He is the bravest academic ever. I insist we should postulated him for the Peace Novel Price. All his works from his graduate thesis until now, I being reading many of them, excellent books, are well documented and he was subjected to injustice in his academic position, lost his job. But still he continue his misión. He deserve recognition for the good of humanity.
I salute your honesty & your courage in your direct speeches ... My deepest respect to you kind Sir wherever you are; bless your heart ... From a Lebanese Armenian Orthodox in USA ...
l would say that the lsraelies know how to florish the desert, how to make drink water from the sea, and how to make parplized people to walk. the money comes from their brain, like always.
Hahahaha, you imbecile numero 5! Say, how primitive does one have to be to carry on a genocide? You're actually quite lucky you still have taps at home, coz thousands of Palestinians don't even have clean water to drink "thanks" to murderous, civilized Israelis. You're actually lucky you still have your eyes, coz many Palestinians' burnt in the rain of white phosphorus sent onto them by civilized Israel. ------ You people make me wanna puke!!!
For those that haven't already read it, I would strongly recommend reading 'the israel lobby' by Mearsheimer and Walt. This essay may still be freely available on the internet - it was on the London Review of Books website initially, amongst other respectable sites. Some valuable insight therein.
@Oners82 his facts may be repeated but his sentences, eye-catching lines, arrangements of the facts and specially his jokes hardly repeats....he always starts his speech from different angle and ends in another angle though he may have said the same things for month.....it is fun to hear
@Oners82 "I just wish he would talk faster". Talking slower than normal is important in public speaking. Not all hear well or think as fast as others. Also you have to think about translators; they need slow speech to translate. Otherwise you'll be prompted to talk slower
(Beginning - 26:02) The political prospects of ending the occupation vs. ending Israel (26:03 - 32:07) 1967 was not a war of self-defense, getting the US on board (32:08 - 34:28) 1982 Invasion of Lebanon - Israel killed between 15-20k Lebanese and Palestinian civilians (34:29 - 39:39)The myth of defense and deterrence factors - "Peace offensives" and ceasefires broken (39:40 - 50:22) First Intifada 1987 - Loss of the support of organized left from '82 invasion - Left liberal opinion lost in '87 - Emergence of human rights organizations (50:23 - 57:54) Oslo I and the birth of the Palestinian Authority (57:55 - 1:18:13) Gaza, fact and fiction - (1:05:26 KHamas!😅) - ceasefires broken by Israel - deterrence capacity "rockets" (1:18:14 - 1:20:20) "Terror tunnels" - Hamas realizes Israel doesn't give a damn about its own civilians being killed, only its combatants - (1:20:21 - 1:31:39) Abandonment by int'l community and human rights orgs - IDF soldier testimonies in Breaking the Silence - Four kids killed on the shore - end of main talk (1:31:40 - 1:50:39) Political correctness and the fear of being called antisemitic for acknowledging the existence of the American Jewish lobby - @ 1:50:15 - Man shouts "LET THE COMRADE FINISH HIS CLOSING REMARKS!" 😂 Finkelstein says "Let's not end on a conflictual note", man says "That was me being nice" 🤣- (1:50:40 - end) Civil Rights Movement - Gandhi - possibilities for non-violent resistance in Gaza (pre-Great March of Return) - Int'l community must be shamed into upholding int'l law
I think "bollocks" is the scientific term for Baruch's contribution. We don't delete comments, because we propagate free speech and open debate. But nonsensical and silly comments like the one below are clearly designed to provoke and wind up people. Which is why "bollocks" sums it up rather neatly.
Since he invokes Gandhi: www.marxists.org/archive/saklatvala/1930/07/gandhi.htm - one of 4 CPGB officials elected wrote this. The CPGB named a hall after him in Southall (perhaps close to the heart of Brar, the current leader).
"Let's not end on a conflictual note. ..... I don't want to create frictions where it's not necessary." - Great wisdom in these words. Not even the "revered" Oprah could put it better! :-DDD
"antisemitism" is generated when an open and fair analysis/discussion about zionist reality, like this, is prevented or defamed - and this is usually the case
its like when white people accuse anti-racist advocates of being anti-white. sooooooo many logical fallacies around that, which include a self-derogation that im not even sure the people who coined that meme really thought through
More money and more support from the J Lobby... as simple as that! Like in the UK - if you have the support of the Sun Newspaper, you're almost guaranteed to win the election (that's why all candidates used to queue up to get interviewed by the SUN/TIMES Newspaper! You might ask - where is the proof? Simple - the Sun is a loss making newspaper for the last 10 yeas (it's current Net Book Value was adjusted in it's accounts to ZERO!! - i.e. my 20 years' old Vauxhall Car is worth more than the SUN/TIMES empire!) - why do you think Rupert Murdoch still clings to a loss making Newspaper? To control public opinion!!
