Title: Beyond chutzpah : on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history /
Authors: Finkelstein, Norman G.
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Dershowitz, Alan M.; Arab-Israeli conflict.; Palestinian Arabs Crimes against.; Zionism.; Human rights Palestine.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: From Jesus Christ superstar to The passion of the Christ -- Israel : the "Jew among nations" -- Crying wolf -- Impurity of arms -- Three in the back of the head -- Israel's Abu Ghraib -- Return of the vandals -- Blight unto the nations -- High court takes the low road -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : of crimes and misdemeanors -- Appendix II: history of the Israel-Palestine conflict -- Appendix III: peace process.