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Alan Dershowitz

Born September 1, 1938 (1938-09-01) (age 69)
Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Occupation lawyer, law professor, author
Website
Harvard Law School profile

Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer, jurist, and political commentator. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, written by founder Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and is known for his extensive published works, career as an attorney in several high-profile law cases, and commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Felix Frankfurter ( November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University.

He has spent most of his career at Harvard, where, at the age of 28, he became the youngest full professor in its history, until Noam Elkies took the record. Noam D Elkies (born 1966 in New York City) is a Mathematician. Dershowitz still holds the record as the youngest person to become a professor of law there.

As a criminal appellate lawyer, Dershowitz successfully argued to overturn the conviction of Claus von Bülow for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny. The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different Jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926, in Copenhagen Denmark) is a British socialite of German and Danish Martha Sharp Crawford von Bülow (born September 1, 1932 in Manassas Virginia) is an American Heiress and was a Socialite Dershowitz was the appellate advisor for the defense in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The O J Simpson murder case was a highly publicized US Criminal trial in which O Nicole Brown Simpson ( May 19, 1959 - June 12, 1994) was the ex-wife of American football player O Ronald Lyle Goldman ( July 2, 1968 June 12, 1994) was Killed in Los Angeles California, along with Nicole

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Early life, education, and family

Dershowitz was born in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and grew up in Borough Park. Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bushwick The City of New York In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Borough Park (usually spelled by its residents Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New [1] His parents, Harry and Claire, were both Orthodox Jews. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized [2] Harry Dershowitz (May 8, 1909–April 26, 1984)[3] was a founder and president of the Young Israel Synagogue in the 1960s, served on the board of directors of the Etz Chaim School in Borough Park, and in retirement was co-owner of the Manhattan-based Merit Sales Company. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Borough Park (usually spelled by its residents Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Harry Dershowitz's father, Louis Dershowitz, was an immigrant from Pilzno, Poland. Pilzno is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Dębica County. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland [4] Alan Dershowitz's brother Nathan, who at the time of their father's death was counsel for the American Jewish Congress, is a partner in the New York City law firm Dershowitz, Eiger & Adelson. The American Jewish Congress describes itself as an association of Jewish Americans organized to defend Jewish interests at home and abroad through public policy advocacy using diplomacy [5]

Dershowitz's first job was at a deli factory on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1952, at age 14. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. He recalls tying the strings that separated the hot dogs and once getting locked in the freezer. A hot dog is a type of fully-cooked cured and/or smoked moist Sausage of soft even texture and flavor [6]

Dershowitz attended Yeshiva University High School, where he played on the basketball team. The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, also known as MTA or TMSTA, is a Modern Orthodox Judaism Jewish day school (or Yeshiva) the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He was a rebellious student, often criticized by his teachers. The school's career placement center, however, told him that he had talent and was capable of becoming an advertising executive, funeral director, or salesman. In an interview Dershowitz later said that his "teachers said I should do something that requires a big mouth and no brain . . . so I became a lawyer. "[7] In another interview, when asked what he considered to be his "big breaks," Dershowitz said that he "had never been very good in school," so they included being told by a camp counselor at age 14 or 15 that "I was smart but my mind operated a little differently. "[6]

After graduation from high school, he attended Brooklyn College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959. Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn New York. A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Next he attended Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. Yale Law School, or YLS, is the Law school of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. A publication's editor in chief is its Primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies The Yale Law Journal is a student-run journal of legal scholarship affiliated to the Yale Law School. [8] He graduated first in his class with a Bachelor of Laws (LL. The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law B. ) in 1962. [9]

A Yeshiva graduate, Dershowitz reads Hebrew fluently. Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n He has been a member of a Conservative minyan (Worship and Study Minyan) at Harvard Hillel. A minyan (מנין lit to count number; pl minyanim) in Judaism refers to the Quorum required for certain religious

Career

After being admitted to the bar, Dershowitz served as a law clerk for David L. Bazelon, the chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. This article is about requirements for admission to practice law not just terminology A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a Judge in researching issues before the Court and in writing opinions David Lionel Bazelon ( September 3, 1909 &ndash February 19, 1993) was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D Dershowitz has said that "Bazelon was my best and worst boss at once. . . He worked me to the bone; he didn't hesitate to call at 2 a. m. He taught me everything–how to be a civil libertarian, a Jewish activist, a mensch. Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports Civil liberties, or who emphasizes the supremacy of Individual rights and Personal freedoms He was halfway between a slave master and a father figure" [6]

During the 1963-1964 term, Dershowitz served as law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg. Law clerks have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in the 1880s The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States Arthur Joseph Goldberg ( August 8 1908 &ndash January 19 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U Dershowitz has said that "getting a Supreme Court clerkship" was "probably" his second "big break" [6].

He joined the faculty of Harvard Law School as an assistant professor of law in 1964. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. He was made a full professor of law in 1967, at the age of 28, becoming, at that time, Harvard's youngest full law professor in the law school's history. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. He was appointed the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993, succeeding Abram Chayes. The following is a list of named Professorial positions at Harvard Law School. Abram Chayes (July 18 1922-April 16 2000 American scholar of International law closely associated with the administration of John F

Much of Dershowitz's legal career has focused on criminal law, and his clients have included high-profile figures such as Patricia Hearst, Harry Reems, Leona Helmsley, Jim Bakker, Mike Tyson, Michael Milken, O.J. Simpson and Kirtanananda Swami. The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different Jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper Heiress, Harry Reems is the stage name of one of the best-known Porn stars of the 1970s James Orsen Bakker (born January 2, 1940, in Muskegon Michigan) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946 in Encino California) is a criminal American financier and philanthropist who almost single-handedly Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, Kirtanananda Swami, also known as Swami Bhaktipada, (born September 6, 1937) was the highly-controversial charismatic ISKCON guru While representing Claus von Bülow he had the case overturned on appeal; in a retrial, von Bülow was acquitted. Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg on August 11, 1926, in Copenhagen Denmark) is a British socialite of German and Danish Afterwards, Dershowitz told the story of the case in his book, Reversal of Fortune. Reversal of Fortune (1990 is the cinematic adaptation of the 1985 Book, Reversal of Fortune Inside the von Bülow Case, written In the movie version, Dershowitz was played by Ron Silver, and Dershowitz himself had a cameo as a judge. Ronald Silver (born July 2 1946) is an American Actor, director, and producer. Regarding the O.J. Simpson murder case, about which he wrote the book Reasonable Doubts (which includes "an extensive discussion of both the glove and the sock and the forensic evidence"), Dershowitz evaluates the importance of that case for jurisprudence and for his own overall career: "the Simpson case will not be remembered in the next century. The O J Simpson murder case was a highly publicized US Criminal trial in which O Jurisprudence is the Theory and Philosophy of Law. Scholars of jurisprudence or legal philosophers hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature It will not rank as one of the trials of the century. It will not rank with the Nuremberg trials, the Rosenberg trial, Sacco and Vanzetti. The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after Julius Rosenberg (May 12 1918 &ndash June 19 1953 and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28 1915 &ndash June 19 1953 were American Communists who were executed Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (April 22 1891 – August 23 1927 and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11 1888 – August 23 1927 were two Italian-born American laborers It is on par with Leopold and Loeb and the Lindbergh case, all involving celebrities. Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr ( November 19 1904 – August 29 1971) and Richard A It is also not one of the most important cases of my own career. I would rank it somewhere in the middle in terms of interest and importance. " [10]

