Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History - Hardcover

Finkelstein, Norman G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184467049X ISBN 13: 9781844670499

Publisher: Verso Books, 2005

Synopsis

In this long-awaited follow-up to his bestselling Holocaust Industry Norman G. Finkelstein assesses recent claims that widespread anti-Semitism informs criticism of the state of Israel, provocatively suggesting that the controversy surrounding the question is contrived by apologists and based on fabricated evidence. Systematic research shows this to be true in all cases, including that of Alan Dershowitz's bestseller The Case for Israel. Examining the genuine scholarship on the history of Israel, he finds that there exists a consensus among serious historians and human rights experts on the factual record, a consensus which shows conclusively that Israel's human rights record is illegal and shameful for any state with a pretence to democracy, and that well-known public intellectuals have resorted to the promulgation of known untruths in its defence. These facts, supported by exemplary research and scholarship, will be unpalatable for many, but must be universally recognised for there to be any chance of a just and lasting peace in the area.

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About the Author

Norman G. Finkelstein is the author of A Nation on Trial (with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the New York Times Book Review, and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184467049X
• ISBN 13: 9781844670499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344