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==Summary== |
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The book is divided into several chapters, each of which addresses what Dershowitz identifies as being particularly strong accusations and myths about Israel, such as "Israel is the 'prime' human rights violator in the world" and "Israel is the cause of the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]." Each chapter is divided into several sections. "The Accusation" states a common criticism of Israel, "The Accusers" lists several quotations from critics supporting the accusation, "The Reality" contains a short statement contradicting the accusation, and "The Proof" contains Dershowitz's explanation of his viewpoint. [[Edward Said]] and [[Noam Chomsky]] are among the critics that he quotes the most heavily. The research assistants mentioned in the book's acknowledgements include Natalie Hershlag, the birthname of [[Israeli-American]] actress [[Natalie Portman]].<ref>Dershowitz (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=UG4_QXdpFQUC&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11 p. 11]</ref><ref>[http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/111297/natalie-portman-and-scarlett-johansson-at-dnc "Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson at DNC"] by Yair Rosenberg, ''[[Tablet Magazine]]'', 5 September 2012</ref><ref>"What Natalie knows" by Evgenia Peretz, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', April 2006</ref> |
The book is divided into several chapters, each of which addresses what Dershowitz identifies as being particularly strong accusations and myths about Israel, such as "Israel is the 'prime' human rights violator in the world" and "Israel is the cause of the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]." Each chapter is divided into several sections. "The Accusation" states a common criticism of Israel, "The Accusers" lists several quotations from critics supporting the accusation, "The Reality" contains a short statement contradicting the accusation, and "The Proof" contains Dershowitz's explanation of his viewpoint. [[Edward Said]] and [[Noam Chomsky]] are among the critics that he quotes the most heavily. The research assistants mentioned in the book's acknowledgements include Natalie Hershlag, the birthname of [[Israeli-American]] actress [[Natalie Portman]].<ref>Dershowitz (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=UG4_QXdpFQUC&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11 p. 11]</ref><ref>[http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/111297/natalie-portman-and-scarlett-johansson-at-dnc "Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson at DNC"] by Yair Rosenberg, ''[[Tablet Magazine]]'', 5 September 2012</ref><ref>"What Natalie knows" by Evgenia Peretz, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', April 2006</ref> |
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Dershowitz has released a sequel in 2005 championing the [[two-state solution]]. The book, ''[[The Case for Peace]]'', explains what he believes is needed to be done in order to achieve peace in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. |
Dershowitz has released a sequel in 2005 championing the [[two-state solution]]. The book, ''[[The Case for Peace]]'', explains what he believes is needed to be done in order to achieve peace in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. |
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==Critical Reception== |
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==Norman Finkelstein's allegations of fraud== |
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In a [[New York Times]] review, [[Ethan Bronner]] called the book a polemic that argues "vehemently––and fairly convincingly––that contemporary European and Arab discourse on the Middle East is indefensibly unbalanced against Israel" without dismissing the scholarship of the [[New Historians]]. He notes that "Dershowitz is especially effective at pointing to the hypocrisy of many of Israel's critics."<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/books/the-new-new-historians.html|title=The New New Historians|author=Bronner, Ethan|date=November 9, 2003}}</ref> |
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{{see also|Dershowitz–Finkelstein affair}} |
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| ⚫ | The political scientist [[Norman Finkelstein]] |
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After a heated exchange between the two on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', in which Finkelstein repeatedly accused Dershowitz of plagiarism and questioned his credentials to teach at Harvard University,<ref>{{YouTube|i-ndY4Rilyg|Finkelstein versus Dershowitz debate, part 1 of 11}}</ref> Finkelstein released a book, ''Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'', whose second part is about ''The Case for Israel''. The book lists many examples of text that Finkelstein claims Dershowitz to have lifted from Peters. A Harvard Law School investigation led by former Harvard president [[Derek Bok]] found the plagiarism charges to be without merit. Finkelstein later agreed to delete all references to "plagiarism" from his book, instead writing that Dershowitz "lifted" or "appropriated" text from Peters, but said he only did it to avoid a lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3113826,00.html |title=Dershowitz in plagiarism spat – Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/09/academic_fight_heads_to_print/|title=Academic fight heads to print|work=The Boston Globe|date=2005-07-09|access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref> |
