Israel deports US academic for criticizing gov't


	Israel deports US academic for criticizing gov't

masbury

5-26-2008 11:30 AM

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israel, democracy, palestinians, freedom

masbury says:

Ah, the model democracy; deports son of holocaust survivor for talking naughty. Freedom is a myth in Israel.

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5-26-2008 11:43 AM

DanaGarrett

I interviewed Finkelstein in the summer of 2006 on one of my radio programs. You can find the interview here:

http://www.delawarewatch.net/Finkelstein_Interview.html

5-26-2008 12:04 PM

ratilfar

How democratic of them.

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