Title: Beyond Chutzpah
Subtitle: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History
First published: May 2007
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.
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
Places: Palestine
People: Alan M. Dershowitz
LC classification: DS