Defending Israel

Dershowitz comments regularly on issues related to Judaism, Israel, civil liberties, the War on Terror, and the First Amendment, and appears frequently in the mainstream media as a guest commentator. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. thumb| |Broken Liberty Istanbul Archaeology Museum Civil liberties are freedoms that protect the Individual from the Government. The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress Dershowitz is noted as a liberal and civil libertarian and an outspoken commentator on the history and politics of Israel. Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports Civil liberties, or who emphasizes the supremacy of Individual rights and Personal freedoms The State of Israel (מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael) was established in 1948 after nearly two thousand Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is He has engaged in highly publicized media confrontations regarding torture and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with Rabbi Meir Kahane, Norman Finkelstein, and former President Jimmy Carter, among others. Rabbi Meir David Kahane (מאיר דוד כהנא also known by the Pseudonyms Michael King and David Sinai, 1 August 1932 – Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 [11][12]

2002 Harvard-MIT Divestment petition

In spring 2002, as reported later by the Harvard Crimson, a "petition, which calls for Harvard and MIT to divest from Israel and from American companies that sell arms to Israel, [and which] also calls for the U. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 S. government to stop supplying weapons until four specific conditions are met by the Israeli government," gathered over 600 signatures, including 74 from the Harvard faculty and 56 from MIT faculty members. [13] Among the signatures was that of Harvard's Winthrop House Master Paul D. Hanson, who "signed the petition as a professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations" and whom Dershowitz "publicly challenged. . . to a debate over the Israel divestment petition. "[13] But "saying Hanson had turned down his offer, Dershowitz staged a solo debate in the Winthrop Junior Common Room [at Harvard]. Standing beside a chair with a copy of the petition taped to it, he said students and professors who had signed the petition were antisemitic and knew 'basically nothing about the Middle East. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility '" According to Adams, "'Your House master is a bigot and you ought to know that,' he told the crowd of about 200 students. 'Everyone else who signed that petition is also a bigot. '"[13] In his presentation to the students,

Dershowitz reviewed the four conditions demanded by the petition and argued Israel was already in compliance," saying "It’s a little bit strange that there should be such a huge debate about four issues which have already been resolved". . . . He said he personally supports a Palestinian state but argued that, compared with other groups seeking statehood, Palestinians hold a lower "moral priority" because they rejected a U. N. proposal for dividing the Middle East after the Second World War that included the creation of a Palestinian state. Dershowitz also said Israel should not be singled out as a violator of human rights. He said Israel stands among the top ten most rights-conscious nations in the world. . . . "By any criteria, Israel’s record on human rights is better than any country in the Middle East," he said. . . . He cited examples of human rights violations in countries that the U. S. supports, such as the execution of homosexuals in Egypt and the repression of women in Saudi Arabia. . . . Dershowitz said he distinguishes between criticizing the Israeli government and signing the divestment petition. He said criticism of the government, which he said he participates in, is not inherently anti-semitic, while signing the petition is. . . . He also threatened to sue any professor who votes against the tenure of another based on the candidate’s ties to Israel, calling them "ignoramuses with Ph. D. ’s. "[13]

According to Adams, "Many members of the audience, which generally supported Dershowitz and applauded for him several times, said they appreciated the presentation. . . . 'I thought it was great,' said Rachel S. Weinerman ’03, a student in Dunster House. 'This type of honest sentiment about the divestment petition has long been warranted. '"[13] However, many other students thought the attacks were simply offensive and without academic merit, 'It’s an offensive thing for a professor to say about a House master for a large number of Harvard students,' . . . adding Dershowitz's agenda 'clearly overstepped his bounds as a professor. "[13]

Dershowitz's 2002 article "Responding to Palestinian Terrorism"

On March 11, 2002 Dershowitz published an article in The Jerusalem Post entitled "Responding to Palestinian Terrorism," in which he proposes "an immediate unilateral cessation in retaliation against terrorist attacks" and, "following the end of the moratorium," the institution of a "new policy if Palestinian terrorism were to resume": as "an example," he says, Israel "could announce the first act of terrorism following the moratorium will result in the destruction of a small village which has been used as a base for terrorist operations. The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language Broadsheet Newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 Palestinian political violence or Palestinian terrorism refers to acts of violence committed for political reasons by Palestinians Palestinian groups that support For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The residents would be given 24 hours to leave, and then troops will come in and bulldoze all of the buildings. "[14][11]

Dershowitz's proposal stimulated much criticism at Harvard University and beyond. [15] James Bamford, a columnist with The Washington Post, argued that "demolishing the homes of innocent relatives of those involved in suicide bombing," which Dershowitz "analyzed" in that book, is "a practice outlawed under international law. James Bamford (born September 24, 1946) is an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence agencies The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D "[16][17] Norman Finkelstein, in his book Beyond Chutzpah, went even further, commenting that "it is hard to make out any difference between the policy Dershowitz advocates and the Nazi destruction of Lidice, for which he expresses abhorrence-except that Jews, not Germans, would be implementing it. Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Beyond Chutzpah On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History is a book by Norman G "[18]

Noam Chomsky (1972- )

