The Idiocy of Norman Finkelstein Exhibited on His Own Blog

If you want to see what an obnoxious fool Norman Finkelstein is, you don't have to read my blog; just read his own blog (Norman G Finkelstein). This man, who has a PHD from Princeton, is so idiotic he posts his idiocy on his own blog for all to see.

Let's take a look.

Here is a recent entry on his site in which he engages in a TV debate with Jeffrey Herf (University of Maryland) and Charles Small (Yale) on the topic of the New Anti-Semitism. This debate was shown on RT (Russia Today). As you watch (it is some 26 minutes long) pay attention also to the captions that run along on the bottom. At any rate, Small and Herf describe the anti-Semitism clearly and eloquently, while Finkelstein dismisses it as Israel labeling its critics as anti-Semites. Of course, Finkelstein also shows the world what an obnoxious guy he is. For the life of me, I can't figure out why Finkelstein would put this on his own blog. He should be hoping it never saw the light of day.

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/if-its-tuesday-this-must-be-anti-semitism/

A few more reactions. The subject of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is brought up by Finkelstein who says that the Mufti was described as the "mastermind of the Holocaust". Well, I never heard that, but it is documented historical fact that the Mufti, after fleeing Jerusalem lived in Berlin for a few years as guest of Hitler during World War II. While in Berlin, he made numerous radio broadcasts back to the Middle East urging his followers to drive out the Jews. He also helped organize a Bosnian SS division which participated in the Holocaust.




Finkelstein also responded to the description of the Hamas Charter, which is very clear about its hatred of Jews by quoting certain Israeli individuals' comments about Palestinians. While those comments sound  despicable, how do you compare the comments of a few politicians and rabbis to the official philosophy of an entire terrorist organization which today controls Gaza?

On the subject of anti-Semitism, I would also like to bring up Finkelstein's participation in the Whither the Levant conference at UC-Irvine on January 31, 2009. I was present and sent up a written question to the panel which was given to Finkelstein. Here is an excerpt from what I reported.

“Do you condemn statements and chants heard recently at anti-Israel rallies in Ft. Lauderdale and Los Angeles such as ‘Go back to the ovens,’ ‘You need a bigger oven,’ ‘Long live Hitler,’ ‘Go Hitler,’ and ‘Go Nazi Germany’? Secondly, don’t you think these statements discredit your cause?”

The question was given to Finkelstein, who responded, “First of all, it’s not my cause.” He disclaimed any knowledge of the statements, but said that he suspected they were “99% made up…a pretext or excuse to change the subject” and that the perpetrators might have been “pro-Israel provocateurs masquerading as Arabs.” He never condemned the statements and his dismissive and conspiratorial response caused the audience to erupt in applause."

That May, I repeated the same question to George Galloway, who called me a liar. Stand With Us was good enough to produce the following video, which documents the Los Angeles incident:



Below is the video of the Ft Lauderdale incident in January 2009.





Then (back to Finkelstein's blog) there is this jewel entitled, "Nasrallah Speaks:

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/nasrallah-speaks-they-still-assume-that-arabs-do-not-read-perhaps-many-arabs-do-not-read-yet-in-fact-some-israeli-generals-say-that-they-wrote-books-on-all-their-previous-wars-before-staging-t/

If you can read this entire speech made by the leader of Hezbollah, you are ready to listen to a Finkelstein lecture. This, of course, is the same man (Nasrallah) who also spoke this:

"The Jews should all gather in Israel so the job of hunting them down will be easier." (which is the famous quote that a Muslim Student Association member at UC San Diego told David Horowitz she agreed with at his speaking appearance at that university).

Strange bedfellows.

Norman Finkelstein is a bitter misfit who is so lacking in common sense that he posts examples of his idiocy on his own website for all to see.