Norman Finkelstein
American political scientist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 72
Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Finkelstein at the University of Leeds in 2009
Finkelstein in 2005
Cover of the revised Finkelstein-Birn edition of A Nation on Trial
Finkelstein's public feud with jurist and academic Alan Dershowitz lasted for years and had a negative effect on Finkelstein's academic career
Finkelstein's tenure at DePaul University, Chicago, ended with a vote against granting him tenure. Weeks of protests ensued on campus in support of granting him a position at the university
Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion International Airport. Attempting to enter Israel in 2008, Finkelstein was detained at that airport for 24 hours and then deportedListen
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, What were the offers being made on each side of the Camp David and in the Taba talks?
Articulating the key Holocaust dogmas, much of the literature on Hitler's Final solution is worthless as scholarship.
If everyone who claims to be a survivor actually is one," my mother used to exclaim, "who did Hitler kill then?" (p. 81)