In 1972, according to his critics, Dershowitz attempted to discredit Israel Shahak (1933 – 2001), then president of the Israel League for Human and Civil Rights, who had sharply criticized Israeli treatment of Palestinians. Israel Shahak (ישראל שחק April 28, 1933 – July 2, 2001) was a Polish-born Israeli Professor of Chemistry at Hebrew Shahak was in the process of challenging contested election results for the chairmanship of the Israel League in a legal civil action. Dershowitz claimed that Judge Lovenburg, the judge presiding in Shahak's civil suit, had ruled that Shahak was properly unseated, and Dershowitz challenged anyone to provide evidence to the contrary. In response, Noam Chomsky argued that the court had opined that the elections had not been held properly, that no conclusions or actions were to be drawn from it, and that Shahak and his colleagues were to continue to function as "those who now direct" the Israel League for Human and Civil Rights. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political [19] The controversy initiated by this dispute has fuelled ongoing personal animosity between Dershowitz and Chomsky, both known as outspoken academics holding opposite positions on issues pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, for over thirty-five years. [20] An exchange concerning a letter about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon signed by Chomsky and others was published in Z Magazine on September 6, 2006. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Z Communications is a media group founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [21] (See References: Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky. Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American Lawyer, Jurist, and political commentator. )

Norman Finkelstein (2003- )
Main article: Dershowitz-Finkelstein affair

Shortly after the publication of Dershowitz's 2003 book The Case for Israel a debate was broadcast by Democracy Now!, a news radio and television program, where Norman Finkelstein, in what he called a "scholarly judgment," said that the book is "a collection of fraud, falsification, plagiarism and nonsense. The Case for Israel is a ''New York Times'' bestseller by Alan Dershowitz, a law professor at Harvard University. Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work " To demonstrate his point, Finkelstein gave series of examples throughout the show, one of which was pointing out a long quote from Mark Twain appearing on pages 23-24 of The Case for Israel which was "an identical quote. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist . . With the ellipsis at the same places" directly taken from pages 159-160 of From Time Immemorial written by Joan Peters without making any references. Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from Greek 'omission' in Printing and Writing refers to a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional From Time Immemorial The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine is a 1984 book by Joan Peters about the constant presence of Jews in Palestine Joan Peters (born 1938 is a former CBS news producer and author best known for her controversial book From Time Immemorial on the Israeli-Palestinian

Since then, there have been number of reactions by various figures, such as Harvard University President Derek Bok who has claimed to have investigated them at the request of the Law School's dean, Elena Kagan. Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator and the former president of Harvard University. Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960) is the dean of Harvard Law School and the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law at Harvard University Bok determined that no plagiarism had occurred. [22] Dershowitz and some of his prominent supporters assert that what Finkelstein calls plagiarism is in fact standard scholarly practice. [23][24]

In an April 3, 2007 interview with the Harvard Crimson, "Dershowitz confirmed that he had sent a letter last September to DePaul faculty members lobbying against Finkelstein's tenure. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 DePaul University is a private institution of Higher education and Research in Chicago, Illinois, U "[25] The De Paul University Liberal Arts and Sciences' Faculty Governance Council voted unanimously to send a letter to Harvard University expressing "the council's dismay at Professor Dershowitz's interference in Finkelstein's tenure and promotion case. "[26] In June 2007, DePaul University denied Finkelstein tenure. [27]

"The Israel Lobby and U. S. Foreign Policy" (2006), by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
Main article: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

In March 2006, John Mearsheimer, Wendell Harrison Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, and Stephen Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and author of Taming American Power: The Global Response to US Primacy, co-authored a controversial "working paper" entitled "The Israel Lobby and U. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy (a condensed version used the title The Israel Lobby) is the title of a work by John Mearsheimer John J Mearsheimer (born December 1947 is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is a Professor of International affairs at Harvard University 's John F The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a Public policy and S. Foreign Policy," about which an extensive debate was subsequently published in The London Review of Books. The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazine [28] In their "working paper," Professors Mearsheimer and Walt criticize what they describe as "the Israel Lobby" for influencing U. S. foreign policy in the Middle East in a direction away from U. S. interests and toward Israel's interests. They refer to Dershowitz specifically as an “apologist” for the Israel lobby. In an interview conducted on March 20, 2006, cited in The Harvard Crimson, Dershowitz "vehemently disputed the article’s assertions, repeatedly calling it 'one-sided' and its authors 'liars' and 'bigots. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 '”[29] In an appearance on MSNBC's Scarborough Country televised the next day, Dershowitz suggested that the "working paper" was plagiarized from various hate sites: "every paragraph virtually is copied from a neo-Nazi Web site, from a radical Islamic Web site, from David Duke’s Web site. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Scarborough Country was an opinion/analysis show broadcast on MSNBC Monday - Thursday at 9 P "[30] Subsequently, Dershowitz wrote an extensive report challenging the factual basis of their essay, calling into question the motivations of the authors and their scholarship. His report claims that the "paper contains three types of major errors: quotations are wrenched out of context, important facts are misstated or omitted, and embarrassingly weak logic is employed. "[31]

In a letter published in the London Review of Books in May 2006, Mearsheimer and Walt responded to Dershowitz's contention that they used racist sources for their article, stating that "Dershowitz offers no evidence to support this false claim. The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazine "[32]

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

In July 2006, Dershowitz wrote a series of articles defending the conduct of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict against the international outcry regarding escalating Lebanese civilian deaths and the destruction of Lebanese civilian infrastructure resulting from Israel's stated attempt to weaken or to destroy Hezbollah which wields considerable political power and influence in Lebanon. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation After the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour indicated that Israeli officials might be investigated and indicted for possible war crimes, Dershowitz labeled Arbour's statement "bizarre" in an editorial, calling specifically for her dismissal and inveighing more generally against the "absurdity and counterproductive nature of current international law. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human Louise Arbour, CC (born February 10, 1947) is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied "[33]

Dershowitz argues in the Los Angeles Times that the word "civilian" is an "increasingly meaningless word" given "the realities of modern warfare. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed " In place of a binary distinction, he proposes "the continuum of civilianality" to reflect what he perceives as a new era of war:

But just who is a "civilian" in the age of terrorism, when militants don't wear uniforms, don't belong to regular armies and easily blend into civilian populations?
We need a new vocabulary to reflect the realities of modern warfare. A new phrase should be introduced into the reporting and analysis of current events in the Middle East: "the continuum of civilianality. " Though cumbersome, this concept aptly captures the reality and nuance of warfare today and provides a more fair way to describe those who are killed, wounded and punished.

