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The Case For Israel: Democracy Now! Hosts a Debate Between
Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein
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8:07-8:40 The Case For Israel: Democracy Now! Hosts
a Debate Between Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein
INTRO: On MSNBC’s Scarborough County on Sept. 8 2003,
renowned appellate lawyer, Harvard Law professor and author
Alan Dershowitz says: “I will give $10,000 to the PLO…if
you can find a historical fact in my book that you can prove
to be false.” The book Dershowitz refers to is his latest
work The Case For Israel.
Today author and professor Norman Finkelstein takes him
on and charges that Dershowitz makes numerous factual errors
in his book. Dershowitz denies the charges. Finkelstein teaches
at DePaul University and is the author of four books including
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of
Jewish Suffering.
A 15-year-old unarmed Palestinian boy was killed and 14
Palestinians were wounded when Palestinian militants and Israeli
forces clashed in the southern Gaza Strip today. 20 Israeli
tanks and bulldozers entered the Rafah refugee camp shortly
after midnight after five mortar shells were fired at a bloc
of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. No injuries or damage
were reported.
Meanwhile Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom is scheduled
to meet U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and
Secretary of State Colin Powell today to discuss the U.S.
position on the route of the so-called “security fence”
in the West Bank.
Prior to the meetings, Shalom said during an interview on
the fence that Israel should "do everything to defend"
as many West Bank settlers as possible, and said the purpose
of the fence was to defend Israeli citizens.
Meanwhile, Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting the Israeli
government spends at least $560 million a year on subsidies,
infrastructure and education for 220,000 Jewish settlers living
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The figure does not include
military spending in those areas.
Haaretz said Israel has spent at least $10.1 billion on the
settlements since capturing the West Bank and Gaza in 1967.
Successive Israeli governments have refused to disclose how
much they spend on settlements. Haaretz said it compiled the
figure after three months of research, including interviews
with dozens of government officials and experts.
And yesterday President Bush told the 58th session of the
United Nations General Assembly in New York: "The Palestinian
cause is betrayed by leaders who cling to power by feeding
old hatreds and destroying the good work of others."
This comes days after the UN voted 133 to 4 to condemn Israel’s
decision to “remove” Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat. The United States, Israel, the Marshall Islands and
Micronesia voted against the measure.
- Alan Dershowitz, author of The Case For Israel (Wiley
2003). He is one of the nation’s foremost appellate
lawyers and a Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard
Law School. His articles are published in The New York Times
and other publications. His books include Chutzpah, The
Vanishing American Jew, Why Terrorism Works, Shouting Fire
and America Declares Independence.
- Norman Finkelstein, he is the author of four books including
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation
of Jewish Suffering (Verso, 2000) and Image and Reality
of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995). His writings
have appeared in prestigious journals such as the London
Review of Books, Index on Censorship, Journal of Palestine
Studies, New Left Review, Middle East Report, Christian
Science Monitor and Al Ahram Weekly. He currently teaches
political science at DePaul University in Chicago.
Link: www.normanfinkelstein.com
- Alan Dershowitz, speaking on MSNBC’s Scarborough
Country September 8th, 2003. He states he will donate $10,000
to the Palestinian Liberation Organization if a historical
fact in his book The Case For Israel can be proven to be
false.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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