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NEWS ABOUT: Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz stories: 6 news summaries
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Don't 'Blackmail' Israel Into Peace Talks Over Iran: Dershowitz

Deal with nukes, then engage with Palestine

May 9, 09 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clip Iran's nuclear claws first, then press for peace between Israel and Palestine—not the other way around, Alan Dershowitz argues in the New York Post. Reacting to a recent report, Dershowitz says Rahm Emanuel has it backward in putting Israeli-Palestinian talks before negotiations that could denuclearize Iran. "The... More »

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Iran • Alan Dershowitz • Israel and Palestinians • Rahm Emanuel • Mideast peace • Mideast peace talks

(Newser) - White powder mailed to executives of the Wall Street Journal and to Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz is harmless, authorities say. Authorities have no suspects or motive, but the Journal notes that Dershowitz wrote an essay for the paper earlier this month defending Israel's assault on Gaza. The Journal got a... More »

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terrorism • Wall Street Journal • Alan Dershowitz • threats • mail • Harvard • anthrax

OPINION

She Shouldn't Stand by Him

Spitzer takes backlash for taking wife along; reactions run along gender lines

Mar 12, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is going up in flames, but Americans are wondering why his wife has to go with him:
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to angry people on the street, including one divorcee who insists, “She should’ve said, ‘This is your fight. ... You stand there and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • prostitution • Bill O'Reilly • James McGreevy • Bill Clinton • Alan Dershowitz • Meredith Vieira • Eliot Spitzer • adultery • James Carville • Monica Lewinsky • Tucker Carlson • Kwame Kilpatrick • Silda Wall Spitzer • Linda R. Hirshman • Dr. Laura Schlessinger • Dina Matos McGreevey • Hendrik Hertzberg • Joe Scarborough • Mike Barnicle • William Bennett

Obama Finds Advice Can
Carry a Price

Brzezinski raises hackles in pro-Israel circles

Sep 12, 07 11:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may get foreign policy credit for traveling with Zbigniew Brzezinski, but having the Carter-era hand to hold won’t help with Israel boosters. The former national security adviser’s in the doghouse after defending the authors of an article that claimed the “Israel Lobby” has outsize influence... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Alan Dershowitz • Zbigniew Brezinski • AIPAC • bigotry • Election 2008

Prosecutor Pushes for Quick Action on Libby

Fitzgerald urges judge to rule against
release pending appeal

Jun 12, 07 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The prosecutor in the Scooter Libby case wants the judge to send the vice president's ex-chief of staff to prison sooner rather than later. Arguing that the chance of an appeals court overturning the conviction is "at best, remote," Patrick Fitzgerald filed documents today calling for Libby's 30-month... More »

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Patrick Fitzgerald • CIA leak investigation • Reggie Walton • Alan Dershowitz • Robert Bork • Lewis Scooter Libby

Holocaust
Critic Loses Tenure Bid

University cuts controversial Finkelstein loose

Jun 12, 07 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polarizing poli-sci scholar Norman Finkelstein has been refused tenure at DePaul University in Chicago. The school's president said that Finkelstein, a virulent critic of Israel who's been accused of anti-Semitism for his remarks on the Holocaust, stirred too much controversy and ill will for the nation's largest Catholic University. More »

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Holocaust • higher education • Norman Finkelstein • Alan Dershowitz • DePaul University • anti-Semitism

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