Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Power, Politics & Scholarship


By Norman Finkelstein
and Jake Hess
and Margaree Little

"Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein is one of the world's foremost authorities on the Israel-Palestine conflict and the politics of anti-Semitism. He is the author of five books, including Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History; Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict; and The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. His work has been praised by many of the leading scholars of the fields he works in, including the late Raul Hilberg, Avi Shlaim, Sara Roy, and Noam Chomsky. His website is http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/.

The following interview took place on April 15 and 16, 2008, in Providence, Rhode Island. The wide-ranging discussion touches on the role of the Israel lobby in shaping US policy toward the Middle East, Finkelstein's forthcoming book on American Zionism, the history and politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Venezuelan politics, Finkelstein's approach to teaching, the Palestine solidarity movement in the US, and much more......"

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