Differentiating among kinds of Lebanese civilian casualties, he writes:

There is a vast difference -- both moral and legal -- between a 2-year-old who is killed by an enemy rocket and a 30-year-old civilian who has allowed his house to be used to store Katyusha rockets. Both are technically civilians, but the former is far more innocent than the latter. There is also a difference between a civilian who merely favors or even votes for a terrorist group and one who provides financial or other material support for terrorism. [34]

In an editorial published in the Boston Globe several days later, Dershowitz argues that "the international community, the anti-Israel segment of the media, and human rights organizations" should not blame Israel for any dead civilians. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled "Israel has every self-interest in minimizing civilian casualties, whereas the terrorists have every self-interest in maximizing them -- on both sides. Israel should not be condemned for doing what every democracy would and should do: taking every reasonable military step to stop the killing of their own civilians. "[35]

In August 2006, as the conflict continued, Dershowitz compared Lebanon to Austria under the Nazis, arguing for the collective culpability of its civilians (again differentiating among usages of the word civilian by at times using quotation marks around it):

The "civilian" death figures reported by Lebanese authorities include large numbers of Hezbollah fighters, collaborators, facilitators and active supporters. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German They also include civilians who were warned to leave, but chose to remain, sometimes with their children, to serve as human shields. The deaths of these "civilians" are the responsibility of Hezbollah and the Lebanese government, which has done very little to protect its civilians. . . . Lebanon has chosen the wrong side and its citizens are paying the price. Maybe next time a democracy must choose between collaborating with terrorism or resisting terrorism, it will choose the right side. "[36]

Iran and Israel
2006-2007

In his appearance at the Truth, Light and Freedom Rally at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto, Canada, "a rally. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario . . organized by the UJA [United Jewish Agency] Federation of Greater Toronto, Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region and the Holocaust Centre of Toronto," on December 21, 2006, Dershowitz spoke "about the danger Iran poses to Israel and the rest of the world" at this "held at the Beth Tzedec Synogogue in Toronto, Canada, Alan Dershowitz accused "Iran. The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in the country Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario . . of incitement to genocide," according to Sheri Shefa, a staff reporter for The Canadian Jewish News:

Speaking in response to the recent Holocaust denial conference in Iran and Iran’s goal to develop nuclear weapons, Dershowitz, an outspoken defender of Israel, said that although Holocaust denial is about the past, it is used to influence the present and the future. The Canadian Jewish News ( CJN) is a weekly English-language Tabloid -sized Newspaper serving Canada 's Jewish . . . “The purpose of Holocaust denial is to delegitimate Israel, to demonize Jews and to legitimate attacks on Israel and attacks on Jews,” Dershowitz said. . . . He added that because of the world’s obsession with Israel, Jews are not the only victims, as other issues in the world, such as the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and the current genocide in Darfur, have been largely ignored by the international community. . . . “Six million additional people have died since the end of the Second World War because of this obsessive focus on Israel,” Dershowitz said. . . . [37]

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006), by Jimmy Carter
Main article: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

In his 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, argues that "Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid is a ''New York Times'' Best Seller written by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor "[38] Carter states in Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid that Israel's current policies in the Palestinian territories constitute "a system of apartheid, with two peoples occupying the same land but completely separated from each other, with Israelis totally dominant and suppressing violence by depriving Palestinians of their basic human rights. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Name There are differences of opinion as to what the Palestinian territories should be called The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which established the International Criminal Court as inhumane acts Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled "[39] Carter's self-defined purpose in writing the book is to "present facts about the Middle East that are largely unknown in America, to precipitate discussion and to help restart peace talks (now absent for six years) that can lead to permanent peace for Israel and its neighbors. "[40]

In an op-ed, some newspaper articles, media appearances, and blog posts at The Huffington Post, Dershowitz has taken issue with President Carter's points of view and has challenged him to debate the matters in public at Brandeis University. The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Carter has publicly declined to visit Brandeis to discuss the book due to the request that he debate Dershowitz as a condition of the visit:

"I don't want to have a conversation even indirectly with Dershowitz," Carter said in Friday's [December 15, 2006] Boston Globe. "There is no need . . . to debate somebody who, in my opinion, knows nothing about the situation in Palestine. "
The school's debate request, Carter said, is proof that many in the United States are unwilling to hear an alternative view on the nation's most taboo foreign policy issue, Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory. . . . "There is no debate in America about anything that would be critical of Israel," he said.
"President Carter said he wrote the book because he wanted to encourage more debate; then why won't he debate?" said Dershowitz. . . . [41]

He reiterates:

Carter’s refusal to debate wouldn’t be so strange if it weren’t for the fact that he claims that he wrote the book precisely so as to start debate over the issue of the Israel-Palestine peace process. If that were really true, Carter would be thrilled to have the opportunity to debate. . . . When Jimmy Carter's ready to speak at Brandeis, or anywhere else, I'll be there. If he refuses to debate, I will still be there––ready and willing to answer falsity with truth in the court of public opinion. "[42]

Subsequently, Brandeis University and President Carter came to an agreement about his visit, which they said would have no pre-conditions. The event, which occurred on January 23, 2007, was open only to Brandeis students, faculty, and staff, and the university refused to make an exception allowing Dershowitz to attend the speech, although he was invited to present a response after Carter's speech concluded. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The day after the speech, on January 24, 2007, The New York Times reported on Carter's speech in "At Brandeis, Jimmy Carter Responds to Critics":

Questions were preselected by the committee that invited Mr. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Carter, and the questioners included an Israeli student and a Palestinian student. . . . After Mr. Carter left, Mr. Dershowitz spoke in the same gymnasium, saying that the former president oversimplified the situation and that his conciliatory and sensible-sounding speech at Brandeis belied his words in some other interviews. . . . “There are two different Jimmy Carters,” Mr. Dershowitz said. “You heard the Brandeis Jimmy Carter today, and he was terrific. I support almost everything he said. But if you listen to the Al Jazeera Jimmy Carter, you’ll hear a very different perspective. ”[43]

During his response, Dershowitz stated that, "if" he had "been allowed to be in the audience" of Carter's speech to ask a question or offer a rebuttal, he would have asked one question of Carter: ". . . were you ever asked to give your advice to Arafat as whether to accept or reject an offer [of a separate state for the Palestinians] at Camp David?"[44] Dershowitz went on to assert that, had President Carter done so, and had Arafat rejected such an offer on Carter's advice, Carter himself would have been "responsible" for the situation of the Palestinians today. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn

