Joan Peters' book From Time Immemorial
Finkelstein is credited by Avi Shlaim, Adam Shatz, Noam Chomsky and others with exposing Joan Peters' book From Time Immemorial as a "fraud" and "a monumental hoax"
1995; first published, by Verso Books (London) as a 243-page paperback (ISBN 1-85984-040-X) and hardcover (ISBN 1-85984-940-7).
Image and Reality of the Israel–Palestine Conflict is a controversial book by Norman G. Finkelstein. It is a study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the author of The Holocaust Industry. Finkelstein examines and scrutinizes popular historical versions of the conflict by Joan Peters, Benny Morris, Anita Shapira and Abba Eban
in 2000
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering was published
argues that Elie Wiesel and others exploit the memory of the Holocaust as an "ideological weapon.
most formidable military powers
horrendous human rights record
cast itself as a victim state" in order to garner "immunity to criticism
"double shakedown" by "a repellent gang of plutocrats, hoodlums and hucksters"
2003
^ Judt, Tony (2003-10-23). "Israel: The Alternative". New York Review of Books 60 (16). ISSN 0028-7504. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16671. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
In 2003, in an article for the New York Review of Books, Judt argued that Israel was on its way to becoming a "belligerently intolerant, faith-driven ethno state." He called for the conversion of "Israel from a Jewish state to a binational one" which would include all of what is now Israel, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank. This proposed new state would have equal rights for all Jews and Arabs living in Israel and the Palestinian territories.[28] The article drew strong criticism from those who saw such a plan as destroying Israel and replacing it with a predominantly Palestinian state governed by a Palestinian majority.[29][30] The NYRB was inundated with over a thousand letters within a week of the article's publication, peppered with terms like “antisemite” and “self-hating Jew,” and the article led to Judt's removal from the editorial board of The New Republic.[31]
In early 2006, Weiss began an online political blog, Mondo Weiss, focusing largely on American-Israeli relations, American Jewish life, and the role of the "Israel lobby" in American political and cultural life. According to Weiss, he stopped blogging at the The New York Observer website in spring of 2007 because The Observer had declined to pay him and the paper “was uncomfortable" with his politics. He moved the blog to http://www.philipweiss.org/. Weiss wrote at length about his departure in the pages of The American Conservative, detailing the Observer editor's reactions to his columns critiquing Israeli government policies.[14]
Published: January 27, 2006
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 26 — The radical Islamic party Hamas scored an overwhelming victory in Wednesday's Palestinian legislative elections, taking 76 out of 132 seats, deposing the former governing Fatah party, which won only 43 seats.
The results, announced Thursday night, which give Hamas the right to form the next government, were likened by Palestinians to an earthquake or a tsunami. They ended more than 40 years of domination by Fatah, the political faction built by Yasir Arafat, which along with the Palestinian Authority was widely viewed by Palestinians as corrupt and ineffective.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Dov Weissglasm prime minister's advisor, including the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, the director of the Shin Bet and senior generals and officials, convened for a discussion with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on ways to respond to the Hamas election victory. punch line: "It's like an appointment with a dietician. The Palestinians will get a lot thinner, but won't die,"
March 2006
pages 3-12 | 13174 words
The Israel Lobby
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
March 2006
In early 2006, Weiss began an online political blog, Mondo Weiss, focusing largely on American-Israeli relations, American Jewish life, and the role of the "Israel lobby" in American political and cultural life. According to Weiss, he stopped blogging at the The New York Observer website in spring of 2007 because The Observer had declined to pay him and the paper “was uncomfortable" with his politics. He moved the blog to http://www.philipweiss.org/. Weiss wrote at length about his departure in the pages of The American Conservative, detailing the Observer editor's reactions to his columns critiquing Israeli government policies
June 2006
^ McGreal, Chris (June 10, 2006). "Death on the Beach: Seven Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1794536,00.html. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ "Palestinian Child Buries Slain Family". IslamOnline.net. June 11, 2006. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-06/11/01.shtml.
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War[23] (Arabic: حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (Hebrew: מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya),[24] was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli military. The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon.
November 30, 2006
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid...Jimmy Carter In His Own Words
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is accusing Israel of creating an apartheid system in the West Bank and Gaza. The charge comes in his new book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." We play an address by Carter talking about the Palestine-Israel conflict, the role of the United States and much more. Carter says, "Palestinians are deprived of basic human rights, their land has been occupied, then confiscated, then colonized by the Israeli settlers." [includes rush transcript]
June 2007
denied tenure at DePaul
Among the controversial aspects of this decision were attempts by Alan Dershowitz, a notable opponent of Finkelstein's, to derail Finkelstein's tenure bid.
Finkelstein is credited by Avi Shlaim, Adam Shatz, Noam Chomsky and others with exposing Joan Peters' book From Time Immemorial as a "fraud" and "a monumental hoax"
2008 2009
The Gaza War was a three-week armed conflict that took place in the Gaza Strip during the winter of 2008–2009. It was codenamed Operation Cast Lead (Hebrew: מבצע עופרת יצוקה Mivtza Oferet Yetzuka) by the Israeli government.[28] The conflict has been called the Gaza Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة غزة) in the Arab world.[29] It was referred to as the War in the South in Israeli media coverage while Al Jazeera called it the war on Gaza.[30][31]
On 29 January 2009,
Erdoğan attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, the debate became heated in relation to the Gaza conflict. The Israeli President Shimon Peres was heavily criticized by Erdogan (sitting beside him) over the handling of the conflict as response to Peres' strong language. Erdoğan accused the moderator that Peres had even longer time than all the other panelists combined.[29][30] The moderator, David Ignatius told Erdoğan that there was not enough time to "start the debate again" when he requested extra time of "one minute" beyond that which he had previously been allotted. Erdogan responded by walking out of the panel and vowing never to attend another Davos forum again.
2010
The New York Review of Books
The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
by Peter Beinart
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