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(repost from 2008) by Alan M. Dershowitz As Israel celebrates its [61st] birthday, the world should recognize the enormous gifts the Jewish state has given the world. Israel has exported more lifesaving medical technology to the far-flung corners of the earth than any nation of comparable size. It has done more to protect the environment, to promote literature, music, the arts and sciences, to spread agricultural advances and to fight terrorism within the rule of law. Israel has created a legal system that is the envy of the world, with a Supreme Court that is open to all with few, if any, restrictions on its jurisdiction. As America's most liberal Supreme Court Justice William Brennan observed when he visited Israel in 1988: "It may well be Israel, not the United States, that provides the best hope for building a jurisprudence that can protect civil liberties against the demands of national security. For it is Israel that has been facing real and serious threats to its securi...

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, SAQUATCH, the HOLOCAUST & AHMAHeadUpMyArse I always love Alan Dershowitz. His writing is right on point. I hate to give AhmaHeadUpHisArse anymore bandwith but exploding his B.S. must be done - to that I will give all the bandwith it takes. Particularly that crap about the Palestinians had nothing to do with the Holocaust. I talk to abusers every week who try to feed me their version of reality. I can tell you its very hard not to laugh in their faces. But I don't because these people are dangerously invested in making sure their version of reality is unchallenged and untouched. I've heard some pretty bizarre claims & twisted truth including some bending of the time-space continuum. Kudos to Mr. Dershowitz for challenging and exploding this dangerous lies. Double Standard Watch: Ahmadinejad Holocaust’s Myths by Alan Dershowitz In his speeches, most especially the one at Columbia University, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeats two myths about the Hol...

YOU MEAN, I'M NOT THE ONLY PRO-ISRAEL LEFTY? I actually read this in THE FORWARD with some relief. I knew of only one other left learning Jew who is also pro-Israel. Herewith, the letter, answered by the inestimable Alan Dershowitz: Dear Prof. Dershowitz, I am a very politically liberal Jew. However, I find great discomfort with liberal activist organizations when it comes to Israel. Their messages are frequently strident and are often indistinguishable between being anti-Israel and antisemitic . Equally problematic is finding myself in the camp of the neo-cons and other right-wing groups in their support of Israel. Is there no place for a liberal Jew who supports Israel? LONELY LIBERAL Alan Dershowitz replies: I, too, am a politically liberal Jew who supports Israel, though I am critical of some of its policies (as I am of some policies of every country). You are absolutely right that the hard left has made it politically incorrect to show any support for Israel. Indee...

LEADERS OF FAITH by Alan Dershowitz Audience member: “And I want my testimony to read that I voted for a man who stands for the lord Jesus Christ. And you sir, you’re a pretender. You do not know the lord. You’re a Mormon.” Romney: “One of the great things about this great land is we have people of different faiths and different persuasions. And I’m convinced that the nation does need to have people of different faiths, but we need to have a person of faith lead the country.” (Emphasis added.) Mitt Romney on CNN 02/19/07 ~~~~ Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has himself been a victim of bigotry because of his religion, engaged in a bit of religious bigotry himself recently. In the process, he also indicated that he does not believe in Article 6 of the United States Constitution, which declares that “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office…under the United States.” Romney said he would impose such a test. He declared that “we need to have...