The Invention of the Jewish People: Shlomo Sand Reinvents History
The Invention of the Jewish People
By Shlomo Sand, Translated by Yael Lotan Verso, London New York, 2009
When it comes to undermining the legitimacy of the Jewish state, there is no thesis too absurd to be published. "The Invention of the Jewish People" by Shlomo Sand who teaches French history at Tel Aviv University is one example.
By Shlomo Sand, Translated by Yael Lotan Verso, London New York, 2009
When it comes to undermining the legitimacy of the Jewish state, there is no thesis too absurd to be published. "The Invention of the Jewish People" by Shlomo Sand who teaches French history at Tel Aviv University is one example.
UPDATED: CAMERA has received a "response" from Justice Goldstone regarding our Nov. 17 letter requesting answers to specific questions addressing the substance of the Goldstone Report. 
UPDATED: Nov. 12, 2009 — The board of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) at Trondheim unanimously rejected a proposal for a cultural/academic boycott of Israel. 
Human Rights Watch, the NGO that has become more famous for its obsessive attempts to delegitimize Israel than for its stated mission to promote global human rights, is becoming less and less credible. Now, even its founder and former chairman, Robert Bernstein, has publicly dissociated himself from that NGO's agenda. 
Attacks by Arabs against Jews in Israel pre-dates Israeli settlements, pre-dates Israel's so-called "occupation," and pre-dates the establishment of the State of Israel. On the 80th anniversary of brutal massacres in Hebron and Safed (Gregorian calendar), CAMERA documents the oft-neglected history of Arab violence in pre-state Palestine. 
The media has long promoted Fatah — in contrast to Hamas — as the party of Palestinian political moderates seeking peace with Israel, while glossing over evidence to the contrary. An example of this was coverage by some media outlets of the Sixth Fatah General Congress, the first such conference in twenty years, which has just concluded. 
Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) is a foreign-funded, Israeli NGO whose mission is to publicly vilify Israel's military. British media outlets have overlooked journalistic norms to promote this NGO's questionable allegations. 
With an error-filled column by Tony Judt, an outspoken opponent of the Jewish State, the New York Times chose to feature an ideologue instead of a jurist to write about the legality of Israeli settlements. 
The New York Times ignores Muslim efforts to politicize archeology and erase Jewish history while criticizing Israel for focusing its archeological development on "Jewish heritage."