard for accepting evidence is about the same as his.

April 18, 2004 update: It appears that Chamish's "I'm not going to the conference" statement in February was an uncharacteristic moment of good sense – and therefore one he quickly reversed. According to the schedule of the "International Revisionist Conference" to take place in Sacramento, Chamish will both attend and speak; his talk is scheduled for 5:00-5:55 p.m., PDT on April 24. For anyone curious to see his performance, a webcast of this event can be seen then by logging ontohttp://www.internationalrevisionistconference.com/internet.html. The conference website also informs usthat Chamish's books will be sold at the event for, as it explains, his writings "are not so bad, since they are mostly critical of the Israeli government."

April 19, 2004 update: Poor Barry. The "International Revisionist Conference" announces today that the event has been cancelled. This means that Israel's leading UFO researcher has not only been denied a chance to rub shoulders with Holocaust deniers but he's probably out some cash, given that the conference organizers say they "cannot promise" a refund for travel expenses.

The rest, if you want to read on.
Barry Chamish, Holocaust Revisionist? :: Daniel Pipes

 

[Burnt State]

Not surprising at all. Maybe a more thorough vetting process of guests is needed if they're airing out their dirty laundry in such flagrant ways. There are many other respectable international ufo researchers that speak English and have much smaller egos to choose from.

 

[Charlie Prime]

I learned from this episode that if you want to meet some Nephilim Aliens, move to Israel and buy yourself a Dodge pick-up truck and a fish aquarium.

The audio quality was bad by Paracast standards, but not bad at all compared to some other podcasts I listen to.

His accounts of the Israeli UFO incidents were detailed. The incidents are recent. Anyone know of websites detailing these particular incidents? They sound like really good ones.

Gene said in the intro to the following Paracast episode that Chamish "doesn't like Jewish people". I didn't get that from the interview. Chamish is an Israel-born Jew. The differentiation between Zionist Jews and anti-Zionist Jews is well-known. Historians know that certain Zionist groups did work with Hitler on a Palestine plan, and some did condemn their fellows to concentration camps.