Finkelstein’s BDS Secrets
February 28, 2012 12:05 by GuestPost
There are two answers. First, Palestinians think knowledge of these connections would tarnish their sympathetic image as weak, suffering victims. Second, it is valuable to have international organizations wearing the mask of impartial observers while lending their authority to Palestinian claims. Knowing the degree of Palestinian control over them would destroy this useful fiction.
It is this mask of impartiality that Finkelstein tore aside, revealing for a brief moment the tip of an iceberg—the Europeans, Americans, even Israelis who follow Palestinian “marching orders” while pretending to be free Western agents of truth and morality.
The buck, Dr. Finkelstein, does not stop at the one-man Ramallah NGOs or the international organizations that support them. The same “10,556,454 Palestinian civil society organizations” that you say represent “absolutely nothing” are the source of every report you have ever quoted in your attacks on Israel. And the facts show that we should trust them just as much as you do when it comes to their self-portrayal.
The Soviets named the country’s only legal newspaper Truth (Pravda). Soon enough, everyone knew you could find no truth in Truth. In the Mideast, human right activists do the same disservice to the idea of human rights.
Ran Baratz, a Ph.D. in philosophy, is the executive director of the Tikvah-Bar Ilan summer program in political thought, economics, and strategy.
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lippy
8:06 pm
Feb 28, 2012
unfortunately you are preaching to the proverbial choir. this must go out to all news media, major papers, t.v. networks and especially the white house,state department and the u.n.
i also believe that Israel should hire some good lawyers (Allan Dershowitz?) and sue these groups for libel and slander. drag them through the courts, the Hague, etc. and make them pay. when they start losing all the money they have been getting from the useful idiots of the world we will see how fast they all shut up and go away.
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steve mann
5:06 pm
Mar 01, 2012
His book the “Holocaust Industry”.
In it he accuses the Jewish Elite of perpetuating an industry using the holocaust as a ploy to extort money and gain influence to crush any dissent or criticism of the state of Israel.
The New York Times review of his book- described its premise as “ A novel variation of the Elders of Zion.” They concluded by accusing Finkelstein of being Juvenile stupid and arrogant. (Their issue Aug 6th 2000)
He has not changed a hair- Its just “Greyer”
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Michael
7:04 pm
Mar 01, 2012
Actually Soviets had lots of perfectly legal newspapers – Izvestia (News), Komsomolskaja Prawda, Trud, Krasnaja Zvezda, Literaturnaja Gazeta, Sovetskij Sport … Add to this multitude of local newspapers and journals(both local and not) and we see different picture… I despise everything Soviets did, but still, Honest reporting should be also correct (always)
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Nico Black
7:30 pm
Mar 01, 2012
I wrote about the BDS being a cult ages ago: http://bit.ly/bds-as-cult
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PAthena
12:32 am
Mar 02, 2012
Calling Arabs “Palestinians” is to fall for the lie perpetrated by Egypt under Nasser and the Soviet Union, haters of Jews, who, in Cairo in 1964, invented the “Palestine Liberation Organization” (P.L.O.), with phony history and propaganda. “Palestinian” has meant “Jew”, and “Palestine” “land of the Jews” (or “the Holy Land.” since Jesus was a Jew) since the Roman Emperor Hadrian, after defeating the last Jewish rebellion under Bar Kochba in 135 A.D., changed the name ofJudea to “Palestina,” to eradicate all memory of Judea. He also outlawed Judaism and changed the name of Jerusalem to “Aelia Capitolina,” “Aelius” being his gens name.
That is why Great Britain was awarded the “Palestine Mandate” after World War I to be the “homeland of the Jews.”
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Kris Kristian
8:19 am
Mar 02, 2012
Churchill was the man who went against the british mandate and the League of Nations, by cutting up what was to be the Jewish homelnd. He created Jordan and I thunk, Syria
. This all for oil. The league of Nations order to give the Jews what was required was never abrogated, which means that it is still international law. TheuN divided the land still futher. Ther UN’s division is surely illegal.
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Brent Pudsey
2:18 pm
Mar 02, 2012
He provides excellent analysis which demonstrates that the Palestinans need to rethink their actions and the implications they have. They must realize that it is horribly wrong to be so anit Israel and to learn to live in peace with them.
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Karin Berryman
2:16 am
Mar 04, 2012
In Australia we have a Finkelstein hearing an ‘investigation’ into the media, and their criticism of the government who has instituted this investigation. ‘The Australian’ newspaper has a stable of many and varied journalists across the board. Rarely is anything written of a personal nature, but the daily has a ‘Cut and Paste’ section where someone’s quotes of previous years are contrasted with recent quotes, highlighting how easily he/she will change positions to suit the agenda, often contradicting themselves. Our govt isn’t happy with Freedom of Speech!
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John Williams
6:52 am
Mar 14, 2012
lippy, I would be very careful about suggesting that, “drag them through the courts, the Hague, etc. and make them pay” as it could impact the leaders of Israel, especially the Hauge.
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