Dershowitz has been trending towards the right, whereas Finkelstein is a thorough-going leftist. This is not because of his oppostion to more and more holocaust reparations, which is, in one form or another, a common opinion among Jews, but rather because of just about everything else Finkelstein writes.
I haven't read Dershowitz's new book, but if it is true, as Finkilstein says, that it follows Joan Peters' way of thinking, few on FR will have much reason to object.
I haven't come across Finkelstein's leftist writings. Could you cite an example?
Only on matters concerning Israel. He spent the entire 90's covering up for and apologizing for the clintoons and to this day I'll bet that he STILL supports hitlery.
I think Dershowitz has always been what I would consider sane on Israel. Years ago, he had a column that would run in the Boston Herald; on any other topic, if I could make myself read it, I'd be foaming at the mouth. But his columns on Israel were right on the money.