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Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.

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My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and US support for these policies.

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War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.

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Apart from my parents, every family member on both sides was exterminated by the Nazis.

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The Holocaust has proven to be an indispensable ideological weapon. Through its deployment, one of the world's most formidable military powers, with a horrendous human rights record, has cast itself as a "victim" state, and the most successful ethnic group in the US has likewise acquired victim status.

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Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.

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The Holocaust industry has always been bankrupt. What remains is to openly declare it so. The time is long past to put it out of business.

Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

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Born: December 8, 1953 (age 71)

Bio: Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author.

Known for:

The Holocaust Industry (2000)
Beyond Chutzpah (2005)

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