Friday, 26 March 2010

Finkelstein at Harvard: Gaza wasn’t a war

Norman Finkelstein spoke at Harvard Law School last night. My friends who were there said he was fabulous. Here are their telegraphic notes:

Nancy Kanwisher:

Points worth making:

i) His two reasons for the Gaza war: a) Hamas becoming too reasonable, and b) an effort to restore Israeli "credibility" after the defeat in Lebanon 2006

ii) His very impressive and classy refusal to get into his personal issues with Dersh
iii) Total calm command of the facts
iv) Standing ovation
v) His endorsement of the the Amnesty International report recommending an arms embargo
vi) Audience respectful, a sea change from our appearance in the adjacent building 2002.

Molly Potter:

I think Nancy has summed it up. More

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