Norman G. Finkelstein-Beyond Chutzpah_ On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (Updated Edition)-University of California Press (2008).pdf

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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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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