Norman Finkelstein

Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust . He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and, most recently, DePaul University , where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. Finkelstein is credited by Avi Shlaim , Adam Shatz , Noam Chomsky and others with exposing Joan Peters ' book From Time Immemorial as a "fraud" and "a monumental hoax". Amidst considerable public debate, Finkelstein was denied tenure at DePaul in June 2007, and placed on administrative leave for the 2007-2008 academic year. Among the controversial aspects of this decision were attempts by Alan Dershowitz , a notable opponent of Finkelstein's , to derail Finkelstein's tenure bid. On September 5, 2007 Finkelstein announced his resignation after coming to a settlement with the university on generally undisclosed terms. The Associated Press (September 5, 2007). " "Embattled US professor who accused Jews of using Holocaust to stifle criticism agrees to resign" " . The International Herald Tribune. : Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help ) " "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution." " . September 5, 2007. : Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help )

Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist , activist , professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust , an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents who were Jewish Holocaust survivors. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, after a highly publicized feud between Finkelstein and an academic opponent, Alan Dershowitz , Finkelstein's tenure bid at DePaul was denied. Finkelstein was placed on administrative leave for the 2007–2008 academic year, and on September 5, 2007, he announced his resignation after coming to a settlement with the university on generally undisclosed terms. An official statement from DePaul strongly defended the decision to deny Finkelstein tenure, stated that outside influence played no role in the decision. In 2008, he was banned from entering Israel for 10 years. Finkelstein is currently teaching in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Sakarya University in Turkey. "Embattled US professor who accused Jews of using Holocaust to stifle criticism agrees to resign" . The International Herald Tribune. : Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help ) "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution" . September 5, 2007. : Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= ( help ) O'Loughlin, Toni (May 26, 2008).

American political scientist For the poet, see Norman Finkelstein (poet) . Norman Gary Finkelstein ( / ˈ f ɪ ŋ k əl s t iː n / ; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist , activist , professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust . He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University , where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, after a highly publicized feud between Finkelstein and Alan Dershowitz , an academic opponent, Finkelstein was denied tenure at DePaul. He was placed on administrative leave for the 2007–08 academic year, and on September 5, 2007, he announced his resignation after coming to a settlement with the university on largely undisclosed terms. An official statement from DePaul strongly defended the decision to deny Finkelstein tenure and said that outside influence played no role in the decision. In 2008 he was banned from entering Israel for 10 years for criticizing Israeli policies. The Associated Press (September 5, 2007). "Embattled US professor who accused Jews of using Holocaust to stifle criticism agrees to resign" . The International Herald Tribune . "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution" .

American political scientist For the poet, see Norman Finkelstein (poet) . Norman Gary Finkelstein ( / ˈ f ɪ ŋ k əl s t iː n / ; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist . His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust . He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science at Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University , where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, after a highly publicized feud between Finkelstein and Alan Dershowitz , an academic opponent, Finkelstein was denied tenure at DePaul. He was placed on administrative leave for the 2007–08 academic year, and on September 5, 2007, he announced his resignation after coming to a settlement with the university on largely undisclosed terms. In an official statement, Finkelstein said that as he had more than fulfilled the requirements for tenure, and the department and college-level committees had voted to tenure him, he concluded that the decision not to give tenure was due to external pressures that had affected the process; in the same statement, DePaul defended the decision to deny Finkelstein tenure and said that outside influence played no role in the decision, and described Finkelstein as "a prolific scholar and outstanding teacher." In 2008, he was denied entry to Israel and banned from entering the country for ten years. The New York Times . "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution" .

American political scientist (born 1953) For the American poet, see Norman Finkelstein (poet) . Norman Gary Finkelstein ( / ˈ f ɪ ŋ k əl s t iː n / FING -kəl-steen ; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist . His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Finkelstein was born in New York City to Jewish Holocaust-survivor parents. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University , where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007. In 2006, the department and college committees at DePaul University voted to grant Finkelstein tenure . Finkelstein rose to prominence in 2000 after publishing The Holocaust Industry , a book in which he writes that the memory of the Holocaust is exploited as an ideological weapon to provide Israel a degree of immunity from criticism. He is a critic of Israeli policy and its governing class. The Israeli government barred him from entry to the country for ten years in 2008. Finkelstein has called Israel the "Jewish supremacist state", and views it as committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people . Through personal accounts in one of his books, he compares the plight of the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation with the horrors of the Nazis . Finkelstein's most recent book on Palestine and Israel, published in 2018, is Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom . The New York Times . "Joint statement of Norman Finkelstein and DePaul University on their tenure controversy and its resolution" .