Oners82 Of course it's serious. What's remotely attractive or viable about communism? And as for Finkelstein, every transgression undertaken by every regime is off the table, except for Israel of course, which deserves our undivided attention, but the startling omission of crimes undertaken by Stalin, Mao, Castro, Ceausescu et al. ..It's hard to treat this seriously
L smith They aren't all the same. Communist regimes are significantly worse; Imperialist/Monarchist govt's are significantly better. Democratic regimes and Marxism are cut from the same cloth, that is to say, they are managerial states an tend towards authoritarianism. South Africa has declined by every metric since the cessation of apartheid.
Haha Samsgarden, you think Finkelstein should stop talking about the longest lasting occupation of history that still remains, and which still involves the brutalisation, murder, humiliation and torture of it's Palestinian victims, and instead talk about the past brutality of Stalin? 1. There are academics on the left that are critiquing Stalinism all the time, historians focusing on it but it's also more broadly found in the work of Chomsky, Zizek and Finkelstein himself (Finkelstein talks about how Zionists can think like Stalinists through the idea that all is true and just when it serves the great cause). 2. it arguably is a lot more valuable to focus on current atrocities than historical ones. 3. its more moral and efficacious to focus on atrocities that are associated with nation states of which you are a citizen and therefore have the most responsibility and agency to effect i.e. Finkelstein is American and the US is key to the maintenance of Israeli apartheid. 4. Step out of your right wing Zionism, those of us on the left that criticise Israel for its blatant crimes and injustice, even if we identify as communist, are not Stalinist or anti-semitic, we can be leftist anarchists and we focus on Israel for the reasons listed above. Wake up.
EVERYBODY, LISTEN TO THIS MAN! LISTEN AND LEARN. HE'S AN AMAZING SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE.
Ahhh, caps lock zealotry
He is the bravest academic ever. I insist we should postulated him for the Peace Novel Price. All his works from his graduate thesis until now, I being reading many of them, excellent books, are well documented and he was subjected to injustice in his academic position, lost his job. But still he continue his misión. He deserve recognition for the good of humanity.
love this man. Bless him . Stay Strong
I salute your honesty & your courage in your direct speeches ... My deepest respect to you kind Sir wherever you are; bless your heart ... From a Lebanese Armenian Orthodox in USA ...
More people need to learn about this man. He is a talking dictionary when it comes to the occupation of Palestine!
It's criminal how Norman Finkelstein has been ostracized from the academic community.
YES, IT IS!
Israel
I wouldn't say they love money, I would say they love power.
l would say that the lsraelies know how to florish the desert, how to make drink water from the sea, and how to make parplized people to walk. the money comes from their brain, like always.
חנה בירו
Still spreading that Hasbara rubbish about "making the desert bloom." Yes, by stealing the Palestinians' water supply and water resources.
Hahahaha, you imbecile numero 5! Say, how primitive does one have to be to carry on a genocide? You're actually quite lucky you still have taps at home, coz thousands of Palestinians don't even have clean water to drink "thanks" to murderous, civilized Israelis. You're actually lucky you still have your eyes, coz many Palestinians' burnt in the rain of white phosphorus sent onto them by civilized Israel. ------ You people make me wanna puke!!!
For those that haven't already read it, I would strongly recommend reading 'the israel lobby' by Mearsheimer and Walt. This essay may still be freely available on the internet - it was on the London Review of Books website initially, amongst other respectable sites. Some valuable insight therein.
best thing about Finkelstein: across his UA-cam videos, he very rarely says the same thing, even when speaking on the same subject.
@Oners82 his facts may be repeated but his sentences, eye-catching lines, arrangements of the facts and specially his jokes hardly repeats....he always starts his speech from different angle and ends in another angle though he may have said the same things for month.....it is fun to hear
@Oners82 "I just wish he would talk faster". Talking slower than normal is important in public speaking. Not all hear well or think as fast as others. Also you have to think about translators; they need slow speech to translate. Otherwise you'll be prompted to talk slower
(Beginning - 26:02) The political prospects of ending the occupation vs. ending Israel
(26:03 - 32:07) 1967 was not a war of self-defense, getting the US on board
(32:08 - 34:28) 1982 Invasion of Lebanon - Israel killed between 15-20k Lebanese and Palestinian civilians
(34:29 - 39:39)The myth of defense and deterrence factors - "Peace offensives" and ceasefires broken
(39:40 - 50:22) First Intifada 1987 - Loss of the support of organized left from '82 invasion - Left liberal opinion lost in '87 - Emergence of human rights organizations
(50:23 - 57:54) Oslo I and the birth of the Palestinian Authority
(57:55 - 1:18:13) Gaza, fact and fiction - (1:05:26 KHamas!😅) - ceasefires broken by Israel - deterrence capacity "rockets"
(1:18:14 - 1:20:20) "Terror tunnels" - Hamas realizes Israel doesn't give a damn about its own civilians being killed, only its combatants -
(1:20:21 - 1:31:39) Abandonment by int'l community and human rights orgs - IDF soldier testimonies in Breaking the Silence - Four kids killed on the shore - end of main talk
(1:31:40 - 1:50:39) Political correctness and the fear of being called antisemitic for acknowledging the existence of the American Jewish lobby
- @ 1:50:15 - Man shouts "LET THE COMRADE FINISH HIS CLOSING REMARKS!" 😂 Finkelstein says "Let's not end on a conflictual note", man says "That was me being nice" 🤣-
(1:50:40 - end) Civil Rights Movement - Gandhi - possibilities for non-violent resistance in Gaza (pre-Great March of Return) - Int'l community must be shamed into upholding int'l law
I don't like communism but thanks for sharing this vid and agreeing with Norman Finkelstein's views on this issue..
