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Saw the edit+revert regarding Dershowitz contributing to Penthouse. You can use Dershowitz's site as a source for his Justice series. Sean.hoyland - talk 08:01, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Mid East Expert

We should add that to the lead Dershowitz has written several books and has debunked ennemies of Israel like Chomsky and Carter.Unicorn76 (talk) 21:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Why should we add that? What are your sources? RolandR (talk) 22:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

If you read the main page, description in exposing Carter and Chomsky plus the two books in the bibliography that should be sufficent.Unicorn76 (talk) 23:23, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

"enemies of Israel"...please stop adding offensive nonsense about living people to talk pages. Sean.hoyland - talk 02:47, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

separate from insulting Chomsky and Carter, should Mid East expert be added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unicorn76 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Would you care to explain that request? I don't understand what you are saying. RolandR (talk) 21:39, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

For some reason Sinebot removed my answer. Dershowitz has written books on the subject and is a frequent contribotor and speaker on the Mid East.Unicorn76 (talk) 08:31, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Sinebot has removed nothing. It only signs unsigned contributions. I too have written books on the subject, and am a frequent speaker and contributor on the Middle East. Does this make me a notable source? RolandR (talk) 08:58, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Well as I have no idea who you are, I can't really say can I? But we are talking about Alan Dershowitz.Unicorn76 (talk) 12:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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I'm trying to tighten the article as it seems to want to mention everything he has ever said, or had said about him. In particular I can't see the significance of the Chomsky section, so I'm moving it here.

In 1972, Dershowitz commented on a civil case involving Israel Shahak (1933–2001), then president of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights, who was critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinians. Shahak was in the process of challenging election results for the chairmanship of the Israeli League in a civil action. Dershowitz said that Judge Lovenburg, the judge presiding in Shahak's civil suit, had ruled that Shahak was properly unseated. In response, Noam Chomsky argued that the court had ruled that the elections had not been held properly, that no conclusions or actions were to be drawn from it, and that Shahak and his colleagues were to continue to function as "those who now direct" the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights. The dispute fueled personal animosity between Dershowitz and Chomsky for over 35 years, both of them outspoken academics holding opposite positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Dershowitz, Alan M. "Guest Column: Chomsky's Immoral Divestiture Petition", The Tech May 10, 2002, accessed October 28, 2006.
- Also see Chomsky, Noam. Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians. Black Rose Books, 1999, pp. 142–143.
Barsky, Robert F. "Provoking Ire," in Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. MIT Press, 1997.

SlimVirgin 22:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

SlimVirgin, you have removed much more than that from the article, including topics that have been the subject of Dershowitz' best selling books. You have also left no edit summaries for many of your blankings. I have reverted to the long-standing consensus version. Tijfo098 (talk) 17:22, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm going to restore my changes, Tijo. The article is a mess. It's poorly written, poorly sourced, laboured, and there are lots of dead links and inconsistent formatting. Please bear in mind that it's a BLP. If you want to discuss restoring something, by all means post the details here, but please allow me to continue the process of fixing it up. SlimVirgin 17:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm fine with your copyediting, but more undiscussed blankings of large swaths of sourced material will be reverted. Tijfo098 (talk) 17:41, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

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