Beyond chutzpah : on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history / Norman G. Finkelstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. From Jesus Christ superstar to The passion of the Christ -- 2. Israel : the "Jew among nations" -- 3. Crying wolf -- 4. Impurity of arms -- 5. Three in the back of the head -- 6. Israel's Abu Ghraib -- 7. Return of the vandals -- 8. Blight unto the nations -- 9. High court takes the low road -- App. I. Of crimes and misdemeanors -- App. II. History of the Israel-Palestine conflict -- App. III. Peace process. Note5201 "In this sequel to his international bestseller The Holocaust Industry, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an iconoclastic interrogation of the new anti-Semitism to a meticulously researched expose of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel-Palestine conflict." "Bringing to bear the latest findings and recasting the scholarly debate, Finkelstein points to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record. Why, then, does so much controversy swirl around the conflict? Finkelstein's answer, copiously documented, is that apologists for Israel contrive controversy. Whenever Israel comes under international pressure, another media campaign alleging a global outbreak of anti-Semitism is mounted." "Finkelstein also scrutinizes the spread of distortions masquerading as history. Recalling Joan Peters's book From Time Immemorial, published to great fanfare in 1984 but subsequently exposed as an academic hoax, he asks deeply troubling questions here about the periodic reappearance of spurious scholarship and the uncritical acclaim it receives."--BOOK JACKET.