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According to the international relations scholar [[Avi Shlaim]], Finkelstein's charge of plagiarism "is proved in a manner that would stand up in court."<ref name=THE2005>{{cite news|title=The Good Jewish Boys Go into Battle|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/the-good-jewish-boys-go-into-battle/200412.article|newspaper=Times Higher Education|date=2005-12-16}}</ref> In response to the feud between Dershowitz and Finkelstein, Frank Menetrez, a former editor-in-chief of the ''[[UCLA Law Review]]'', published an analysis of the charges made against Finkelstein by Dershowitz, finding no merit in any single charge, and that, on the contrary, "Dershowitz is deliberately misrepresenting what Finkelstein wrote".<ref name="Menetrez2008">{{cite book|author=Frank Menetrez|title=Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-semitism and the Abuse of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qc6Tn-C2B5UC&pg=PA363|access-date=26 May 2013|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24989-9|pages=363–}}</ref> In a follow-up analysis he concluded that he could find "no way of avoiding the inference that Dershowitz copied the quotation from Twain from Peters's ''From Time Immemorial'', and not from the original source", as Dershowitz claimed.<ref name="Menetrez2008"/> |
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The political scientist Michael Desch observed: |
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<blockquote>Not only did Dershowitz improperly present Peters's ideas, he may not even have bothered to read the original sources she used to come up with them. Finkelstein somehow managed to get uncorrected page proofs of ''The Case for Israel'' in which Dershowitz appears to direct his research assistant to go to certain pages and notes in Peters's book and place them in his footnotes directly (32, col. 3).<ref name=Desch>[[Michael Desch|Michael C. Desch]], [http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=98 "The Chutzpah of Alan Dershowitz,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327143707/http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=98 |date=2006-03-27 }} ''[[The American Conservative]]'' 5 December 2005, online posting, ''normanfinkelstein.com'', accessed 10 February 2007.</ref></blockquote> |
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| ⚫ | The political scientist [[Norman Finkelstein]] claimed the book was a "hoax"<ref name=FinkelsteinHoaxPage>{{cite web|last1=Finkelstein|first1=Norman G|title=THE DERSHOWITZ HOAX|url=http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=4&ar=1|publisher=Norman G. Finkelstein|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224053121/http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=4&ar=1|archive-date=February 24, 2008 }}</ref> and that some of its citations are [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from ''[[From Time Immemorial]]'', a 1984 book by [[Joan Peters]].<ref name=FinkelsteinWhatIf>{{cite web|last1=Finkelstein|first1=Norman G|title=Alan Dershowitz Exposed: What if a Harvard Student Did This?|url=http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1|publisher=Norman G. Finkelstein|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224114210/http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=1|archive-date=February 24, 2008 }}</ref> After a heated exchange between the two on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', in which Finkelstein repeatedly accused Dershowitz of plagiarism and questioned his credentials to teach at Harvard University,<ref>{{YouTube|i-ndY4Rilyg|Finkelstein versus Dershowitz debate, part 1 of 11}}</ref> Finkelstein released a book, ''Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History'', whose second part is about ''The Case for Israel''. The book lists many examples of text that Finkelstein claims Dershowitz to have lifted from Peters. A Harvard Law School investigation led by former Harvard president [[Derek Bok]] found the plagiarism charges to be without merit. Finkelstein later agreed to delete all references to "plagiarism" from his book, instead writing that Dershowitz "lifted" or "appropriated" text from Peters, but said he only did it to avoid a lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3113826,00.html |title=Dershowitz in plagiarism spat – Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=17 July 2005 |publisher=Ynetnews.com |access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/09/academic_fight_heads_to_print/|title=Academic fight heads to print|work=The Boston Globe|date=2005-07-09|access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref> |
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Although repeatedly being approached by third parties to debate the book, Dershowitz refused on the ground that he had a "longstanding policy against debating [[Holocaust]] deniers, revisionists, trivializers or minimizers".<ref>{{cite book|last=Finkelstein|first=Norman G.|title=Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History|url=https://archive.org/details/beyondchutzpahon00fink_0|url-access=registration|date=1 May 2008|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24989-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/beyondchutzpahon00fink_0/page/49 49]}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Latest revision as of 18:47, 4 August 2024
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| Author | Alan Dershowitz |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-0-471-46502-7 |
The Case for Israel is a 2003 book by Alan Dershowitz, a law professor at Harvard University. The work is a response to common criticisms of Israel. The Case for Israel was a New York Times bestseller.[1] It also led to the public controversy known as the Dershowitz–Finkelstein affair.
