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Summary: Lots of great arguments, quotes, and facts
Review: I was aware of many of the arguments and facts, but there are also plenty new arguments that I had never heard and many of new facts and quotes that are just fantastic. This is a great and interesting read for anyone who wants the truth about Israel, and not just the arab spin countrol. ... Dershowitz points out the arab and liberal useful-idiot lies and distortions, and does so in an even-handed way.
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Summary: A Learning Experience
Review: I was a bit lost about the whole Middle East issue. This book really helped me sort things out. The author is pro-Israeli, but he rights in a way that lets you evaluate what he says for yourself.
It is also well written and reads easily.
I really recommend it.
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Summary: Speaking Facts to Fiction
Review: ... At last here is a book, meticulously researched, not relying on polemics but packed with real quotes, statistics and maps that stand the lock-step Arab rejectionists - and their "Progressive" fellow-travelers - on their head. From the controversy of Deir Yassin (has anyone out there ever heard of the Kfar Etzion massacre or Haj Amin Al Husseini?) Arab voices are given ample opportunity to damn themselves out of their own mouths. While not hesitating to fault Israel, Professor Dershowitz provides overwhelming evidence of the rampant disinformation and outright lies that have produced not only a terribly skewed version of history of the Arab States and their Jewish neighbor (that's right - you've never heard the region described like that - novel, isn't it?) but have also paved the way for the recrudescence of global antisemitism. Read it and have your precious politically correct hatred of Israel shattered.
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Summary: Preaching to the choir
Review: Amazing. People who blindly support Israel will find everything they want here. The fact of the matter is that there is little, if any, case. In 1900 there were very few Jews and lots of Arabs. Now there are lots of Jews who have most of the land. Anyone who supports the Israeli's war against the Palestinians needs to do a little soul searching and explain how this came about. Al's sequel should be the Case for the Destuction of the Native American.
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Summary: Nothing New
Review: This book attempts to act as a defense lawyer for Israel in a hypothetic court of justice. At the beginning of each chapter, it excerpts a long quotation accusing Israel of something wrong then attempts to refute it. Neither the accusations nor the responses contain new ideas. Those familiar with the Middle East issues will not learn much from this book. In its treatment of the topic, this book exhibits much bias and one-sidedness, even its title admitting that much. The extremely selective manner in which Dershowitz picks his facts and quotations allows him to reach any conclusion he desires, and many of his assertions have been said - and thoroughly refuted - before. As in any true court of justice, an honest judge would listen to both sides - each presenting their own point of view rather than speaking on behalf of each other. For that reason, I would recommend reading Edward Said ("Question of Palestine" is a good start) or Rashid Khalidi along with this book. Many Israeli historians (e.g., Ilan Pappe, Israel Shahak, Avi Shlaim, Baruch Kimmerling) have also written much more convincing arguments and deserve a serious read.
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Summary: Deliberate Deceptions
Review: This is another case of Israeli public relation attempt to deliberately Deceive Average readers; specially Americans; to keep them in the dark regarding the truth of Jewish history in Palestine, true nature of Zionism, and the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In response to This book By Alan Dershowitz I encourage you to read "Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About the U.S.-Israeli Relationship" By Paul Findley. You will find this book a well substantiated effort By Paul Findley, a former U.S Congressman, to unveil this delicate relationship between Israel and the U.S government, in the process responding to many of the non-factual points and claims made in The Case For Israel. Finally I like to note that most of the arguments made by Alan Dershowitz in his book is mare copy of Israeli propaganda articles posted on their many official public relation sites.
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Summary: Sanity Amidst The Propaganda. Highly Recommended !
Review: This timely book provides what is described as a detailed and penetrating analysis of the issues fuelling the continuing war against the Jewish State of Israel, both in the field of propaganda & on the ground itself. A whole plethora of secular issues are discussed in this work in order to provide a pro-active defence of the Jewish State. Despite this the book declares that it in no way defends every policy or action of the Israeli Government but vehemently defends the right of Israel to exist and to protect it's citizens from terrorism under the principle of self defence afforded every sovereign nation. The contents of this work depicting this principle as frequently being denied Israel by some elements of the International community. The latter being depicted as regularly singling out the Jewish State for unique criticism which is not directed at any other nations or at it's neighbouring Arab countries for that matter. The latter entities being demonstrated as having far worse human rights records than Israel. An underlying attitude described in the book as "International bigotry" which crosses the line into the realms of anti-Semitism. The book addresses many fundamental points such as the historical fact that the Palestinians have been offered Statehood on three separate occasions, in 1937, 1947 and 2000-2001. On each occasion the book describes how each offer was rejected and on each occasion the response has been increased terrorism. A parallel issue addressed here is that the Palestinian Arabs never sought Statehood when they were "occupied" by Jordan and Egypt and that the claim began as a tactic to eliminate the Jewish State of Israel. The PLO even being formed by Egypt in 1964 when the "West Bank" and Gaza are described as being Arab occupied. The Arab-Israeli wars also receive attention and the book documents how it was actually the Arabs that were responsible for the Palestinian "refugee" issue. The so called "settlement" issue is also addressed, with references being shown that the Arabs/Palestinians refused to make peace with Israel when there were no "settlements" in existence and also when Ehud Barak offered to remove them all. The Sinai "settlement" issue being illustrated as no barrier to the "peace" agreement between Israel and Egypt. The book declaring that