Beyond Chutzpah – On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman Finkelstein.
University of California Press, 2005
“Beyond Chutzpah”(BC) is written in two parts; Part One: The Not-So-New “Anti-Semitism” and Part Two: The Greatest Tale Ever Sold.
In the Introduction, Finkelstein writes;
...the allegation of a new anti-Semitism is neither new, nor about anti-Semitism. Whenever Israel comes under renewed international pressure to withdraw from occupied territories, its apologists mount yet another meticulously orchestrated media extravaganza alleging that the world is awash in anti-Semitism. This shameless exploitation of anti-Semitism delegitimizes criticism of Israel, makes Jews rather than Palestinians the victims, and puts the onus on the Arab world to rid itself of anti-Semitism rather than on Israel to rid itself of the Occupied Territories. (p.16, BC)
...and this is basically the thesis for Part One.
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