Great Primer on Refuting Common Fallacies Against Israel

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	• The Case for Israel Alan Dershowitz Wiley, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 162 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Don't know what to think of it all

I have always been an ardent supporter of a Jewish/Israeli State and a Palestinian State and reading this book only affirms my heart felt sympathy for the suffering of Jewish people around the world because of their religion. I am defiantly not for terrorism, because it is a result of the Palestinian leader's inability to compromise forcing its people to act irrationally against Israel and pretty soon against all people around the world (it is a barbaric act). This book is not very scholarly. The author has chosen only a few sources to rebuttal his arguments towards. There has to be the other side too. The other side seems like a betrayal. The Palestinian people obviously did not have enough resources to purchase lands held by landowners to establish businesses for themselves in their land prior to Jewish people coming in and purchasing them, this seems to be a sad thing reflecting a superiority of money rather than culture and yes the Jewish people did do a lot for the region with their financial investments in hospitals and infrastructure but that still leaves the poor Palestinians in the whims of somebody and that is it's arrogant, barbaric leader, and the reality that now they may not have a choice but to accept living in Israel for security if anything else.

So it comes down to this, they both need a home.

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Great Primer on Refuting Common Fallacies Against Israel

Did European Jews displace Palestinians in the land that is now called Israel? Or did European Jews acquire the land from absentee landlords or immigrate to uninhabited lands in the region?

Have the Jews Always Rejected a Two-State Solution? Or was such a solution favorably proposed from the early stages of the Zionist movement in the Chaim-Weizmann Agreement to the recent Barak-Clinton peace proposal?

Did Israel create the Arab refugee problem? Or does the fact that Egypt and Jordan refuse to admit Palestinian refugees for political purposes have something to do with their refugee status?

Did Israel start the Six-Day War in 1967? Or was this war fought as a courageous act of self-defense against five armed nations, all of whom wanted nothing less than the total destruction of Israel.

This book contains many other common charges against Israel along with a compelling argument against each charge. Although Alan Dershowitz is not the most objective party on this matter, he still has compiled a timely and persuasive defense of Israel. This book is written in a question and answer format that makes it an excellent resource.

Although this certainly is not the most comprehensive source for a defense of Israel, it is an excellent place to start for an individual seeking to read about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a pro-Israeli perspective.

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Some Truths Yes, But This Book Is Debunked

I read Dershowitz's Case For Israel and originally was impressed. I still believe there are many truths to it, but Dershowitz claims that Israel outlawed torture in 1999 and that those protesting Israeli torture and human rights abuses, including Amnesty International, are bias and/or ignorant of the Israeli Supreme Court decision banning torture. And then I read a 2002 CBS News interview, (two years after the Israeli banning of torture and one year before this book was written) of Dershowitz supporting torture! Then reading Finkelstein's book, Beyond Chutzpah, I read three separate reports from three separate organizations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and B'Tselem which report excessive force and killings against unarmed civilians and believe that Dershowitz has officially been debunked.

There is much more to say on this book, but most in heavy critical assessment. I am only sorry this book were not all truth, with its unfair statements and dishonesty, which is the reality of this sad state of affairs.

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The Case for Israel is an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence. Presents a passionate look at what Israel's accusers and detractors are saying about this war-torn country. Dershowitz accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and backs up his argument with hard facts. Widely respected as a civil libertarian, legal educator, and defense attorney extraordinaire, Alan Dershowitz has also been a passionate though not uncritical supporter of Israel.

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