Steven Plaut (born in 1951) is a Professor on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Haifa and a writer. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה is a University in Haifa, Israel.

His editorials are often published in The Jewish Press, Front Page Magazine and other periodicals. An editorial, leader (UK or leading article (UK is an article in a Newspaper or Magazine that expresses the opinion of the Editor The Jewish Press is an American weekly newspaper geared toward the American Jewish community. FrontPage Magazine (also known as FRONTPAGEMAGCOM) is an online conservative political magazine edited by David Horowitz and is published In 2002 he authored the book The Scout. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Middle East Quarterly, a publication of the Middle East Forum think tank. Middle East Quarterly ( MEQ) is a quarterly journal devoted to subjects relating to the Middle East. The Middle East Forum (MEF is an American Think tank founded in 1990 by historian and columnist Daniel Pipes, who also serves as its director

Biography

Steven Plaut was born in Philadelphia into a Jewish family. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ In the 1930s, his father had been in Hachshara training camp set up in Europe for young Jews who intended to make aliyah, but the British White Paper of 1939 foreclosed his plans. A Zionist Youth movement is an organization formed for Jewish children and adolescents for educational social and ideological development Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) The White Paper of 1939, also known as the MacDonald White Paper after Malcolm MacDonald, the British Colonial Secretary who presided over He managed to escape from Nazi Germany to the United States and during World War II served under General Patton. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For the 19th century Scottish jurist/politician see George Patton Lord Glenalmond.

Steven Plaut grew up in a religiously Conservative Zionist home. Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the In 1981, the Plaut family (including his parents) immigrated to Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

Plaut received his undergraduate degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, his MA from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his Ph. Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים الجامعة العبرية في القدس abbreviated HUJI) is D in economics from Princeton University, specializing in international and urban economics and later in finance and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Before his professorship at the Haifa University, he taught at Oberlin College, the Technion, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Central European University, Tel Aviv University, University of Nantes, and Athens Laboratory for Business Administration. Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio. The Technion &ndash Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון &ndash מכון טכנולוגי לישראל is an internationally-acclaimed Institute of technology in The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The University of California Irvine is a public Coeducational Research university situated in Irvine, California. Central European University (CEU is a US - and Hungarian -licensed and accredited university based in Budapest, Hungary. Tel Aviv University (TAU אוניברסיטת תל־אביב את"א is Israel 's largest on-site University, located in Tel Aviv. The University of Nantes is a well-known French University, located in the City of Nantes.

In his 2002 book The Scout Steven Plaut describes his near-death experience as a kidney cancer patient at an intensive care ward (he has recovered from the illness). "Kidney Cancer" redirects here For Wilms' Tumor/Nephroblastoma see Wilms' tumor. Intensive Care Medicine or critical care medicine is a branch of medicine concerned with the provision of Life support or organ support systems in patients The historical novel is a series of life stories exchanged between him and his neighbor at the ward, an Israeli bedouin scout. The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously

Political views

Steven Plaut's "slight alteration of the peace plan". [1][2] Blue is Israel and green is Palestine.

Steven Plaut has been one of the most persistent and outspoken Israeli critics of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and of Israel's unilateral withdrawal policy. Ever since the Oslo Accords were signed, he has argued that Palestinian and other Arab leaders would continue to seek the destruction of Israel through violence and terrorism. Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion [3] For much of the 1990s, he was an isolated voice in Israeli opinion, but he believes that his views have been vindicated by outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and the campaign of suicide bombing. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons [4]

In addition, Plaut has strongly attacked Israeli and Jewish leftists such as Neve Gordon, Michael Lerner and Norman Finkelstein. 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 Michael Lerner may refer to several people Michael Lerner (actor Michael Lerner (rabbi Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and author whose primary fields of research are the He claims that such figures are self-hating Jews and apologists for terrorism who promote the destruction of Israel [5]; he calls them "Israel's Academic Fifth Column". Self-hating Jew (or self-loathing Jew) is a term used to describe a Jew who feels hatred toward his or her Jewish ancestry or other Jews Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Plaut is particularly opposed to what he sees as left-wing extremism in Israeli universities, and is actively involved in Israel Academia Monitor, a website monitoring such alleged extremism. [6].

