Norman Finkelstein - DePaul U 5 Sept 2007 - 1 of 4

[mofty90]

We love you Dr. Finkelstein!

[tikkunolam613]

A PRAYER FOR PALESTINE FROM A JEW: Let us help them to create something extraordinary,just as we have for ourselves-it is in our best interest to do so.Let us help them to build a nation they will love with all their hearts, as we love Israel!Wouldn’t we both be foolish to risk damaging something so precious?We are both great nations…let us never forget this.Let us nurture peace with our enemies, and recognize that they are a mirror…reflecting light unto the nations.

[Xevorim]

DePaul is a circus of a university. Furthermore, it's a disgrace on the intellectual arena. To think they would succumb to personal biases in denying Finkelstein's tenure & even ending his contract is beyond despicable. Now everyone knows of the corruption that wreaks from the corners of this zoo...well done!

& Btw, I truly believe that Finkelstein is too good for DePaul

[OBZ]

He was let go not because of whether he was knowledgeable or not, but because of "mental abuse" towards students who had a different opinion than him. The other colleges he taught in fired him for not ever having an article published in a professional academic journal.

[phooey108]

you're a fraud and a liar. His own Political Science faculty, his own peers, voted to grant him tenure 9-3.

[OBZ]

So... why was he not granted tenure??

[phooey108]

His letter of denial states that the decision was ,made because of his public denunciations of other academics.

But sane people agree that he was denied tenure because of pressure exerted by Alan Dershowitz.

[OBZ]

Dershowitz's letter didn't have much to do with he tenure denial, DePaul even wrote to Harvard to control Dershowitz.

But I do know one reason why he was denied tenure: He lies, a lot.

Here's a review by Peter Novick (cited often by Finkelstein) on The Holocaust Industry:

vho . org /aaargh/fran/div/racket/holind­ustry/novickeng . html

[tsosmi29i]

this guy is a saint

[rssesq]

God bless Dr. Finkelstein!

yale needs to hire him NOW!

[relarerfhjk]

Well, Bharatud your opinion is wrong. And it is not for democracy that our ancestors fought, but for liberty..liberty from fascists like you who believe free speech should be denied to those you disagree with. Norman Finkesltein is a brilliant scholar who has been praised by top Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg, and Oxford Professor Avi Schlaim among others.

[ruecast2007]

How can you say that, have you ever read one of his books. I am sorry but you are wrong, he is not an anti.semitic, nor a semitic.

[quickseafood]

This Guy is Moses himself talking to the Zionists.

[Zodiac266]

bharatud, the retard, if you can only explain what "anti semitic" mean, I just might have an answer for you. Norman Finelstein speaks out against the evil behaviour of israel against the palestinians, the real semites. How can he be an anti semite. I think you're a jackass.

[moxin86]

I'm a student at DePaul... the protest was pretty strong. The protesters even interrupted the student convocation. What more can be done? I'm just frustrated. It all is coming down to money

[anoninnyc]

he was a professor of mine at nyu. great man. what a shame. not just for him, but for all of us.

[bapyou]

If Finkelstein was your prefessor at NYU, did you ever see him "mentally abuse" any students who disagreed with him in the classroom? I ask because someone here on this post has made the claim that "mental abuse" of students who disagreed with him was one of the reasons Finkelstein was denied tenure, and not because of his views on Israel.

[anoninnyc]

never.

[athar077]

please save the 1st amendment

[Paul84674]

God Save the 1st Amendment.

[freeedom333]

No freedom of speech at the Universities anymore. If Americans don't stand up against these Zionist criminals who are running the country into the ground, freedom will become a thing of the past.

[cherylgraham2]

A post that needed to be seen. Who is really pulling the strings. If a scholar who is the son of holocaust survivor's can't speak out against Zionism then who can? This is a wake up call, freedom of speech is being stifled.

[TRedsmom]

I am glad you posted the entire statement. Be sure to read his continued comments in 2 of 4, 3 of 4 and 4 of 4.

[lordzombie]

WE LOVE YOU NORMAN!!!

he should still be able to get speaking engagements eh? is he going to another university? whats he gonna do?