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The Dershowitz Check-Up Continues: How the Nutty Professor Misstates, Misrepresents and Misapplies the Law

As a previous MPS posting has clearly demonstrated Alan Dershowitz has absolutely no credibility on any level.

In a second piece on CounterPunch on the "great" professor, Professor Franklin Lamb writes:

"In the minds of some of his colleagues, and a law student reporter at the Harvard Law Record, Professor Alan Dershowitz's unique views of Israel's obligations under international law are reflected in the "private legal memoranda" that he churns out from time to time in his moonlighting job as "Of Counsel to the Government of Israel". In this role, as one of his former students explained, Harvard's Nutty Professor advises Israel "how to appear to be acting legally to the eyes of the American public".

One recent bit of international legal advice that Dershowitz is said to be particularly proud of is his recent Memorandum regarding the current 'Legal Standard' identifying those who the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) can 'legally' target in Gaza. These days one can witness his opus mini being read word for word off a cue card by IDF spokesman, Benjamin Rutland.'"

Continue reading, here, as Lamb shreds just about every Dershowitz proposition as being false or fanciful.

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