"This is a powerful and brilliantly argued book by a life- long champion of law, freedom, and human rights. Every charge leveled by Israel's opponents is dealt with lucidly and convincingly by one of the nation's brightest minds and most effective advocates." ?Mario M. "Alan Dershowitz's detailed and penetrating analysis of the issues that fuel the continuing war in Israel should be read by everyone interested in reaching a fair conclusion as to how that tragic conflict should be ended. It is not at all too much to ask that fair-minded observers do so." ?Floyd Abrams
It may be too much to hope that Israel's accusers will read this powerful and persuasive response to their charges. "In a world in which Israel seems always to be the accused, regardless of the facts, Alan Dershowitz's defense offers an oasis of sanity and straight talk. I applaud Professor Dershowitz for his consistent, principled, and reasoned defense of Israel, and, so, of the Jewish people." ?David Mamet "Eric Hoffer wrote in the '60s about the phenomenon of the assimilated Jew who would, to prove his worth to his betters, oppose the state of Israel and call it conscience. But when the Jewish nation is the only one criticized for faults that are far worse among other nations, such criticism crosses the line from fair to foul, from acceptable to anti-Semitic." from The Case for Israel Review Most important, I argue that those who single out Israel for unique criticism not directed against countries with far worse human rights records are themselves guilty of international bigotry. I also try to present a realistic picture of Israel, warts and all, as a flourishing multiethnic democracy, similar in many ways to the United States, that affords all of its citizensJews, Muslims, and Christiansfar better lives and opportunities than those afforded by any Arab or Muslim nation. In this book, I offer such a defensenot of every Israeli policy or action, but of its basic right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism, and to defend its borders from hostile enemies. "The time has come for a proactive defense of Israel to be offered in the court of public opinion. Its supporters are charged with dual loyalty and parochialism. Its leaders are threatened with prosecution as war criminals. Throughout the worldfrom the chambers of the United Nations, to the campuses of universitiesIsrael is singled out for condemnation, divestment, boycott, and demonization.
The charges include being a criminal state, the prime violator of human rights, the mirror-image of Nazism, and the most intransigent barrier to peace in the Middle East. "The Jewish nation of Israel stands accused in the dock of international justice.
Every charge leveled by Israels opponents is dealt with lucidly and convincingly by one of the nations brightest minds and most effective advocates." Mario M. "Alan Dershowitzs detailed and penetrating analysis of the issues that fuel the continuing war in Israel should be read by everyone interested in reaching a fair conclusion as to how that tragic conflict should be ended. "".It should be read by all who seek to be genuinely informed on the Middle East conflict."" ( The Jewish Chronicle, 9 January 2004) -This text refers to the hardcover edition. ""Dershowitz is especially effective at pointing to the hypocrisy of many of Israel's critics."" ( The New York Times - Book Review, November 9th, 2003) "".I recommend even more strongly the handbook The Case for Israel."" ( Sunday Telegraph, 5 October 2003)
With a 150,000 first printing, a $150,000 marketing budget, a Today Show appearance on September 4 and an author tour, expect lots of discussion.
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* Noting that he has been working on versions of these arguments since 1967, famed Harvard law professor Dershowitz offers ""a proactive defense of Israel,"" a kind of amicus brief to ""the court of public opinion."" Not least among the exhibits are a WWII-era Muslim Palestinian leader who was ""a full fledged Nazi war criminal, and he was so declared at Nuremberg"" a ""vastly under populated"" late 19th-century Palestine, to which European Jews began emigrating and a 75-year-long Arab-Israel war that features ""Arab nations dedicated to genocidal aggression against civilians."" Each of the 32 chapters begins with a commonly heard accusation against Israel, with long quotes from reputable ""Accusers"" (including newspapers and intellectuals), followed by ""The Reality"" as Dershowitz sees it, and ""The Proof,"" often drawing on the historical record.
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