Recognition

Dershowitz was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1979, and was in 1983 a recipient of the William O. Douglas First Amendment Award from the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai Brith for his work in civil rights. Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) William Orville Douglas ( October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL) is an Interest group founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith in the United States whose stated aim is "to stop The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith ( IPA: /bəneɪ 'brɪθ/ Hebrew: בני ברית "Sons of the Covenant " is the oldest continually-operating He has been awarded honorary doctorates in law from Yeshiva University, the Hebrew Union College, Monmouth College, University of Haifa and Bar-Ilan University. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish Monmouth College is a four-year Coeducational private liberal arts college located in Monmouth Illinois, United States. The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה is a University in Haifa, Israel. [45]

He has been described by Newsweek as America's "most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights" and by Corriere della Sera as "America's most famous progressive lawyer. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Corriere della Sera ("Evening Courier" is an Italian daily Newspaper (first in sales) published in Milan. "[46]

Dershowitz has taken public stances on a number of controversial contemporary issues. Because of his fame, his positions have often been covered by major media sources and have been the subject of attention from both scholarly and political points of view. He frequently engages in debate with and about other public figures.

In June 2005 he was among an "elite group" of twenty guests invited to participate in a "brain-storming session" on "Alternate Futures for the Jewish People," held at the Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Center (formerly "Wye Plantation"), near Washington, D.C.[47]

Dershowitz has been blogging at the The Huffington Post since then. The Wye River is a branch of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog

On November 18th, 2007, Alan Dershowitz was awarded The Soviet Jewry Freedom Award by the Russian Jewish Community Foundation. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Issues and Controversies

Pornography (1976- )

In 1976, Dershowitz handled the successful appeal of Harry Reems, who had been convicted of distribution of obscenity resulting from his acting in the pornographic movie Deep Throat. Harry Reems is the stage name of one of the best-known Porn stars of the 1970s Deep Throat is an American Pornographic film released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano (listed in the In public debates, Dershowitz commonly argues against censorship of pornography on First Amendment grounds and maintains that consumption of pornography is not harmful. [48][49] For several years, Dershowitz has written the monthly column "Justice" and related articles in the pages of Penthouse magazine and testified on legal issues pertaining to pornography. Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer [50]

Mike Barnicle (1990s)

In 1990, Dershowitz sued the Boston Globe over an alleged quotation that Mike Barnicle had attributed to him in that newspaper. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Michael Barnicle (born 13 October 1943 in Worcester Massachusetts) is an American newspaper writer and has been a newspaper columnist for more Dershowitz allegedly said he preferred Oriental women because they are deferential to men. Dershowitz and the Globe settled the suit out of court, and, reportedly, Dershowitz was awarded $75,000 as a result of the out-of-court settlement. Barnicle wrote his essay in response to Dershowitz's public feud with Massachusetts Senate President William M. Bulger (see below). William "Bill" Michael Bulger (born February 2, 1934) is a retired American Politician from South [51]

Animal rights (2002)

Dershowitz is one of a number of scholars at Harvard Law School who have expressed their support for limited animal rights. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. "Animal liberation" redirects here for other uses see Animal liberation (disambiguation. [52] In his Rights from Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights, he writes that, in order to avoid human beings treating each other the way we treat animals, we have made what he calls the "somewhat arbitrary decision" to single out our own species for different and better treatment. "Does this subject us to the charge of speciesism? Of course it does, and we cannot justify it, except by the fact that in the world in which we live, humans make the rules. Speciesism involves assigning different values or rights to beings on the basis of their Species membership That reality imposes on us a special responsibility to be fair and compassionate to those on whom we impose our rules. Hence the argument for animal rights. "[53]

The Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution

Dershowitz is strongly opposed to firearms ownership and the Second Amendment, saying that it is "an anachronistic drafting disaster that does not belong in any constitution or bill of rights. The Second Amendment (Amendment II to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the pre-existing The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. "[54] However, he is opposed to repealing the amendment because he feels doing so would open the way for further revisions to the Bill of Rights and Constitution. In a telephone interview with reporter Dan Gifford, he stated that:

"Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the Constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too much of a public safety hazard don't see the danger in the big picture. They're courting disaster by encouraging others to use the same means to eliminate portions of the Constitution they don't like. "[55]

William ("Billy") M. Bulger (2002)

While William ("Billy") M. Bulger still served as the powerful Massachusetts Senate President (and afterwards), Alan Dershowitz was a prominent critic. William "Bill" Michael Bulger (born February 2, 1934) is a retired American Politician from South [56] Dershowitz and fellow attorney Harvey Silvergate attended a Governor’s Council hearing on a Bulger associate, Paul Mahoney, who was nominated for a District Court judicial appointment. Bulger stormed into the meeting and made remarks that Dershowitz perceived as anti-Semitic. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Bulger declared that the attorneys were, "The two biggest liars in Massachusetts. . . . " He then proceeded to use terms like, "[A] true, true conniver," "exceedingly crafty," "vindictive," and "very manipulative. "[57][58]

Dershowitz's 2002 article "Want to Torture? Get a Warrant"
Main article: Ticking time bomb scenario

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Dershowitz published an essay in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled "Want to Torture? Get a Warrant," in which he advocates the issuance of warrants permitting the torture of terrorism suspects if there were an "absolute need to obtain immediate information in order to save lives coupled with probable cause that the suspect had such information and is unwilling to reveal it. The ticking time bomb scenario is a Thought experiment that has been used in the Ethics debate over whether Torture can ever be justified The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally "[59][11]

Dershowitz says that he is personally against the use of torture, yet he argues that authorities should be permitted to use non-lethal torture in a "ticking bomb" scenario, regardless of international legal prohibitions; that it would be less destructive to the rule of law to regulate the process than to leave such permission to the discretion of individual law-enforcement agents. The ticking time bomb scenario is a Thought experiment that has been used in the Ethics debate over whether Torture can ever be justified He favors preventing the government from prosecuting the subject of such torture based upon information revealed during such an interrogation. Moreover, he argues: "If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, [then] it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice. "[60][11]

Some other civil libertarians are not persuaded by Dershowitz's rationalization for the sanctioning of torture to extract information from uncooperative captured suspected terrorists in such a hypothetical "ticking bomb" scenario. Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports Civil liberties, or who emphasizes the supremacy of Individual rights and Personal freedoms For example, Harvey A. Silverglate, co-founder (with Alan Charles Kors) of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), asserts that because, in such cases, jury nullification and executive clemency could protect law enforcement, "our legal system is perfectly capable of dealing with the exceptional hard case without enshrining the notion that it is okay to torture a fellow human being. Alan Charles Kors is an intellectual historian specializing in French intellectual history of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE is a Non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on Civil liberties in Academia in the Jury nullification means making a law void by jury decision in other words "the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it "[61]

