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——————————————————————> Conseils de révisions / mai 2005
§==== Selon nos informations, le service de blogs de Skyrock fermeraient près de 400 blogs par
semaine, le contenu de ces sites étant en infraction avec la loi et en contradiction avec les conditions
générales d'utilisation du service. Un chiffre à rapporter aux quelques 1634000 blogs hebergés sur le
service.
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§==== Le revoilà
About the Abuse of History; a new Controversy Surrounds Norman Finkelstein
by Julian Hanich, April 13, 2005
The American historian Norman Finkelstein, whose book The Holocaust Industry provoked a
fierce debate in Germany four years ago, is creating new furor. There are protests in the USA against
the publication of his new book Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the
Abuse of History. Finkelstein plans to bring the book out in August through the University of
California Press. The attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, has, however, expressed his
vigorous reservations against Finkelstein's book in a number of letters to the publishers as well as to
CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's legal department. "This would be a scandal equal to
Holocaust denial" Dershowitz told the Tagesspiegel.
In his new book Finkelstein attacks the new anti Semitism. Primarily, however, it is about the
"dishonesty in the research on the Israeli - Palestinian conflict", as it is called in one of the publisher's
synopsis. The point being: The criticism is aimed at no other than Alan Dershowitz. Finkelstein makes
serious allegations against Dershowitz' book The Case for Israel which has recently appeared in
Germany through the Europa Verlag and was called "an intelligent argument" by the New York Times.
Finkelstein maintains that Dershowitz "systematically distorted facts". On the basis of these
accusations the publishers employed six expert appraisers on the book. The spring publishing date
which had been planned thus had to be postponed. Dershowitz announced that he planned to sue
Finkelstein for libel. A representative of the University of California Press said that there had been
interest in Beyond Chutzpah expressed in Germany, and that negotiations are in process with the
Piper Verlag, which had published the translation of Finkelstein's The Holocaust Industry.
Meanwhile Finkelstein has received support from Noam Chomsky. The linguist and radical
critic of the American and Israeli foreign policies called Beyond Chutzpah a "very solid, important, and
highly informative" book. Dershowitz, on the other hand, says that the book can be published - but by
a "Neo Nazi publisher" and not a university. "Finkelstein's readership comprises primarly of Neo Nazis
and fanatics" says Dershowitz. With Finkelstein and Chomsky who criticize, and Deshowitz who
defends Israel, two factions of American Judaism collide. Moreover, there seems to be a personal feud
between Finkelstein and Dershowitz. It goes back to the book: The Case for Israel, during which time
Finkelstein and Dershowitz clashed fiercely during a radio discussion.
< http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8594.htm >
§==== LA FABRIQUE, DES NOUVELLES DU PROCÈS
Le 10 mars 2005
Chères amies, chers amis,
La XVII e chambre correctionnelle a rendu son jugement dans le procès qui nous était intenté par
l’association «Avocats sans frontières», à propos de la publication de L’Industrie de l’Holocauste de
Norman Finkelstein. Eric Hazan, gérant de la SARL, était assigné pour «incitation à la haine
raciale» et «diffamation à caractère racial». Le tribunal a suivi les conclusions de notre avocat, Me
Antoine Comte: il a déclaré techniquement irrecevable le premier motif et pour le second, il a débouté
les plaignants sur le fond.
Nous avons donc gagné ce procès absurde. Mais Avocats sans frontières, comme à son habitude,
a interjecté appel. Sans même faire le compte du temps et de l’énergie qu’il a fallu consacrer à cette
affaire qui n’est pas close, les frais de la procédure, et en particulier les voyages des témoins que nous
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