the real barrier to "peace" is that the Palestinians are utterly unwilling to accept the existence of a Jewish State in ANY part of what they describe as "Palestine". The book describes that Palestinian propagandists regularly invoke the "human rights" issue merely as a tactic against Israel, whilst the Palestinian Authority is depicted here as having no respect for tolerance or human rights itself with a policy of "torturing and killing alleged collaborators", often publicly, without even a semblance of a due process of law or trial. An issue which is described as being of little consequence to World opinion, which prefers to concentrate on alleged Israel wrongdoings. Also relating to "human rights" the book investigates the UNHCR and what it describes as a substantive assault upon Israel, quoting the vast percentage of it's resolutions being against Israel which is the only nation to be subject to an entire agenda EVERY year. By comparison the book shows that the UNHCR has never passed a resolution against states such as Syria, China, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Chad, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen or Zimbabwe, all of which are depicted as committing gross and systematic human rights abuses. Another disturbing issue addressed is that in chapter 29 of society's growing willingness to attach what is described as a "moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorism & Israeli responses to terrorism." A parallel issue also being addressed is the alleged "moral equivalence" between Palestinians casualties sustained during acts of violence/terrorism against Israeli targets and the Israeli casualties sustained amongst innocent civilians just going about their daily lives. The Balfour Declaration is also studied & the promise of a Jewish homeland in then "Palestine" and how the British detached 80% of the original area and created an Arab State in the land with a Palestinian majority named Transjordan. (An Arab emirate which the book describes as demanding the total exclusion of all Jews). The book illustrates how this left the Jews with only a small remaining area, which the UN saw fit to divide further between the Jews and the "Palestinian Arabs" at a later date. Something which the book describes the Jews as still being prepared to accept, whilst the Arabs rejected even this offer. The allegations of Israel being a "racist state" are also examined and dismissed. Parallel attention is also paid to every other "State" in the area, including the Palestinian Authority which is described as having an officially established religion (Islam), discriminating both in law and in fact against non-Muslims, especially Jews. Chapter 21 contrasting Israel as a secular state which is religiously/racially pluralistic, allowing freedom of religion for all, quoting neighbouring Jordan as just one regional example as having a law explicitly prohibiting Jews from citizenship. Reference is also made to what are depicted as the "far superior" territorial claims of the Tibetans, Kurds, Basques, Chechens, Turkish Armenians & other stateless groups who pursue their own homeland. The claims of these groups described as being leap-frogged in terms of World attention due to the Palestinian murder of thousands of innocent people. Groups like the Tibetans never having resorted to violence and others only spasmodically. Yet, in what the book describes as "repeatedly rewarding Palestinian terrorism", the UN has accorded the PLO far greater recognition than any other stateless group which has not resorted to terrorism.
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Summary: Required Reading
Review: This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks that they have an opinion on the Israeli/Palastinian conflict....and that is just about everyone. The chapters are easily read, and each one represents an accusation against Israel (i.e. Did Israel create the Arab refugee problem?).
Dershowitz then addresses the accusation by organizing the chapters as follows:
There is a brief argument by the accusers, and then Dershowitz responds with a brief paragraph called "reality" which is a summary of Dershowitz's conclusions. This is then followed by his "proof", or argument in response, supporting the summary. This all makes for an organized, "easy to follow" argument, and it makes it easy to refer back to any particular argument if you are so inclined. Dershowitz makes a concerted effort to make an unemotional, legal argument, based solely on the facts. This is not easy to do with such an explosive subject, but I think he does it well. As stated earlier, this book should be required reading for everyone. Dershowitz not only sets the records straight, he even offers constructive solutions for the peace process. For those who want to be able to effectively "debate" these issues with others, and for those who simply want to learn about this all too important subject, this book is just what you are looking for. It really is the responsibility for all good people to know what is going on. And then, just maybe, there can be peace. .
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Summary: The Case For Israel
Review: In the complex world the of Middle East with it currents and counter currents of charges and counter charges, I look for two basic things: 1. seminal sources and 2. cogent, clear argument. Alan Dershowitz's The Case For Israel has both. I would ask the Readers should read opposing arguments side by side with Dershowitz's, then ask themselves who has the strength of argument supported by raw fact. The truth should not be like an onion with layers and layers each supporting the other with the core being a void. We may not all have the wisdom of King Solomon, but that does not allow us to remove ourselves from the obligation of being well-informed.
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Summary: I expected a Lawyer to get that it all comes down to motive
Review: There are no Palestinians - only refuges from Arab countries - who by the way left Israel to join Israel's enemies surrounding her in 1967. Any lawyer worth his/her salt should zoom in on the motive. The motive is that once a land is "occupied" by Muslims - according to their Qu'ran (Koran) - it cannot be given back. The hatred between Arabs and Jews goes all the way back to the Jewish Patriarchs, and historically was amplified when Jewish tribes in Arabia declined to receive Mohammed as a "Prophet", and declined to join Mohammed in his raping, murdering and pillaging - all "in the name of Allah". Arabs and Christians don't want to mention these things - but it all is inseparable from the motive. Why can't the Arab usurpers the world calls Palestinians be moved to West Jordan? Jordan was illegally "cut out" of land mandated to Israel by the U.N., by bureaucrats in the British Government. To take any of Israel's present land away from Israel - even to give it to Arafat's land squatters is suicidal for Israel's security.
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