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Beyond chutzpah
on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history
By Finkelstein, Norman
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52024-598-3
- Publisher
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2005
Finkelstein, a political science professor and author of The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, has conducted a rancorous public feud with Harvard Law professor and pro-Israel stalwart Alan Dershowitz over the latter's The Case for Israel, and here expands his arguments into a vigorous polemic on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The first part of the book examines what he feels is a growing tendency of pro-Israel commentators to use spurious charges of anti-Semitism to deflect and discredit legitimate criticism of Israel. The second, much longer, part is a line-by-line debunking of The Case for Israel, wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
