The Case Against Israel's Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in the Way of Peace

by Alan Dershowitz

Overview

Israel's Greatest Threats Exposed By Israel's Best Defender

"As always when Israel needs to be defended . . . Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage."—Elie Wiesel

"This is a compelling book that unmasks the dangerous revisionism that distorts the real Israel. Dershowitz debunks former President Jimmy Carter's apartheid analogy, Walt and Mearsheimer's canard of dual loyalty, the immorality of the British boycott of Israeli academics, and the bigotry of the anti-Israel hard left and right. He also assesses the existential threats against Israel and the options available to the Jewish state. A must-read for all who care about international justice and Israel's survival in a world of biased enemies."—The Honorable Irwin Cotler, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Professor of Law (on leave from McGill University)

Writing with passion and power, Alan Dershowitz challenges the claims and actions of those he views to be Israel's most dangerous enemies in the West, such as Jimmy Carter, Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, Noam Chomsky, and Pat Buchanan. Dershowitz also takes on Israel's military enemies, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

Filled with brilliant analysis, telling anecdotes, and startling revelations of the motives that drive many of Israel's most virulent detractors, The Case Against Israel's Enemies is compelling reading for anyone who is interested in current events or concerned about Israel's future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470447451
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	11/03/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	410 KB

About the Author

Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is one of the nation’s “most distinguished defenders of individual rights.” He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School and the author of twenty-five works, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Chutzpah.

Jim Seybert is an author, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, and a SAG/AFTRA member. He anchored radio news broadcasts from 1974 through 1992, led marketing for a nationwide group of independent bookstores, and is the PA announcer for a Collegiate League baseball team. A 2018 SOVAS Award nominee for Best Narration, he has published two books in leadership. He and his wife make their home in Arroyo Grande, California.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1 The Case against President Jimmy Carter.

2 The Case against Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.

3 The Case against Boycotting Israeli Academics and Divesting from Israeli Businesses.

4 The Case against the Anti-Israel Hard Left and Hard Right.

5 The Case against Israel’s Suicidal Enemies.

6 The Case against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran’s Genocidal Nuclear Weapons Program.

Conclusion The Case against Simple-Minded, One-Sided Solutions to Complex, Multifaceted Problems.

Appendix Why Jimmy Carter Is Wrong: The Facts.

Notes.

Index.

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"As always when Israel needs to be defended... Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage."
—Elie Wiesel

Editorial Reviews

* The explicit intent of this confrontational book is to intellectually engage prominent “enemies of Israel” in “the open marketplace of ideas.” Harvard law professor Dershowitz (The Case for Israel) begins with a vehement denunciation of his onetime friend Jimmy Carter, and he concludes with an appendix that systematically refutes many claims advanced in Carter’s book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. Though the former president receives Dershowitz’s most thorough criticism, the author also identifies and scrutinizes many other “enemies,” from Noam Chomsky and Patrick Buchanan to Hezbollah and the Iranian government. Dershowitz assumes the posture of a litigator, but his deep convictions and previous history with many of the book’s subjects lend a more personal tone to his critiques, as Dershowitz himself admits. Chapters on terrorism and Iran, which are less targeted at specific individuals, take a more effective philosophical and historical approach. Despite its stated goal of eliciting further debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict, this provocative book will likely appeal to sympathizers and alienate readers less disposed to its author’s positions. (Oct.) (Publishers Weekly, August 25, 2008)

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