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Amazon touts anti-Israeli views,

Postby sheila19624 » Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:15 pm

On July 4, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict. On May 30, Amazon similarly advertised Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. I have never received any other ad from Amazon.

On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now available for download from www.samsonblinded.info . Google earlier banned advertising of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content." Shoher, indeed, is pro-Israeli, yet realistic and critical of Israeli policies.

Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing in favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient questions and gives honest answers. Amazon does not like that. Anti-Semitic lampoons by Norman Finkelstein are more to Amazon's taste.
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Postby Sotos » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:50 am

So what you say is that Amazon is anti-semitic?? I am confused from your post. Maybe because I don't know any of those authors! But when you have a book called " Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict" you should expect it that it will be very critical of Israel don't you think? ;)
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Postby andri_cy » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:13 pm

I sure would hope you would be realistic enough to expect some criticism on that, yes.
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