William F. Schulz, the Executive Director of the U. William F Schulz was the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, the U S. section of Amnesty International, finds Dershowitz's hypothetical ticking-bomb scenario unrealistic because, Schulz counters, it would require that "the authorities know that a bomb has been planted somewhere; know it is about to go off; know that the suspect in their custody has the information they need to stop it; know that the suspect will yield that information accurately in a matter of minutes if subjected to torture; and know that there is no other way to obtain it. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to "[62] Bill Goodman of the Center for Constitutional Rights, debating Dershowitz on CNN, argues that Dershowitz's proposal would create a "very slippery slope" and that torture would "happen under more than those exceptional circumstances. The Center for Constitutional Rights ( CCR) is a non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City, New York, U Slippery Slope is a 2006 independent film starring Tony Award -winning actor Dan Fogler. It's going to start becoming the regular, rather than the unusual. "[63]

James Bamford, in his column for The Washington Post of September 8, 2002, reviews Dershowitz's "idea of torture" and describes "[o]ne form of torture recommended by Dershowitz --'the sterilized needle being shoved under the fingernails'" as "chillingly Nazi-like. James Bamford (born September 24, 1946) is an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence agencies The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D "[16]

In a debate with David D. Cole, professor at Georgetown University Law Center, Dershowitz stated: "I want to make sure that if my government ever does this horrible, terrible, extraordinary thing, that somebody takes responsibility for it and that it be out there in the open and subject to accountability,” . For other David Cole's see David Cole (disambiguation David D Georgetown University Law Center ( Georgetown Law) is Georgetown University 's Law school, located in Washington D . . “Though I understand the danger of legitimating something that should not be legitimated, on balance in a democracy, I prefer accountability". [64]

The "ticking time bomb scenario" is subject of the drama The Dershowitz Protocol by Canadian author Robert Fothergill. Robert Roy Fothergill (August 16 1897 – March 20, 1938) nicknamed " Fats," was an Outfielder in Major League Baseball In that play, the American government has established a protocol of "intensified interrogation" for terrorist suspects which requires participation of the FBI, CIA and the Department of Justice. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The drama deals with the psychological pressure and the tense triangle of competences under the overriding importance that each participant has to negotiate the actions with his conscience. The play is directly linked to the debate caused by Dershowitz' article.

Speaking Out after Governor Elliot Spitzer's Alleged Use of a Prostitute

Professor Dershowitz spoke on the television news regarding New York Governor Elliot Spitzer's alleged use of a prostitute, saying on CNN that reaction to the charges was "overblown" and that he saw no reason for Governor Spitzer to resign. [65] On MSNBC, Dershowitz said, "You know, big deal . . . In Europe this wouldn't even make the back pages of the newspaper. "[66] Spitzer previously served as a research assistant to Dershowitz. [67]

Dershowitz suggested that any alleged offense by Spitzer would be only a "minor misdemeanor. "[68] CNN noted that Spitzer had been accused of transporting a woman across state lines for the purposes of prostitution, a felony punishable by ten years in federal prison under the Mann Act. [69]

Selected bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, Chutzpah (New York: Touchstone Books, 1992) 35.
  2. ^ Jonathan Rosen. "Abraham's Drifting Children", The New York Times Books, 1997-03-30. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Retrieved on 2007-11-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events  
  3. ^ "Harry Dershowitz", "Social Security Death Index Search Results," n. d. , accessed November 1, 2006. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  4. ^ Louis Dershowitz WWII Draft Registration Card and 1930 Census, Ancestry. com
  5. ^ "Obituary: Harry Dershowitz", New York Times April 26, 1984; Nathan Z. Dershowitz, FindLaw. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) com, last updated December 31, 2005; both accessed November 1, 2006. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  6. ^ a b c d Tom Van Riper, "First Job: Alan Dershowitz," Forbes 23 May 2006, accessed November 1, 2006. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  7. ^ Elizabeth Stull, "Son of Brooklyn Brings Home Legacy of High-Profile Trials: Alan Dershowitz Donates Archives to Brooklyn College," Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 25, 2003, accessed August 12, 2006. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid
  8. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, Chutzpah (New York: Touchstone Books, 1992) 41.
  9. ^ Detailed "Biographical Statement". AlanDershowitz. com, © Alan M. Dershowitz 2006, accessed January 25, 2007. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  10. ^ "Looking Back at the OJ Trial.". Transcript of interview with Dershowitz hosted by CourtTV, Yahoo, and Time Online. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
  11. ^ a b c d "'If Not for 9/11, Bush's Approval Ratings Would Be Very Low': Alan Dershowitz interviewed by Suzy Hansen," Salon.com September 17, 2002, accessed March 6, 2007 (incl. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. links to five-page transcript of full interview and to audio excerpt). [Cf. featured links to other versions of this interview; e. g. , Suzy Hansen, "Why Terrorism Works", Salon.com September 12, 2002, accessed March 6, 2007. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ]
  12. ^ Michelle Goldberg, "Mau-mauing the Middle East." Salon.com September 30, 2002, accessed February 17, 2007, cites Dershowitz's perspective on his own support for Israel and Israeli-sponsored terror in the context of what some regarded then as a "chilly" academic environment for doing so in 2002: "'I'm one of the very, very few professors around the United States that vigorously speaks up on behalf of Israel, and I have gotten e-mails and calls from all over the world from students who feel chilled because no one speaks up for them. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. '" (page two of three pages).
  13. ^ a b c d e f Randall T. Adams, "Dershowitz: Divestment Petitioners Are 'Bigots,'" Harvard Crimson October 8, 2002, accessed September 8, 2006. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  14. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, "Responding to Palestinian Terrorism," originally published in The Jerusalem Post March 11, 2002; rpt. The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language Broadsheet Newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. in The Record (Harvard Law School) March 21, 2002, accessed January 25, 2007 (incl. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. headnote by Dershowitz); also rpt. in Alan M. Dershowitz, Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge (New Haven: Yale UP, 2003).
  15. ^ David Villarreal, "Dershowitz Editorial Draws Fire," The Harvard Crimson March 18, 2002, accessed January 25, 2007. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  16. ^ a b James Bamford, "Strategic Thinking: A year After Sept. James Bamford (born September 24, 1946) is an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence agencies 11, Students of U. S. policy Still Disagree about What Went Wrong and How to Fix It. " Washington Post September 8, 2002: BW03, accessed January 25, 2007. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  17. ^ Cf. Nathan Lewin, "Detering (sic) Suicide Killers" (Reply to Arthur Green), Sh'ma May 2002, accessed January 25, 2007; Arthur Green, "A Stronger Moral Force," Sh'ma May 2002, accessed January 25, 2007. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In the context of this debate between himself and Arthur Green, Nathan Lewin, a Washington, D. C. lawyer, writes: "The extremely modest proposals that some people are now willing to accept – national identity cards and roving eavesdrops (and even the "automatic" destruction of Palestinian villages that Alan Dershowitz proposed in The Jerusalem Post of March 11, 2002) – are the proverbial use of aspirin to treat brain cancer. They may occasionally disrupt terrorist plans but will have no major impact on the terrorist threat. " In this reply to Green, Lewin proposes executions of family members of terrorists as "individual deterrence" to terrorism, which also, in the views of Bamford and other critics of Dershowitz's "modest proposal" already cited, violates "international law. " ["Note: The debate between Nathan Lewin and Arthur Green on how to deter suicide killers, which appears below, are two parts of a whole. Please do not circulate one article without the other. " (The journal title Sh'ma is explicated in Shema Yisrael. Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) ( Hebrew: שמע ישראל "Hear Israel" are the first two words of a section of )]
  18. ^ Norman Finkelstein, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of California Press, 2005) 176. Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the
  19. ^ See Alan M. Dershowitz, "Guest Column: Chomsky's Immoral Divestiture Petition", The Tech May 10, 2002; and Noam Chomsky, Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians, fwd. The Tech, first published on November 16 1881 is the oldest and largest campus newspaper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge Massachusetts Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Edward W. Said, Classics Series, Vol. Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL ( إدوارد وديع سعيد,; 1 November 1935 &ndash 25 September 3, 2nd rev. ed. (Boston: South End Press; Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1999), ISBN 0-89608-601-1, Electronic versionPDF (3. 33 MiB); both accessed October 28, 2006. A mebibyte (a contraction of me ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated MiB. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  20. ^ See Robert F. Barsky, "Provoking Ire," in Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997). Robert Barsky is a professor in the French and Italian Dept and the English Department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee. (Searchable electronic version):

