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| Amazon Touts Anti-israeli Views,; bans the Israeli book on antiterrorism | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 25 2006, 04:52 AM (161 Views) | |
| sheila19624 | Jul 25 2006, 04:52 AM 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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| Rambo | Jul 25 2006, 09:13 AM Post #2 |
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Salam and Hello sheila, Welcome to Shield of Islam forums. :) Hope you enjoy your stay. You may want to visit the Introductions forum which can be found here. As for the thread discussion, do you have a source for that so we can refer back to it? Thanks. It seems odd that a suposedly reputable vendor like Amazon which works on a vibrant participating community of reviewers would delete comments without any explanation. Did they cite any reason for the action? As for Norman Finkelstein's book Beyond Chutzpah, I haven't read it myself, although I'd be interested to. I've heard it to contain a lot of important ideas. I saw an interview with Professor Finkelstein, and I have to say that he didn't come across as anti-Semitic at all. |
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| abuturab82 | Jul 25 2006, 10:14 PM Post #3 |
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These days, merely criticizing Israel results in accusations of being 'anti-semitic' ;) |
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