Posted on 02/08/2005 5:58:16 AM PST by yoe
It's not often that a professor tells a packed crowd at Columbia University that Edward Said was a political extremist and that faculty members in the school's Middle East studies department encourage Islamic terrorism.
The professor who made those statements yesterday isn't from Columbia but from Harvard. Law professor Alan Dershowitz showed up at the intellectual home of Said, a literature professor who was a fierce critic of Israel, to rebuke Columbia's faculty and administration for tolerating an atmosphere on campus that he said promotes the hatred of Israel.
[snip]"This is the most unbalanced university that I have come across when it comes to all sides of the Middle East conflict being presented,"
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
bttt
And if anyone knows unbalanced, it it Alan Dershowitz!
awesome.
After Dershy gets done with the whacko pro-terrorists, let him start to reverse abortion on demand and the breakdown of the family. Soon he'll start promoting home-schooling!
Believe it or not, Dershowitz has really changed his tune since 9/11.
We must give credit where credit is due. He spoke in support of the Patriot Act and said that torture is not wrong in all instances.
I love it when liberals attack one-another.
The Case for Israel
by Alan Dershowitz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047146502X/qid=1107872523/sr=2-2/ref=pd_ka_b_2_2/002-7437832-2148840
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Noting that he has been working on versions of these arguments since 1967, famed Harvard law professor Dershowitz offers "a proactive defense of Israel," a kind of amicus brief to "the court of public opinion." Not least among the exhibits are a WWII-era Muslim Palestinian leader who was "a full fledged Nazi war criminal, and he was so declared at Nuremberg"; a "vastly underpopulated" late 19th-century Palestine, to which European Jews began emigrating; and a 75-year-long Arab-Israeli war that features "Arab nations dedicated to genocidal aggression against civilians." Each of the 32 chapters begins with a commonly heard accusation against Israel, with long quotes from reputable "Accusers" (including newspapers and intellectuals), followed by "The Reality" as Dershowitz sees it, and "The Proof," often drawing on the historical record.
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From Booklist
Dershowitz is one of the nation's most prominent and visible defense attorneys, and he is also an ardent, eloquent, but not always uncritical defender of Israel. This book is written in the form of a legal brief. He does not seek to defend particular policies of the current Israeli government. In fact, Dershowitz has frequently criticized some Israeli policies toward Palestinians, particularly regarding West Bank settlements. Rather, here he attempts to rebut what he views as the more general and blatantly discriminatory criticisms of Israel as a state and culture. Some of these criticisms deny the "right" of Israel to exist. In response, Dershowitz asserts both the practical and moral justification for the continued existence of Israel as Jewish state. He also convincingly refutes several other oft-repeated myths, including the supposedly benign treatment of Jews in Arab lands and the "cycle of violence" canard that morally equates Palestinian suicide bombings with Israeli efforts to arrest or kill bombers before they act. As usual, Dershowitz is a passionate but generally fair and honest advocate for his position. Jay Freeman
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Review
Noting that he has been working on versions of these arguments since 1967, famed Harvard law professor Dershowitz offers "a proactive defense of Israel," a kind of amicus brief to "the court of public opinion." Not least among the exhibits are a WWII-era Muslim Palestinian leader who was "a full fledged Nazi war criminal, and he was so declared at Nuremberg"; a "vastly under populated" late 19th-century Palestine, to which European Jews began emigrating; and a 75-year-long Arab-Israel war that features "Arab nations dedicated to genocidal aggression against civilians." Each of the 32 chapters begins with a commonly heard accusation against Israel, with long quotes from reputable "Accusers" (including newspapers and intellectuals), followed by "The Reality" as Dershowitz sees it, and "The Proof," often drawing on the historical record. With a 150,000 first printing, a $150,000 marketing budget, a Today Show appearance on September 4 and an author tour, expect lots of discussion. (Sept. 2) (Publishers Weekly, August 4, 2003)
"...I recommend even more strongly [then The New Anti Semitism and A New Anti Semitism?] the handbook The Case for Israel..." (Sunday Telegraph, 5 October 2003)
"Dershowitz is especially effective at pointing to the hypocrisy of many of Israel's critics." (The New York Times - Book Review, November 9th, 2003)
"...It should be read by all who seek to be genuinely informed on the Middle East conflict..." (The Jewish Chronicle, 9 January 2004)
Review
"...I recommend even more strongly [then The New Anti Semitism and A New Anti Semitism?] the handbook The Case for Israel..." (Sunday Telegraph, 5 October 2003)
"Dershowitz is especially effective at pointing to the hypocrisy of many of Israel's critics." (The New York Times - Book Review, November 9th, 2003)
"...It should be read by all who seek to be genuinely informed on the Middle East conflict..." (The Jewish Chronicle, 9 January 2004)
Now that will be just about enough of that making sense!
Don't make me send you to your room.
:-)
Ping!
Maybe Dersh got mugged ?
He has become vocal in his attacks on Islam. That is the only tune - and it really wasn't a change.
He sure did. 9/11 awoke him to the horrible realities of the leftist agenda.
Methinks Dersh has changed. He's come out, more or less, for torture of terrorists under some circumstances and he hasn't been on as many shout shows as in the past. I think 9/11 was a wake up call and he now realizes that right wingers in Israel have been correct all along about the Islamic threat.
alan's got some mental problems of his own.
Don't you just love it when a flaming liberal like Alan (OJ Simpson) Dershowitz speaks out against his terrorist sympathetic brethern? Alan is giving us a glimpse into the true psyche of all of the 60's liberal professors that infest our universities and colleges. It's time for some true diversity (of opinion, not race) on college campuses.
There is a long history of anti-America & anti-Israel propaganda on a lot of college campuses. I am delighted that there are finally some prominent voices to challenge the lies.
Invasion of the body snatchers?
This is amazing.
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