Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Norman Finkelstein loses it in Lebanon

I've read plenty of second-hand criticism of Norman Finkelstein, but you have to see him in the flesh to see how truly deranged he is - see his impassioned defence of Hizbollah here. Remember that this is the organisation whose leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has said the handy thing about all the Jews gathering in Israel is that "it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide". I guess Norman thinks this is just more legitimate criticism of Israel. an

4 comments:

Matt said...

Perhaps the next edition of the Oxford Dictionary can place his picture (and/or that of Noam Chomsky) next to an entry for "self-hating Jew".

James said...

Sounds like a good idea. On Chomsky, see here

Matt said...

See *where*? Can you try that link again? (the link led back to *this* very page)

James said...

sorry, try here