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| Amazon Touts Anti-israeli Views,; bans the Israeli book on antiterrorism | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 17 2006, 02:59 PM (83 Views) | |
| sheila19621 | Jul 17 2006, 02:59 PM Post #1 |
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On July 4, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict. On May 30, Amazon similarly advertised Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. I have never received any other ad from Amazon. On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now available for download from www.samsonblinded.info . Google earlier banned advertising of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content." Shoher, indeed, is pro-Israeli, yet realistic and critical of Israeli policies. Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing in favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient questions and gives honest answers. Amazon does not like that. Anti-Semitic lampoons by Norman Finkelstein are more to Amazon's taste. |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 17 2006, 05:37 PM Post #2 |
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I'm moving this to current events. Also, if you have any links to news websites, please provide them. Thanks. *friendly neighborhood mod-man* |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 17 2006, 05:39 PM Post #3 |
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Also, Israel is a nation-state like any other; to criticize its domestic or foreign policies does not necessarily make one anti-semetic. It should be noted that a lot of critics of Israel are either Jewish (Finkelstein, Chomsky) or Arab, who are both semites. I think we need to drop the excessive terms of propaganda and get to the core of the problem in that region with regards to social justice and stability. |
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