having just come from an emotional meeting of the Supreme Soviet at which he had sought emergency powers to confront the ongoing crisis. I introduced myself to him as he was eating dinner and we had a lengthy conversation in which I asked h...
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this was not the first such invitation I had extended to a head of state. In 1990
I would like to congratulate the Globes Conference for its foresight in inviting Alan Dershowitz and I would like to say to Alan. Israel has no greater champion and the truth has no greater defender than Alan Dershowitz.”
Bibi spent a few minutes with us and then invited me to his private office for a confidential meeting. He explained that this was one of the most secure locations in the world and that anything I told him would never leave the room. He then...
our daughter and I stood outside of the King David Hotel trying to hail a cab
he invited me to his office on a Friday afternoon.
but I suspect it will be relevant whenever my obituary appears. That’s ok—as long as I get the last word!
but I was not an uncritical advocate for the Jewish state. To the contrary
but I had a policy throughout my life of setting the record straight with regard to things written about me
as were the earlier changes. I have done nothing different. It is the world around me that has changed with regard to Israel
I was always known as a liberal Democrat aligned politically with the likes of Senator Ted Kennedy
especially regarding settlements.) This has earned me the title of “the Jewish State’s lead attorney in the court of public opinion” and “America’s most public Jewish defender.” It has also earned me the title of “Ziofascist
I felt a real crisis of conscience. I couldn't disprove his arguments or find facts to respond to them with. I didn't know what to believe. I'd blindly followed for so long
but I picked up a copy of Alan Dershowitz's The Case for Israel.
casual antisemitism around me. My father would boast of how Adolf Hitler was a hero
set to the backdrop of Arabic melodies about Jihad and speeches of Hizbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah or Osama Bin Laden.
painting Jews as usurpers and murderers. My views were reinforced when I attended Nakba Day rallies where speakers predicted Israel's demise.
in which I criticized both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict for not doing enough to bring about a compromise peace. Instead
and it was inevitable that it would cross the line into old fashioned and crude anti-Semitism
when we were beyond the range of violence. The intimidation had succeeded. I had been silenced