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The Hazards of Making The Case for Israel (Dershowitz on Noam Chomsky, DePaul's Norman Finkelstein)
Jbooks.com ^ | May 25, 2005 | ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Posted on 05/26/2005 12:24:33 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John

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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Self-hating Jews, it's very sad. They should move to Saudi Arabia so they can bask in the Religion of Pieces first hand.


21 posted on 05/26/2005 1:02:23 PM PDT by blueblazes
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
Dershowitz didn't write this.

(Just kidding).

Good piece...thanks for posting.

22 posted on 05/26/2005 1:07:25 PM PDT by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
23 posted on 05/26/2005 1:12:08 PM PDT by SJackson (I don't think the red-tiled roofs are as sturdy as my asbestos one, Palestinian refugee)
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To: colorado tanker

I disagree, these were bald faced malicious assertions made by these guys, you may not agree with Dershowitz's politics but I've always seen him as a honest man as lawyers go so this is a major slam, esp if you could prove damage to his book sales.....even if you didn't win, the kind of shits need to learn a lesson on accountablity

if these guys can make these kind of allegations without any consequences, they'll keep up the routine

I'll bet these three guys haven't got a pot to piss in so the threat of losing their house etc or maybe even their jobs might give them pause for thought before ganging up on their next victim......

now no doubt these jerks will get legal defence money from the lefties, but I imagine it would be easy for Dershowitz to get funding from all the millions of people who'd love to Noam Chomsky get his come uppance

nothing like a successful libel suit to ruin the career of a socalled journalist or academic....


24 posted on 05/26/2005 1:39:32 PM PDT by littlelilac
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To: littlelilac
I think you misunderstood me. I do think Dershowitz has been libeled by that crowd. I admire his guts for telling it like it is about Israel, even if I don't agree with much of the rest of his politics.

I just think as a very seasoned litigator Dershowitz has not filed a libel suit because he knows he would be ill-served by the U.S. courts.

25 posted on 05/26/2005 1:44:38 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: colorado tanker
In one small--but crucial way--it would be a repeat of the OJ trial. Not the trial itself, but the craziness that went on every day outside the courtroom, with the demented protestors (Neo-Nazis and Islamists this time), curiousity seekers, and people who just want to appear on TV.

Who needs to walk past that stuff every day?

The jury? Dershowitz is smart enough to know that it'll mainly consist of people who read one or two books a year, if that. And he's a public figure. If he loses, then triumverate only looks stonger.

26 posted on 05/26/2005 2:00:37 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John (Chicago White Sox best record in baseball)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

I'm halfway through "The Anti-Chomsky Reader" (Peter Collier and David Horowitz, editors). Until now I've never had such a clear idea of what a nut-bag Chomsky is.


27 posted on 05/26/2005 2:06:29 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John
In this state statements made in litigation are privileged and not subject to libel suits. So, what you'd have in a lawsuit is Chomsky and his buddies giving daily press briefings repeating absurd allegations against Dershowitz and Israel and he would be surrounded by the radical college students who adore him, who would mount daily protests. It could be even worse than OJ.
28 posted on 05/26/2005 2:12:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: BibChr

A ggod read.


29 posted on 05/26/2005 2:15:25 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Without taking a stand on the politics of the feud, Finkelstein really nailed Derschowitz in a 'debate' on this very subject, and we discussed it here on FR a few months ago. I posted the transcript -- it's a beaut, see the link below, starts around post # 32.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368423/posts


30 posted on 05/26/2005 2:21:10 PM PDT by WL-law
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To: Lurking Libertarian

You want me to read more than two consecutive sentences from Alan Dershowitz?

You ask much, my friend.

Dan


31 posted on 05/26/2005 2:22:01 PM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: BibChr
You want me to read more than two consecutive sentences from Alan Dershowitz? You ask much, my friend.

Dershowitz on the subject of Israel is not like Dershowitz on any other subject.

32 posted on 05/26/2005 2:36:03 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Most important intellectual alive? Give me Stephen Hawking any day, at least he practices real science --> Mathematics. Not some made-up hate-America mumbo jumbo marxist philosophy.

Humility is what separates the truly great thinkers from hacks like Noam Chumpsky.


33 posted on 05/26/2005 2:41:57 PM PDT by boofus
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To: WL-law

Sorry, I meant post #17 at the above link.

Finkelstein cleans Dershowitz's clock and demonstrates superior/masterful cros-examination skills, which is surprising considering Dershowitz is the professional in that arena.


34 posted on 05/26/2005 2:42:45 PM PDT by WL-law
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

To defeat the leftist domination of college intellectual life, a comprehensive program is needed, ranging from constant intellectual challenge to leftists, antiSemites and the likes, to refusal of public funding for the likes of Chomskys.


35 posted on 05/26/2005 3:57:47 PM PDT by sergey1973 (Russian American Political Blogger, Arm Chair Strategist)
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To: Land_of_Lincoln_John

Remember, the NAZI's were, and are, "National Socialists." That is a partial translation of their party's true name.

Socialists. Democrats. Communists.

They hate democracies, and especially hate Israel, for being one.


36 posted on 05/26/2005 4:09:12 PM PDT by MonroeDNA
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To: Yehuda
Interesting. Is Dershy one of those stop building the wall appeasers?
38 posted on 05/26/2005 4:18:04 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: Yehuda
Even if he's squishy, I admire Dershy for standing up to the pro-Pali anti-Semites in academia like Chomsky.
40 posted on 05/26/2005 4:37:55 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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