Posted on 05/11/2010 5:55:30 AM PDT by SJackson
Addressing Israel's deteriorating image, prominent American lawyer accuses Jewish and former Israeli left-wing organizations of declaring that IDF's methods are worse than Gestapo's
Prominent Jewish American lawyer Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday accused Jewish left-wing officials and organizations worldwide of slandering Israel's name and causing greater damage than that created by Islamic and pro-Palestinian movements.
Dershowitz, who is known to be an avid supporter of the State Israel, spoke during a Tel Aviv University symposium titled "Delegitimization of Israel as a Strategic Threat".
Addressing Israel's acceptance into the OECD organization, he explained that the roundabout ways the Jewish state had to pass before being allowed to join were another layer in the incitement campaign.
According to Dershowitz, the countries which were against accepting the Jewish state – like Spain and Ireland – have failed economies and keep on criticizing Israel, which he said is responsible for a slew of technological developments and inventions. Instead of winning praise, he said, Israel is subject to delegitimization attempts.
According to Dershowitz, organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas are using a policy which he referred to as "the dead children strategy" in order to strengthen Israel's negative image on the military level.
One of the strongest visual objects in the media is a mother holding a dead baby in her hand, which is similar to the picture of Mary holding baby Jesus, he explained.
The prominent lawyer, known for his harsh criticism against Judge Richard Goldstone, who authored the United Nations report on Operation Cast Lead, also said that Hamas and Hezbollah know that Israel will respond to the firing missiles at Israeli children making their way to school. This is why they place the rocket launchers in the heart of civilian populations, he said, in a bid to cause the death of as many babies as possible while al-Jazeera's cameras are prepared to bring the images to the entire world. This was not noted by Goldstone in his report, Dershowitz said.
'Israel portrayed as Nazi occupier'
Dershowitz accused anarchist Jewish linguist Noam Chomsky of creating a hostile atmosphere among many groups in the United States and in its academic campuses.
They are creating a narrative which always presents Israel as a Nazi occupier, he said, while shutting their eyes to facts contradicting those same claims, like the ties between Jerusalem's Grand Mufti Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during World War II.
According to the prominent lawyer, these acts are "legal terror" aimed at slandering Israel's name.
He went on to explain that Israel's greatest enemies were not radical Muslims, who he said only strengthened its claims, but rather Jews and Israelis worldwide using their descent in order to boost their unrestrainable attacks against Israel.
According to Dershowitz, American politician Norman Finkelstein identifies himself as a Jews only when he attacks Israel, as does former Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon, who lives in Britain and declares that the Israeli army's methods are worse than the Gestapo's.
Dershowitz said that Israel must launch a real war against incitement, in any place possible – in the UN, in the International Court of Justice and in every other place. Israel may lose the vote, he said, but will not miss the opportunity to voice its claims.
He explained that due to the hostile environment towards Israel in the American academia, he is often praised by staff members for speaking in favor of the country. They whisper it to me, he said, and then explain that despite their support for Israel they feel uncomfortable saying it in public.
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Dersh Dishes on the LEFT?..........WOW!.................
He defends all things left, but not this.
Wonder what Ms Kagen thinks about Israel’s survival.
Dershowitz could eventually end up a Conservative, once he comes to the realization that Liberalism is a mental disorder. That is the only thing that could possibly explain the Jewish love for the same people who are hell bent on pushing for the destruction of Israel. Only someone with a mental disorder would vote for their own eventual annihilation. One has to wonder the percentage of the population of Jews in Germany who voted for Hitler.
There must be days when the conflicts going on inside his head come close to a complete cranium meltdown.
This sounds eerily familiar!! How many Americans voted for Obama & the RATS? They use the same tactics, did you notice?? It's always about 'the children'.
We are in the process of watching our own annihilation, economically & by terrorists.
It's easy to cast reflections on others - but how about us? We need to speak out for Israel and our own country to make some drastic changes as quickly as possible. We are in the same boat!
It only took him 30 years to figure out that his lefty friends hated Israel. DUNCE.
Dershowitz may become a NeoCon yet!
About the only issue Dersh "gets" is Israel.
He is a Democrat and a major enabler of Islamic terrorists. He probably loves Obama too.
Don’t praise Dershowitz his stance for Israel. He hates the right, and has criticized conservative talk radio for years.
They are creating a narrative which always presents Israel as a Nazi occupier, he said, while shutting their eyes to facts contradicting those same claims, like the ties between Jerusalem's Grand Mufti Haj Muhammed Amin al-Husseini and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Still, the Pali's( fakers since 1964) and haters of Israel seem to be instituting Hitler's Czekoslovalia/ Sudetenland propaganda plan and it's working so far but the majot problem is, G!D, biblical prophecy and all of Israel( whether libbie jews like it or not) will NOT let this BS go on as the enemy continues to puff their pompous chests and rattle their shields as they prepare for another ass kicking. What will it be, Damascus kablooey or Ezekial 38? When will it be? Next month, a few weeks, a year? Getting oh so close to prophecies written so many thousands of years ago but it may as well have been written today
Dershbagowitz defended His Slickness during all the fun and games with cigars and interns.
He wrote a book about it “Sexual McCarthyism.”
I hold no such hope that he will ever realize that Liberalism is an infantile mental disorder.
None.
Well done by Dershowitz! Too bad he’s loony lib on everything else
Dershowitz is an unapologetic leftist radical whose defense of Israel is based on two things: ethnic solidarity, and the belief that Israel is the "true radical" presence in the Middle East (actually this is true just as the US is the true radical presence in North America, but western Leftists don't approve of dissing the moral qualms of the "indigenous pipples").
Yes, Dershowitz is a lonely voice on the Left. But he supports the "two state solution" and all the other liberal talking points. He is an atheist (or at least an agnostic) to whom G-d and Torah mean nothing. And he screamed his head off for Obama in '08. He may not vote for him a second time, but I doubt anything would ever make him vote for a Republican.
Also some of us have not forgotten how he characterized us as "pure evil" during the Clinton impeachment.
When it comes down to it you may be sure that Dershowitz (like Foxman) defines Jewishness as poking the Bible Belt in the eye regardless of the fairness or unfairness of it. By the way, I wonder if Dersh is as short tempered with other forms of idolatry.
Sometimes Dershowitz gets it right.
On the subject of Israel, he always has.
I despise Alan Dershowitz. When it comes to spewing hate and discontent, he’s an expert.
You said, “He is an atheist (or at least an agnostic) to whom G-d and Torah mean nothing.”
I have no idea about that, but I know he’s a Left-wing radical, so while his support of Israel is commendable, I don’t give him a pass on anthing else.
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