On Monday, Israeli commandos boarded ships in the “Freedom Flotilla” attempting to bring humanitarian aid to residents of still-blockaded Gaza. The aggressive response by Israel turned deadly, with at least nine activists killed. The international community has reacted with shock and outrage; protests have erupted around the world outside Israeli embassies, with protesters even teargassed in Paris. Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a long awaited meeting surrounding peace talks with President Obama and headed back to Israel to do damage control, and Turkey, from where the flotilla departed, has recalled its ambassador and issued a travel warning to its citizens.
Huwaida Arraf was on one of the ships; she joins us via phone from Ramallah, along with Norman Finkelstein, to tell us what happened to her and offer some analysis on the situation.
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Norman Finkelstein was interviewed on Danish TV by Adam Holm.
This program was produced for November 13, 2009.
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First, IMEMC’s current weekly report of current events. Then, Amy Goodman’s interview of Professor Norman Finkelstein. Finkelstein is one of today’s clearest voices about Israeli war crimes, which is not heard in mainstream media. He points out the obvious and normally overlooked fact that the massacre of Gaza was not part of any war. Gaza has no soldiers, only victims, some of whom are labeled as “militants.”
This program was produced by This Week in Palestine for September 19, 2009.
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This talk by Norman Finkelstein was delivered on March 22, 2007 at Binghamton University.
This program was roduced by Wilton Vought.
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On Wednesday 23rd January, The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) hosted a workshop entitled “How can UK Residents Help the Palestinian Cause?” The guest speaker was Norman Finkelstein. The first part consists of Finkelstein’s Introductory remarks, and Part 2 is a recording of the workshop, and a short Q&A session.
This program was produced by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies for January 23, 2008.
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Norman Finkelstein has consistently criticized Israeli policies in Palestine and the use of the Holocaust for justify support for Israel. In early June, DePaul University denied him tenure, despite a positive recommendation by the faculty committee.
This program was produced in Vancouver by Redeye Radio for June 23, 2007.
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As the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp enters its fifth week, host Chris Brown gets two reports from correspondents Dr. Marcy Newman and Sharif Bibi who are in Lebanon working with Palestinian refugees from Nahr al-Bared.
Brown also speaks with Kathryn Webber, a student leader at DePaul University who is part of an ongoing protest to rescind the tenure denial of Professor Norman G. Finkelstein. And finally Paul Larudee from the International Solidarity Movement talks about the Free Gaza Movement which is an action set to test Israel’s sea-occupation of the Gaza Strip by internationals who will attempt to sail to the Gaza Strip from Cyprus in August 2007.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for June 22, 2007.
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DePaul University recently announced that political science professor Norman Finkelstein would not be getting tenure. That means the school rejected his bid for a permanent job.
Finkelstein’s work is controversial – he accuses some Jews of creating and profiting from what he calls the “Holocaust industry”. He also condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. He also happens to be the son of Holocaust survivors.
But some people in academia say there was too much outside interference and personal politics driving DePaul’s decision not to keep him.
This program was produced by Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty Eight on June 12, 2007.
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http://normanfinkelstein.wordpress.com (Scholars for Intellectual Freedom in Support of Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein)
This week Crossing The Line continues with Pt.2 of a conversation with Israeli academic and activist Ilan Pappe.
Also this week, Professor Norman G. Finkelstein of DePaul University a noted academic scholar on Israel/Palestine, is being attacked by his old nemesis Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School regarding his attempts at tenure at DePaul. I’ll speak to attorney Frank Menetrez who published an article regarding the long simmering feud between the two men and the danger of academic freedom on university campuses.
Then later, we’ll hear from Aljazeera correspondent Laila el-Haddad about the current situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the 59th anniversary of al-Nakba “The Catastrophe”
And, as always, weekly commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line on May 18, 2007.
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We are specially pleased today to welcome our featured guest, Professor Norman Finkelstein. Professor Finkelstein teaches political theory at DePaul University in Chicago and is the author of 5 seminal books. His first book “The Rise and Fall of Palestine: a personal account of the Intifada years” was published by the University of Minnesota in 1996. His second book, co-authored with Ruth Bettina Birn “A Nation on Trial: the Goldhagen thesis and historical truth” was published by Henry Holt in 1998. His third book “Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict” was first published in 1995 by Verso with an expanded second edition in 2003; his fourth book “The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering” was published by Verso in 2000 with an expanded edition in 2003; and his fifth, and most recent book, “Beyond Chtutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history” was published by the University of California Press in August of 2005.
Professor Finkelstein has lectured widely at Universities across the US and is the subject of several independent documentaries currently in production. In 2002, he delivered the annual memorial lecture in history at Alfred University, and in 2005 was the presenter for the hour-long documentary: “The Final Insult” based on The Holocaust Industry, to be broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. He joins us now by telephone.
This program was produced by This Week In Palestine on WZBC Boston for March 25, 2007.
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