Beyond chutzpah
Subtitle: on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history
By: Norman G. Finkelstein
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780520245983
Subjects: Nahostkonflikt; Droits de l'homme (Droit international); Palestinian Arabs; Antisemitisme; Crimes against; Arab-Israeli conflict; Zionisme; Palästinafrage; Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict; Conflit israélo-arabe; Human rights; Sionisme; Zionismus; Crimes contre les Palestiniens; Antisionisme; Menschenrechtsverletzung; Zionism
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Jesus Christ superstar to The passion of the Christ; title: Israel : the "Jew among nations"; title: Crying wolf; title: Impurity of arms; title: Three in the back of the head; title: Israel's Abu Ghraib; title: Return of the vandals; title: Blight unto the nations; title: High court takes the low road; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix I : of crimes and misdemeanors; title: Appendix II: history of the Israel-Palestine conflict; title: Appendix III: peace process.