I think "bollocks" is the scientific term for Baruch's contribution. We don't delete comments, because we propagate free speech and open debate. But nonsensical and silly comments like the one below are clearly designed to provoke and wind up people. Which is why "bollocks" sums it up rather neatly.
I looked it up: "the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name" was the confucius quote
Since he invokes Gandhi: www.marxists.org/archive/saklatvala/1930/07/gandhi.htm - one of 4 CPGB officials elected wrote this. The CPGB named a hall after him in Southall (perhaps close to the heart of Brar, the current leader).
"Let's not end on a conflictual note. ..... I don't want to create frictions where it's not necessary." - Great wisdom in these words. Not even the "revered" Oprah could put it better! :-DDD
"antisemitism" is generated when an open and fair analysis/discussion about zionist reality, like this, is prevented or defamed - and this is usually the case
its like when white people accuse anti-racist advocates of being anti-white. sooooooo many logical fallacies around that, which include a self-derogation that im not even sure the people who coined that meme really thought through
jill 2016, jill stein is the only chance to save america so act now, if you want a positive result help her worldwide NOW
Well if Sanders was a Genius??Then why did trump win??
More money and more support from the J Lobby... as simple as that!
Like in the UK - if you have the support of the Sun Newspaper, you're almost guaranteed to win the election (that's why all candidates used to queue up to get interviewed by the SUN/TIMES Newspaper!
You might ask - where is the proof? Simple - the Sun is a loss making newspaper for the last 10 yeas (it's current Net Book Value was adjusted in it's accounts to ZERO!! - i.e. my 20 years' old Vauxhall Car is worth more than the SUN/TIMES empire!) - why do you think Rupert Murdoch still clings to a loss making Newspaper? To control public opinion!!
Communist party? Are you serious?
Oners82 Of course it's serious. What's remotely attractive or viable about communism? And as for Finkelstein, every transgression undertaken by every regime is off the table, except for Israel of course, which deserves our undivided attention, but the startling omission of crimes undertaken by Stalin, Mao, Castro, Ceausescu et al.
..It's hard to treat this seriously
Ahahahaha. Not too smart huh?
L smith They aren't all the same. Communist regimes are significantly worse; Imperialist/Monarchist govt's are significantly better. Democratic regimes and Marxism are cut from the same cloth, that is to say, they are managerial states an tend towards authoritarianism. South Africa has declined by every metric since the cessation of apartheid.
Haha Samsgarden, you think Finkelstein should stop talking about the longest lasting occupation of history that still remains, and which still involves the brutalisation, murder, humiliation and torture of it's Palestinian victims, and instead talk about the past brutality of Stalin? 1. There are academics on the left that are critiquing Stalinism all the time, historians focusing on it but it's also more broadly found in the work of Chomsky, Zizek and Finkelstein himself (Finkelstein talks about how Zionists can think like Stalinists through the idea that all is true and just when it serves the great cause). 2. it arguably is a lot more valuable to focus on current atrocities than historical ones. 3. its more moral and efficacious to focus on atrocities that are associated with nation states of which you are a citizen and therefore have the most responsibility and agency to effect i.e. Finkelstein is American and the US is key to the maintenance of Israeli apartheid. 4. Step out of your right wing Zionism, those of us on the left that criticise Israel for its blatant crimes and injustice, even if we identify as communist, are not Stalinist or anti-semitic, we can be leftist anarchists and we focus on Israel for the reasons listed above. Wake up.
Conn Doherty what??? Longest occupation in history - 70 years? You're a complete crank
Most of what Bernie Sanders said is wrong.
You're fully brainwashed. The only people who make money in the USA are billionaires.
jew* the only people who make money are jews