Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (Updated Edition)

485 Pages·2008·2.42 MB·English

by  Norman G. Finkelstein

BEYOND CHUTZPAH

Beyond Chutzpah
On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism
and the Abuse of History
UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW PREFACE
NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN
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©2005,2008by Norman G. Finkelstein
First Paperback edition, 2008
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Finkelstein, Norman G.
Beyond chutzpah : on the misuse of anti-semitism
and the abuse of history / Norman G. Finkelstein.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn:0-520-24598-9(cloth : alk. paper)
1. Arab-Israeli conflict. 2. Palestinian Arabs—
Crimes against. 3. Dershowitz, Alan M. Case for
Israel. 4. Zionism. 5. Human rights—Palestine.
I. Title.
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To Musa Abu Hashhash and
his fellow human rights workers,
Palestinian and Israeli,
preserving the truth from falsifiers

The world is full of evil people and it is important to
stand up to evil.
Alan M. Dershowitz, Letters to a Young Lawyer

Contents
Preface to the First Paperback Edition / xi
Acknowledgments / lxxi
Introduction / 1
PART ONE THE NOT-SO-NEW “NEW ANTI-SEMITISM”
1 FromJesus Christ Superstar
toThe Passion of the Christ / 21
2 Israel: The “Jew among Nations” / 32
3 Crying Wolf / 66
PART TWO THE GREATEST TALE EVER SOLD
Introduction / 89
4 Impurity of Arms / 96
5 Three in the Back of the Head / 131
6 Israel’s Abu Ghraib / 142
7 Return of the Vandals / 168
8 Blight unto the Nations / 190