Summary
[edit]The book is divided into several chapters, each of which addresses what Dershowitz identifies as being particularly strong accusations and myths about Israel, such as "Israel is the 'prime' human rights violator in the world" and "Israel is the cause of the Arab–Israeli conflict." Each chapter is divided into several sections. "The Accusation" states a common criticism of Israel, "The Accusers" lists several quotations from critics supporting the accusation, "The Reality" contains a short statement contradicting the accusation, and "The Proof" contains Dershowitz's explanation of his viewpoint. Edward Said and Noam Chomsky are among the critics that he quotes the most heavily. The research assistants mentioned in the book's acknowledgements include Natalie Hershlag, the birthname of Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman.[2][3][4]
Dershowitz has released a sequel in 2005 championing the two-state solution. The book, The Case for Peace, explains what he believes is needed to be done in order to achieve peace in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Critical Reception
[edit]In a New York Times review, Ethan Bronner called the book a polemic that argues "vehemently––and fairly convincingly––that contemporary European and Arab discourse on the Middle East is indefensibly unbalanced against Israel" without dismissing the scholarship of the New Historians. He notes that "Dershowitz is especially effective at pointing to the hypocrisy of many of Israel's critics."[5]
The political scientist Norman Finkelstein claimed the book was a "hoax"[6] and that some of its citations are plagiarized from From Time Immemorial, a 1984 book by Joan Peters.[7] After a heated exchange between the two on Democracy Now!, in which Finkelstein repeatedly accused Dershowitz of plagiarism and questioned his credentials to teach at Harvard University,[8] Finkelstein released a book, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, whose second part is about The Case for Israel. The book lists many examples of text that Finkelstein claims Dershowitz to have lifted from Peters. A Harvard Law School investigation led by former Harvard president Derek Bok found the plagiarism charges to be without merit. Finkelstein later agreed to delete all references to "plagiarism" from his book, instead writing that Dershowitz "lifted" or "appropriated" text from Peters, but said he only did it to avoid a lawsuit.[9][10]
See also
[edit]- Bibliography of the Arab–Israeli conflict
- The Case for Democracy
- Public diplomacy of Israel
- Right to Exist: a Moral Defense of Israel's Wars
References
[edit]- ^ Dershowitz, Alan (2003). The Case for Israel. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-46502-X.
- ^ Dershowitz (2003), p. 11
- ^ "Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson at DNC" by Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Magazine, 5 September 2012
- ^ "What Natalie knows" by Evgenia Peretz, Vanity Fair, April 2006
- ^ Bronner, Ethan (November 9, 2003). "The New New Historians". The New York Times.
- ^ Finkelstein, Norman G. "THE DERSHOWITZ HOAX". Norman G. Finkelstein. Archived from the original on February 24, 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Finkelstein, Norman G. "Alan Dershowitz Exposed: What if a Harvard Student Did This?". Norman G. Finkelstein. Archived from the original on February 24, 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Finkelstein versus Dershowitz debate, part 1 of 11 on YouTube
- ^ "Dershowitz in plagiarism spat – Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews". Ynetnews. Ynetnews.com. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ "Academic fight heads to print". The Boston Globe. 2005-07-09. Retrieved 2013-11-12.