    As he already knew the details of the Shahak affair, Chomsky wasted no time in replying to Dershowitz's letter to the Globe, which, in turn, incited Dershowitz to denounce Chomsky and ask for proof in the form of court records. Chomsky happened to be in possession of these:

    I . . . wrote a letter quoting them, which showed that he was a complete liar, as well as a Stalinist-style thug (that was implicit; I didn't bother saying it). He continued to try to brazen his way out, and was finally told by the Globe ombudsman that they would publish no more of his lies on the matter (that was after I'd sent the original Court records and a translation to English to the Globe, who had requested documentation so they could assess Dershowitz's increasingly hysterical charges). Ever since then, Dershowitz has been on a crazed jihad, dedicating much of his life to trying to destroy my reputation. (March 31, 1995)
  21. ^ Noam Chomsky, "Comments on Dershowitz," Z Magazine, ZNet September 6, 2006, accessed September 7, 2006. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Z Communications is a media group founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Z Communications is a media group founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  22. ^ See Marcella Bombardieri, "Academic Fight Heads to Print: Authorship Challenge Dropped from Text," Boston Globe July 9, 2005, accessed September 10, 2006:

    Dershowitz sent letters, which he declined to provide to the Globe, to a variety of University of California Press officials, and even to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is an ex officio member of the University of California's board of regents. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor "I told the UC press, 'If you say I didn't write the book or plagiarized it, I will own your company,'" said Dershowitz, who argued that Finkelstein's accusations are a ploy for publicity. "The First Amendment protects mistakes that are inadvertent, but it doesn't prevent willful lies. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress " Finkelstein, who teaches at DePaul University in Chicago, wrote in an e-mail to Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan last year that his book would document that Dershowitz plagiarized The Case for Israel, and that Dershowitz "almost certainly didn't write the book, and perhaps didn't even read it prior to publication. DePaul University is a private institution of Higher education and Research in Chicago, Illinois, U Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. "

    Last year, Kagan asked former Harvard president Derek Bok to examine Finkelstein's plagiarism allegation. Bok determined no plagiarism had occurred, law school spokesman Michael Armini said yesterday. Dershowitz also said that he refutes Finkelstein's allegations in his own forthcoming book, The Case for Peace. The Case for Peace How The Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved is the sequel to The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter

    Although advance copies of Finkelstein's book, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, have already distributed to some critics, the book has undergone further changes since then. Beyond Chutzpah On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History is a book by Norman G

  23. ^ One of the disputes involves Dershowitz's quoting genuine direct quotations accurately from primary sources (such as Mark Twain) without explicitly attributing the secondary sources citing these quotations in which he allegedly first encountered them (such as a 1984 book entitled From Time Immemorial, by Joan Peters). Joan Peters (born 1938 is a former CBS news producer and author best known for her controversial book From Time Immemorial on the Israeli-Palestinian See "Statement of Alan Dershowitz" and another of Dershowitz's replies to Finkelstein et al. hosted on "New Challenge to Columbia and to Chomsky, Finkelstein, and Cockburn," FrontPagemag. com July 13, 2005, accessed September 10, 2006:

    For more than 20 years the terrible triumvirate of Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, and Alexander Cockburn have been falsely accusing pro-Israel writers of plagiarism and related academic offenses. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the Alexander Claud Cockburn (ˈkoʊbɚn koh-burn born 6 June 1941 is an Irish-American political Journalist. [(embedded note) 2] I have been the most recent target of the selective vitriol. They have accused me of plagiarism for quoting Mark Twain and other well-known figures­ whose quotes appear in my book within quotation marks and properly cited to their original source. Their absurd accusation is that I should have cited these quotes not to their original source but rather to the secondary source in which ­they erroneously claim ­I first came across them. No one but anti-Israel zealots takes these biased charges seriously, as evidenced by the fact that not only was I cleared of all such charges by Harvard (after I brought them to the attention of the dean and president), but recently the dean awarded me a prize for “exceptional scholarship” for my current book Rights from Wrongs. [Italics added. ]

