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...reputable newspapers, has a policy of giving the targets of an attack an opportunity to respond for purposes of the story. Had I been called and told that The Crimson planned to publish Finkelstein’s accusations of perjury and fraud, I would have reminded the reporter that Finkelstein accuses virtually every pro-Israel writer of these literary crimes. I also would have reminded the writer that when Finkelstein first made these accusations more than two years ago, I insisted that Harvard investigate them. Former Harvard President Derek C. Bok was appointed to conduct the investigation and found...
Following Finkelstein’s speech I was told by a student that Finkelstein had accused me of having recently flown to Israel “to advise their government on how to suppress the free speech of Israeli pilots.” I called The Crimson reporter and told her that was a lie. Now Finkelstein is claiming that it is true and he provided four sources to prove his point. One of the articles is in German and another in Hebrew, languages which Finkelstein does not read or understand. I have had them translated and neither of them...
That is why it is important to heed the following warning of the historian Peter Novick, who, according to Finkelstein, inspired his scholarship: “No facts alleged by Finkelstein should be assumed to be really facts, no quotation in his book should be assumed to be accurate, without taking the time to carefully compare his claims with the sources he cites.” When one checks the sources, more often than not it turns out that Finkelstein just makes it up out of whole cloth...
...Crimson reports that, according to Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, I misrepresented him during a recent lecture at Harvard Law School on the Israel-Palestine conflict (“At Talk, Finkelstein Calls Dershowitz Book a Fraud,” news...
Controversial DePaul University Professor Norman G. Finkelstein told Harvard Law School (HLS) students yesterday that the Israel-Palestine conflict has been sensationalized and that one of their professors is a plagiarist.Many irked listeners repeatedly disrupted the lecture, creating a tense atmosphere. Several people heckled, shouted rebuttals, and held florescent posters protesting Finkelstein’s stated views. One disturbance even forced him to stop speaking temporarily. Finkelstein said that he hopes to enlighten college students with his interpretation of the current situation in the Middle East. “[I’m trying to] pierce through all the misinformation...