Beyond chutzpah

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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, which he compares to Communist apologetics for Stalinist Russia.

subjects: Dershowitz, alan m., 1938-,  Arab-israeli conflict,  Palestinian arabs,  Zionism,  Human rights, middle east,  Human rights,  Crimes against,  Droits de l'homme (Droit international),  Zionismus,  Nahostkonflikt,  Sionisme,  Antisemitisme,  Crimes contre les Palestiniens,  Zionisme,  Palästinafrage,  Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict,  Menschenrechtsverletzung,  Conflit israélo-arabe,  Antisionisme,  Arabisch-Israelisch conflict

People: Alan M. Dershowitz

Places: Palestine