Solidarity: Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel, Palestine and the Occupied Territories

The Seperation Wall.

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TheRealNews on Mar 2, 2020

The documentary “Solidarity: Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel, Palestine and the Occupied Territories” debunks the myths that lie at the center of the injustice in the region. We discuss the film with its director, Bob Peck.

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Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein: Life in Unlivable Gaza

Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein: Life in Unlivable Gaza

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with Chris Hedges

RT America on June 16, 2018

Norman Finkelstein, scholar and author of Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, discusses Gaza, its people, and its future.

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Norman Finkelstein: Israel’s Murderous Assault on Nonviolent Protesters in Gaza + Israeli Forces Kill 55 as Palestinians Protest US Embassy Opening (updated)

Norman Finkelstein: Israel's Murderous Assault on Nonviolent Protesters in Gaza + Israeli Forces Kill 44 as Palestinians Protest US Embassy Opening

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TheRealNews on May 11, 2018

Norman Finkelstein says Israeli forces have conducted “a murderous assault on nonviolent protesters” in Gaza’s Great March of Return, because peaceful Palestinian protest threatens not Israel, but its occupation.

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David Swanson and Norman Finkelstein: Gaza Finds Nonviolence + Ali Abunimah: Israel Massacres Unarmed Gaza Protesters Again

David Swanson and Norman Finkelstein: Gaza Finds Nonviolence + Ali Abunimah: Israel Massacres Unarmed Gaza Protesters Again

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April 10, 2018

Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, including The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, most recently, Gaza: An inquest into its martyrdom. His books include What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage.

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Norman Finkelstein: Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

Free Gaza

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TheRealNews on Jan 7, 2018

In his groundbreaking new book Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, Norman Finkelstein argues that Israel, with U.S. backing, has caused a “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza, and that international human rights groups have failed to uphold justice for its besieged people.

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Norman Finkelstein: Six-Day War, 50-Year Occupation: What Really Happened in June 1967? Parts 1-3

Free Palestine - End Israeli Occupation

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with Norman Finkelstein

TheRealNews on Jun 3, 2017

In the first of an extended three-part interview on the 50th anniversary of the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war, author and scholar Norman Finkelstein debunks the enduring myths surrounding that historic confrontation — myths that have sustained​ the ensuing Israeli ​occupation of Palestinian lands​.

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Noam Chomsky: Knowledge and Power (featuring Norman Finkelstein)

Conferencia magistral de Noam Chomsky - - Foro Internacional por la Emancipación y la Igualdad

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with Noam Chomsky

Al Jazeera English on Oct 15, 2015

An in-depth look at the work and views of the man described as ‘one of the greatest minds in human history’.

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Norman Finkelstein: Stabbings in West Bank Mean Despair + Third Intifada Goal is to End Illegal Gaza Siege

Massive DC Rally And March For Gaza 65

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Finkelstein: Stabbings in West Bank mean despair, First Intifada started same way (P.1)

RT on Oct 18, 2015

RT discusses the new outbreak of violence in the West Bank with American political scientist Norman Finkelstein.

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The Making of Norman Finkelstein

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Norman Finkelstein giving a talk at Suffolk University in Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Is Israel Unfairly Held to a Higher Standard? Norman Finkelstein on Reality Asserts Itself (1/8)

TheRealNews on Dec 24, 2014

Norman Finkelstein and Paul Jay discuss a full page ad in the NYT that says Israel is condemned by liberals for human rights violations while it defends gay rights, and less is said about the persecution of gays by Iran, Hamas and ISIS

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Norman Finkelstein: How to Solve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Part 1 of 3: Possibility

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Norman Finkelstein: Everybody agrees the Israeli blockade of Gaza is illegal under international law

Massacre is NOT SELF-DEFENSE!!

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with Norman Finkelstein

on Mar 20, 2012

Researched, Produced and Directed by Abir Alsayed

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Norman Finkelstein in conversation with Chris Hedges: Israel and Palestine

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Dec. 14, 2011

Note: replaced the videos July 22, 2012.

“There’s room for everyone at the rendezvous of victory.” — Aimè Cèsaire, Caribbean poet

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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (2009)

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Norman Finkelstein giving a talk at Suffolk University in Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

American Radical is the probing, definitive documentary about Jewish-American political scientist Norman Finkelstein. A devoted son of holocaust survivors, an ardent critic of Israel and US Middle East policy, Finkelstein has been steadfast at the centre of many intractable controversies, including his denial of tenure at DePaul University. Called a lunatic and self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational street-fighting revolutionary by others, Finkelstein is a deeply polarising figure. From Beirut to Kyoto, the filmmakers follow Finkelstein around the world as he attempts to negotiate a voice among both supporters and critics.

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Norman Finkelstein: “Israel used an insane amount of firepower in Gaza”

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Norman Finkelstein speaks at the University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 25, 2011

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SDS Presents Dr. Norman Finkelstein: The Israel-Palestine conflict (2008)

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Norman Finkelstein giving a talk at Suffolk University in Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Dr. Norman Finkelstein discusses the Israel-Palestine conflict. Recorded at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on 04/25/08. Sponsored by Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society.

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