Finkelstein fallout

I never heard of Francis A. Boyle, a law professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, but he's a big supporter of Norman G. Finkelstein--scroll down for more on him.

Here's a letter to the editor to the Palestine Chronicle from Professor Boyle:

I think I have read almost every book Professor Norman Finkelstein has written. He is on my "automatic buy" list along with Noam Chomsky and a handful of others. Professor Finkelstein is an outstanding scholar who has had and will continue to have a momentous impact on Middle East Studies.

It is a disgrace that DePaul University--which purports to be Catholic--succumbed to political pressure and inflicted this grave injustice upon Professor Finkelstein at the behest of Alan Derhsowitz and his Neo-Conservative confederates.

As for Dershowitz, he is a self-incriminated war criminal who publicly admitted that he serves on a Mossad Committee that authorizes the murder and assassination of Palestinians, which constitutes a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions and thus a serious war crime. Dershowitz is also infamous around the world for being this country's foremost advocate for torture.

In my opinion it is Professor Finkelstein who far better represents the real values and ethos of the Jewish People. In any event, it is a shame that the University named after St. Vincent DePaul has allied itself with Dershowitz against the courageous Norman Finkelstein. Unlike Dershowitz, Professor Finkelstein has always spoken the Truth to those in Power. By comparison, Dershowitz is nothing more than an Errand Boy for those in Power. But as St. Vincent DePaul University should have understood: "You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free!"

And this man, Professor Boyle, teaches future lawyers the law.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is where Bill Ayers, former Weather Undeground terrorist, is a professor.

Just west of the UIC campus is the Illini Center, where the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign runs an MBA program. Here are my posts on the military scholarship scandal there:

Broken promises: How "jarheads" got shunted aside at the University of Illinois: A Marathon Pundit series

Marathon Pundit Exclusive: What happened behind the scenes of the University of Illinois veteran scholarship scandal

University of Illinois: "Hookers are Praised as Soldiers" –Marathon Pundit's Third Investigative Report

And finally, friend-of-the-blog Dr. Steven Plaut offers career advice to Professor Finkelstein.

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