Neve Gordon civil suit

In 2006, Steven Plaut lost a civil suit in an Israeli court in which he was accused of libeling Neve Gordon. He is now appealing this decision. He had been ordered to pay the plaintiff Neve Gordon, a faculty member at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Politics and Government, about $18,600 in compensation plus $3,500 in legal fees. 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 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (אוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב was founded in 1969, in Beersheba, Israel. [7]

Emphasizing that the court's role was not to adjudicate opposing political views, Judge Rim Naddaf ruled that Plaut did cross a line between legitimate criticism and unlawful defamation of character. Judge Naddaf came to this decision after reading several articles written by Plaut, where he described Neve Gordon as a "fanatic anti-Semite" and a "Judenrat wannabe. " Other cases of defamation of Gordon included a message forwarded by Plaut and reproduced by a far-right pro-Meir Kahane website, urging readers to write an “Israeli Leftist” a mock-condolence letter for the death of a Hamas member (a targeted assassination by the IDF). Rabbi Meir David Kahane (מאיר דוד כהנא also known by the Pseudonyms Michael King and David Sinai, 1 August 1932 – Neve Gordon's e-mail address was included in this request.

According to Gordon, Plaut was orchestrating a campaign - including letters to donors and members of the university's appointments committee - aimed at blacklisting him and denying him tenure. The use of the Holocaust motif against him was a decisive factor in Gordon's decision to litigate. "Once someone is labeled as a Holocaust denier that person becomes illegitimate, and rightly so," he explained. "Israeli society tolerates a relatively wide range of political views and that is why Plaut had to resort to this Holocaust mechanism to try to shut me down," Gordon said. [8]

Commenting on the verdict, Plaut said: "Because it will go to appeal, I prefer not to go into detail about it. I will just say that the judgment amounts to selective protection of freedom of speech in Israel, under which the most outrageous and even illegal behavior and statements made by anti-Israel extremists is always protected speech while denunciation of the public political activities and behavior of such people is deemed 'libel. '" [9] While Plaut never claimed Gordon himself was a Holocaust Denier, merely a fan of Holocaust Deniers, a few other writers and newspapers have claimed that Gordon himself is indeed a Holocaust Denier, such as the Jewish Voice and Opinion[[10]]. Judge Naddaf stated in her ruling that an informed discussion of the political uses made of the historical memory of the Holocaust neither denies its factual basis nor diminishes its horrifying nature in any way. Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz defended Plaut and denounced Gordon as a friend of neo-nazis and anti-Semites, and also denounced Gordon's judge and her verdict Dershowitz defends Plaut, adding "if Finkelstein and Gordon aren't themselves explicitly neo-Nazi, they're at least very highly regarded by those who are - and for good reason. "

Besides Dershowitz, other publicists criticized the decision. Caroline Glick argued that this was one of a growing number of attempts by anti-democratic judges in Israel to suppress freedom of speech [11]. Caroline Glick is an American - Israeli Journalist and is the deputy Managing editor of The Jerusalem Post. The Jerusalem Post's Jonathan Rosenblum [12] criticized the verdict as interfering with the freedom of speech. Gordon responded to Dershowitz's charges in an article titled "Anti-Semitism? Mr. Dershowitz, You Just Don't Like What I Say". In the article, Gordon attributes Dershowitz's attack on him to Gordon's critical but supportive review of Norman Finkelstein's book Beyond Chutzpah, in which Dershowitz was charged with being a plagiarist and a liar. Gordon asserts that Dershowitz was embarrassed by this criticism and was attacking Gordon - in connection with the Plaut case - with the use of lies and distortions.

Gordon added: "Despite the ruthless efforts to ruin my good name, the Israeli court has had its say. It found Plaut guilty of libel. Now, in the aftermath of this case, allowing his personal vendetta to blur his legal judgment, Dershowitz shamelessly attacks the judge's verdict. This lack of judgment is apparent when the Harvard professor calls me names and concludes with a cheap dare that I sue him, instead of rising to the academic challenge of proving that he did not "lift" information from others. Unlike Dershowitz, however, when choosing between truth or dare I always side with truth. " [13]

External links

• Blog Commentaries on the current events in Israel
• Old Blog Archive of Previous commentaries
• No Holds Barred: A Frank Conversation With Steven Plaut Interview with Jason Maoz, Senior Editor, The Jewish Press (December 31, 2002)
• Jewish Press columns Articles for The Jewish Press
• FrontPage columns Articles for FrontPageMag.com
• OpinioNet columns Older collection of articles
• U.S.-born professor guilty of libeling colleague, Haaretz, 10 June 2006
• Israeli Court Finds US-Born, Mad-Dog Prof Guilty of Libeling CounterPuncher Neve Gordon: Judge Nails "Holocaust-Denier" Smear, CounterPunch, June 10 / 11, 2006
• [14] Neve Gordon, "Anti-Semitism? You just don't like what I say", Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2006
• [15] Steven Plaut, "DePaul's Moment of Truth", American Thinker, October 5, 2006