Jews try to destroy anyone who tells the truth, even other Jews!

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/05/america/NA-GEN-US-Controversial-Professor.php

Embattled US professor who accused Jews of using Holocaust to stifle

criticism agrees to resign

The Associated Press

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

CHICAGO: A Chicago university professor who has drawn criticism for

accusing some Jews of improperly using the legacy of the Holocaust

agreed Wednesday to resign immediately "for everybody's sake."

DePaul University officials and political science professor Norman

Finkelstein issued a joint statement announcing the resignation, which

came as about a hundred protesters gathered outside the dean's office

to support him.

Finkelstein, who is the son of Holocaust survivors, was denied tenure

in June after spending six years on DePaul's faculty. His remaining

class was cut by DePaul last month.

His most recent book, "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism

and the Abuse of History," is largely an attack on Harvard law

professor Alan Dershowitz's "The Case for Israel." In his book,

Finkelstein argues that Israel uses perceived anti-Semitism as a

weapon to stifle criticism.

Dershowitz, who threatened to sue Finkelstein's publisher for libel,

urged DePaul officials to reject Finkelstein's tenure bid.

Finkelstein said in the statement that he believes the tenure decision

was "tainted" by external pressures, but praised the university's

"honorable role of providing a scholarly haven for me the past six

years."

The school denied that outside parties influenced the decision to deny

Finkelstein tenure. The school's portion of the statement called

Finkelstein "a prolific scholar and an outstanding teacher."

Finkelstein called that acknowledgment the most important part of the

statement.

"I felt finally I had gotten what was my due and that maybe it was

time, for everybody's sake, that I move on," he said at a news

conference that followed a morning rally staged by students and

faculty who carried signs and chanted "stop the witch hunt."

Finkelstein said "DePaul students rose to dazzling spiritual heights

in my defense that should be the envy of and an example for every

university in the United States."

The professor would not discuss financial terms of the resignation

agreement, which he said was confidential, but noted that it does not

bar him from speaking out about issues that concern him, including

"the unfairness of the tenure process."

He also said he does not know what he will do next, but came to

realize before Wednesday "that the atmosphere had become so poisoned

that it was virtually impossible for me to carry on at DePaul."

"The least I could hope for is to leave DePaul with my head up high

and my reputation intact."

Dershowitz was critical of the school. "DePaul looks like they caved

into pressure," he said in a telephone interview. "The idea of

describing him as a scholar trades truth for convenience. He's a man

who is a propagandist and is not a scholar."

Still, Dershowitz said, "I'm happy he's out of academia. Let him do

his ranting on street corners."

Jesus too?

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> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/05/america/NA-GEN-US-Controversial-Professor.php

>

> Embattled US professor who accused Jews of using Holocaust to stifle

> criticism agrees to resign

>

> The Associated Press

> Wednesday, September 5, 2007

> CHICAGO: A Chicago university professor who has drawn criticism for

> accusing some Jews of improperly using the legacy of the Holocaust

> agreed Wednesday to resign immediately "for everybody's sake."

>

> DePaul University officials and political science professor Norman

> Finkelstein issued a joint statement announcing the resignation, which

> came as about a hundred protesters gathered outside the dean's office

> to support him.

>

> Finkelstein, who is the son of Holocaust survivors, was denied tenure

> in June after spending six years on DePaul's faculty. His remaining

> class was cut by DePaul last month.

>

> His most recent book, "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism

> and the Abuse of History," is largely an attack on Harvard law

> professor Alan Dershowitz's "The Case for Israel." In his book,

> Finkelstein argues that Israel uses perceived anti-Semitism as a

> weapon to stifle criticism.

>

> Dershowitz, who threatened to sue Finkelstein's publisher for libel,

> urged DePaul officials to reject Finkelstein's tenure bid.

>

> Finkelstein said in the statement that he believes the tenure decision

> was "tainted" by external pressures, but praised the university's

> "honorable role of providing a scholarly haven for me the past six

> years."

>

> The school denied that outside parties influenced the decision to deny

> Finkelstein tenure. The school's portion of the statement called

> Finkelstein "a prolific scholar and an outstanding teacher."

>

> Finkelstein called that acknowledgment the most important part of the

> statement.

>

> "I felt finally I had gotten what was my due and that maybe it was

> time, for everybody's sake, that I move on," he said at a news

> conference that followed a morning rally staged by students and

> faculty who carried signs and chanted "stop the witch hunt."

>

> Finkelstein said "DePaul students rose to dazzling spiritual heights

> in my defense that should be the envy of and an example for every

> university in the United States."

>

> The professor would not discuss financial terms of the resignation

> agreement, which he said was confidential, but noted that it does not

> bar him from speaking out about issues that concern him, including

> "the unfairness of the tenure process."

>

> He also said he does not know what he will do next, but came to

> realize before Wednesday "that the atmosphere had become so poisoned

> that it was virtually impossible for me to carry on at DePaul."

>

> "The least I could hope for is to leave DePaul with my head up high

> and my reputation intact."

>

> Dershowitz was critical of the school. "DePaul looks like they caved

> into pressure," he said in a telephone interview. "The idea of

> describing him as a scholar trades truth for convenience. He's a man

> who is a propagandist and is not a scholar."

>

> Still, Dershowitz said, "I'm happy he's out of academia. Let him do

> his ranting on street corners."

>