Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

'It is testament to the majesty of these young people that they have risked their futures for the sake of a poor, powerless people halfway around the world in order to uphold that sacred principle that every life is worthy and the murder of none shall pass in silence.'

Today marks a historic occasion. By seizing control of Hamilton Hall, students at Columbia University have anchored in historical memory the nexus between the horrors inflicted in Vietnam that was the hallmark of my generation with the horrors inflicted in Gaza that is the…

'A Brief History of Palestine' by the one and only Norman Finkelstein Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein on Israel Palestine youtu.be/gu4OMmoo5mw?si…

Don't Lecture the People of Gaza!  They tried nonviolence: 'The Great March of Return' that began on March 30, 2018.  What Happened?  Israeli snipers along the perimeter fence day after day shot them dead, and the world stayed silent.  May God bless the people of Gaza!    This…

Benny Morris: They Had It Coming (April 22, 2024)

In a new article, Israeli historian-turned-state-propagandist Benny Morris chastises the hypocrisy of Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the Turkish president deplores Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza yet denies the atrocities that Muslim Turks…

Arabic Translation of 'Samson and Cassandra'
Translator: Aiman Haddad

شمشون وكاساندرا (16 نيسان/ أبريل 2024)

أخبرتني والدتي يوماً ما قصة امرأة ضامرة في غيتو وارسو كانت تنوح من نافذة زنزانتها بأن جميع اليهود في الغيتو سيُقتلون. وباتت تُلقّب بكاساندرا، على اسم نبيّة المصير القاتم…

Dr. Finkelstein speaking to students at Columbia University on Friday, April 19.  He will be giving a formal presentation at Columbia's SIPA school on Monday, April 22.

Palestine Talks | Norman Finkelstein youtu.be/AOdRk7Wptjg?si…

'The full range of Israeli elite opinion, itself reflective of Israeli society at large (which overwhelmingly supports the genocidal war in Gaza; only a handful of Israelis have refused to serve), spans a mere flea’s hop'

SAMSON AND CASSANDRA (April 16, 2024)

My Mother once told me the story of an emaciated woman in the Warsaw Ghetto who would wail from her window sill that all the Jews in the ghetto would be killed. She came to be called Cassandra, after the prophetess of doom in Greek…

WHEN IT’S OKAY TO NUKE A COUNTRY open.substack.com/pub/normanfink…

WHEN IT’S OKAY TO NUKE A COUNTRY (April 12, 2024)

Historian Benny Morris supports Prime Minister Netanyahu’s resolve to attack Rafah (“Israel’s Security Depends on Rafah,” NY Times, 11 April 2024). Normally home to 280,000 Gazans, Rafah now also contains 1.2 million internal…

The top Israeli historian is just like Israel. Shameful and embarrassing …. and murderous.

Norman Finkelstein signed and endorsed the petition:
'Everything and anything must now be tried to prevent the lunatic Israeli state from hurling Humanity over the precipice into oblivion.'

Norman Finkelstein

WHEN IT’S OKAY TO NUKE A COUNTRY (April 12, 2024)

Historian Benny Morris supports Prime Minister Netanyahu’s resolve to attack Rafah (“Israel’s Security Depends on Rafah,” NY Times, 11 April 2024). Normally home to 280,000 Gazans, Rafah now also contains 1.2 million internal…

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Norman Finkelstein (Norman Finkelstein)
Mouin Rabbani (@MouinRabbani)
Colter Louwerse (@ColterL)
and Slavoj Zizek

debate and discuss the catastrophe in Gaza.

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