Carter Refuses to Debate Dershowitz

Egypt is Israels homeland the same way that the US is blacks homeland.

Okay....and? What does that have to do with Israel & palestinians?

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Egypt is Israels homeland the same way that the US is blacks homeland.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Okay....and? What does that have to do with Israel & palestinians?

precisely

If you go by the Old Testament, the Israelites arrived where they are now after a long series of divinely ordained events. It's on that basis that the current claim is made...

The story of the Babylonian captivity (2 Kings 24:13-16 and 25:8-21) - After Jehoiachim's surrender, Nebuchadnezzar deports everyone of any worth to Babylon, including the army, the people of Jerusalem, nobles, and craftsmen, as well as the treasures of Jerusalem. Once Zedekiah's later rebellion is suppressed, Nebudchadnezzar sends Nebuzaradan to Jerusalem, where he burns down the temple, palace, houses, and walls, and deports the treasures of the temple, and the population (excepting some of the poor), to Babylon. The two highest priests of the temple, a scribe, a courtiers, five personal servants to Zedekiah, and 60 people remaining in Jerusalem, are taken to Nebudchadnezzar and killed.
The story of Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:22-26) - The few people remaining in Judah are put under the command of Gedaliah, who promises the commanders of the army of Judah that they will not be harmed as long as they remain loyal to Babylon. However, one of the commanders, of royal descent, conspires against Gedaliah, and has him killed, but the people are so afraid of what Nebuchadnezzar's reaction might be, that almost the entire population of Judah flee to Egypt.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Egypt is Israels homeland the same way that the US is blacks homeland.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Okay....and? What does that have to do with Israel & palestinians?

precisely

So. This means the USA is giving control back to the Indians?

Will there be a fence?

ehBeth wrote:

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Egypt is Israels homeland the same way that the US is blacks homeland.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Okay....and? What does that have to do with Israel & palestinians?

precisely

So. This means the USA is giving control back to the Indians?

Will there be a fence?

dlowan wrote:

So. This means the USA is giving control back to the Indians?

Will there be a fence?

And Austalia to the Aboriginies.

II'm not a fan of Dershowitzs' either, he's too full of himself, & too liberal, IMO, however, if carter is sure of himself & his attack on Israel with this book, I don't understand why he won't debate him,

Born in Brooklyn, Professor Alan Dershowitz graduated from Brooklyn College and Yale Law School. At Yale he graduated first in his class and served as editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Review. After clerking for Chief Judge David Freslin (sp?) and Justice Arthur Goldberg, he was appointed to the Harvard Law faculty at age 25 (there wasn't even time for you to join a mid-career program here at the school) and he became a full professor at 28, the youngest in the school's history. When not teaching students he found time to be one of the country's most accomplished defense lawyers and authored over 20 books. His latest, The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Solved, has received favorable reviews from former President Bill Clinton and Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross. At Harvard Law School, where he is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Professor Dershowitz teaches courses in criminal law; constitutional litigation; civil liberties; and violence, legal ethics and human rights.

FreeDuck is reading it now. I've got it on order at the neighborhood library and will be reading it when I'm next in line. I can't afford to buy hardback books at the moment. If it comes out in paperback before I get a chance at the hardback, I may buy it if the price is reasonable.

I haven't read his book, but then I haven't read any other books that are anti-Israel either.

Butrflynet wrote:

FreeDuck is reading it now. I've got it on order at the neighborhood library and will be reading it when I'm next in line. I can't afford to buy hardback books at the moment. If it comes out in paperback before I get a chance at the hardback, I may buy it if the price is reasonable.

Let me know what you think of it if you wouldn't mind.

Will you be reading it also? It would be great to have a discussion of the book with those reading it. We'll revive the A2K bookclub.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

II'm not a fan of Dershowitzs' either, he's too full of himself, & too liberal, IMO, however, if carter is sure of himself & his attack on Israel with this book, I don't understand why he won't debate him,

Why should he? It's a free country and Carter can write anything he wants. You, me and Alan Dershowitz are all free to read it or not. as we wish.

Who appointed Dershowitz as the nation's book critic? Carter is a former President, and he negotiated the one positive step Israel and her neighbors have taken towards peace. Dershowitz is a self-promoter and a loudmouthed pipsqueak with no particular qualifications on the subject apart from his own beliefs.