Alan Dershowitz is probably best known in Australia as a Harvard Law Professor who was part of the legal team in the von Bulow trial in the USA, and more high profile, in the O. J. Simpson murder trial. Perhaps less known is that Dershowitz is a profilic writer with many of his books distinctly pro-Israel. The press, including the AJN, clearly in ignorance, often refer to Dershowitz in glowing terms. Dershowitz gained notoriety a couple of years ago when he argued that torture of prisoners was justified in certain circumstances. When Dershowitz appeared on SBS Dateline to argue his view on torture, he came across poorly and certainly not a convincing advocate for his extraordinary proposition.
Dershowitz has now shown another side of his character - or lack of it! Confronted by a Professor Finkelstein publishing a book in which he accuses Dershowitz of plagarism and simply false facts in one of his books, Dershowitz has gone feral in attempts to stop publication of the book. Legal threats and even an appeal to Arnie Schwartzeneger [the Governor of California - because the University of California Press was to publish the book] have been unsuccessful. Demonstrating a real low and flaw in character Dershowitz has now accused Finkelstein's late mother as having been a kapo when in a concentration camp in the 1940's. To say Dershowitz is a disgrace is putting it mildly!
Read the full "story" here.
Dershowitz has now shown another side of his character - or lack of it! Confronted by a Professor Finkelstein publishing a book in which he accuses Dershowitz of plagarism and simply false facts in one of his books, Dershowitz has gone feral in attempts to stop publication of the book. Legal threats and even an appeal to Arnie Schwartzeneger [the Governor of California - because the University of California Press was to publish the book] have been unsuccessful. Demonstrating a real low and flaw in character Dershowitz has now accused Finkelstein's late mother as having been a kapo when in a concentration camp in the 1940's. To say Dershowitz is a disgrace is putting it mildly!
Read the full "story" here.
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