  24. ^ Another essay published in Counterpunch by Neve Gordon illustrates the ongoing battle between Dershowitz and his critics over these issues. CounterPunch is a biweekly Newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical Neve Gordon, born 1965, is an author and professor of politics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who writes on issues relating to the Israeli-Palestinian
  25. ^ Zhou, Kevin. "Feud Weakens Prof's Tenure Bid" Harvard Crimson April 4, 2007
  26. ^ Chronicle of Higher Education Thursday, April 5, 2007 "Harvard Law Professor Works to Disrupt Tenure Bid of Longtime Nemesis at DePaul U."
  27. ^ "DePaul denies tenure to controversial professor", CNN, June 11, 2007.
  28. ^ John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," as linked in "The Israel Lobby," The London Review of Books, March 23, 2006, accessed February 2, 2007. John J Mearsheimer (born December 1947 is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is a Professor of International affairs at Harvard University 's John F The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazine Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  29. ^ Paras D. Bhayani and Rebecca R. Friedman, "Dean Attacks ‘Israel Lobby’: Article co-authored by KSG’s Walt stirs uproar; Dershowitz responds," The Harvard Crimson March 21, 2006: "In interviews with The Crimson yesterday [March 20, 2006], Dershowitz took issue with this characterization, stating that he does not consider himself a member of a monolithic lobby and that he has criticized Israel on several occasions in the past. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. . . . Dershowitz, who is one of Israel’s most prominent defenders, vehemently disputed the article’s assertions, repeatedly calling it 'one-sided' and its authors 'liars' and 'bigots. '. . . . He criticized three piece on three grounds, alleging parallels with neo-Nazi literature, saying that Walt and Mearsheimer’s characterization that Israeli citizenship is based on 'blood kinship' is a 'categorical lie,' and taking issue with the representation of the lobby as all-encompassing. "
  30. ^ Alan Dershowitz, transcript of "'Scarborough Country' for March 21," MSNBC, updated March 22, 2006, accessed September 8, 2006. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  31. ^ Alan Dershowitz, "Debunking the Newest –– and Oldest –– Jewish Conspiracy:PDF (308 KiB) A Reply to the Mearsheimer Walt 'Working Paper,'" John F. A kibibyte (a contraction of ki lo bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, established by the International Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School, April 6, 2006, accessed April 6, 2006. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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  33. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, "Arbour Must Go," National Post July 21, 2006, accessed September 7, 2006. The National Post is a Canadian English-language national Newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  34. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, "'Civilian Casualty'? It Depends: Those Who Support Terrorists Are Not Entirely Innocent," Los Angeles Times July 22, 2006, accessed September 7, 2006. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  35. ^ Alan M. Dershowitz, "Blame the Terrorists Not Israel," Boston Globe July 24, 2006, accessed September 7, 2006. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  36. ^ Alan Dershowitz, "Lebanon Is Not a Victim," Huffington Post August 7, 2006, accessed September 7, 2006. The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  37. ^ Sheri Shefa, "Iran Accused of Incitement to Genocide," The Canadian Jewish News, online posting, January 25, 2007, accessed January 24, 2007. The Canadian Jewish News ( CJN) is a weekly English-language Tabloid -sized Newspaper serving Canada 's Jewish Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Other "[s]peakers at the rally, hosted by author and National Post columnist Linda Frum Sokolowski, included Canada’s minister of intergovernmental affairs Peter Van Loan; Ontario Attorney General Michael J. Bryant; Father Raymond De Souza, a Catholic priest, and Holocaust survivors Martin Maxwell and Max Eisen. Peter Van Loan, PC, MP (born April 18, 1963) (sometimes referred to as PVL is a Canadian politician Michael Bryant may refer to Michael Bryant (actor (1928-2002 British stage and television actor Michael J
  38. ^ "Excerpt: Carter's 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid,'" [Chap. 17], ABC News November 27, 2006, accessed December 23, 2006. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  39. ^ "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid...Jimmy Carter in His Own Words," interview conducted by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! November 30, 2006, accessed December 23, 2006; incl. Amy Goodman (born April 13 1957 in Bay Shore / New York) is an American broadcast journalist, Syndicated columnist and Author Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. audio link to interview and "rush transcript. "
  40. ^ "Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine," The Los Angeles Times January 8, 2007. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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  47. ^ Nathan Guttman, "Haaretz: The Future according to the 'Jewish Jules Verne,'" rpt. (הארץ "The land" referring to the Land of Israel) founded in 1918 is Israel 's oldest Daily newspaper. Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction in "Brandeis President Part of Elite Group Brought Together to Formulate Plan for Jewish People," press release, Brandeis University June 9, 2005, accessed December 15, 2006. Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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  49. ^ Alan Dershowitz, "Saluting the Enemy: Alan Dershowitz responds to Anita Diamant," Boston Phoenix June 7, 2006, accessed December 17, 2006. The Phoenix is the name of several Alternative weekly Newspapers published by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  50. ^ See photograph caption in "Photographs," Edwin Meese, Attorney General's Commission on Pornography Final Report (Meese Report), U. Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United S. Department of Justice, July 1986, accessed April 12, 2006: "Alan Dershowitz, professor of Law at Harvard Law School and columnist with Penthouse magazine, and Dottie Meyer, a former Penthouse model and coordinator involved with circulation and Pet production, testified before the Commission during the New York hearing on January 21, 1986. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) "
  51. ^ Dan Kennedy, "Barnicle's Game: Why He Should Have Been Fired -- and Why He Wasn't," Boston Phoenix August 13-20, 1998. The Phoenix is the name of several Alternative weekly Newspapers published by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The ombudsman for the Globe supported Dershowitz and questioned Barnicle's credibility. In 1998 Barnicle was "forced to resign" from the paper as a direct result of later controversies (See Mike Barnicle). Michael Barnicle (born 13 October 1943 in Worcester Massachusetts) is an American newspaper writer and has been a newspaper columnist for more
  52. ^ "Darwin, Meet Dershowitz: Courting Legal Evolution at Harvard Law,"PDF The Animals' Advocate 21 (Winter 2002), accessed November 1, 2006. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  53. ^ Alan Dershowitz, Rights from Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights (2004) 198-99.
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References

Articles about Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky

Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein

See main article: Dershowitz-Finkelstein affair

Alan Dershowitz and Jimmy Carter

Additional selected interviews and media programs featuring Dershowitz

External links

Persondata
NAME Dershowitz, Alan Morton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American lawyer, author
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
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