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Norman Finkelstein cites Israeli historian Benny Morris as an example of someone who agrees with Jimmy Carter's apartheid analogy. Morris makes clear that this is not true, describing Finkelstein as "a notorious distorter of facts."</small></blockquote></ref>
 
Norman Finkelstein cites Israeli historian Benny Morris as an example of someone who agrees with Jimmy Carter's apartheid analogy. Morris makes clear that this is not true, describing Finkelstein as "a notorious distorter of facts."</small></blockquote></ref>
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In line with his overall twisted views, he is also the author of  ''The Holocaust Industry'', a book which attacks some [[Jewish]] institutions for allegedly seeking to profit from the [[Holocaust]]. While not [[Holocaust denial|denying that the Holocaust took place]], Finkelstein's views have led some to accuse him of [[anti-semitism]] and Holocaust denial, although Finkelstein's parents are Holocaust survivors.  
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In line with his overall twisted views, he is also the author of  ''The Holocaust Industry'', a book which attacks some [[Jewish]] institutions for allegedly seeking to profit from the [[Holocaust]]. While not [[Holocaust denial|denying that the Holocaust took place]], Finkelstein's views have led some to accuse him (because of this and other expressions) of [[anti-semitism]] and Holocaust denial, although Finkelstein's parents are Holocaust survivors.  
    
He was an assistant professor of [[political science]] at [[DePaul University]] until they denied him tenure in 2007, due to "unprofessional personal attacks [which] divert the conversation away from consideration of ideas, and polarize and simplify conversations that deserve layered and subtle consideration." <ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Professor-Tenure.php U.S. university denies tenure to professor who questioned Holocaust compensation]</ref>  
 
He was an assistant professor of [[political science]] at [[DePaul University]] until they denied him tenure in 2007, due to "unprofessional personal attacks [which] divert the conversation away from consideration of ideas, and polarize and simplify conversations that deserve layered and subtle consideration." <ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Professor-Tenure.php U.S. university denies tenure to professor who questioned Holocaust compensation]</ref>  
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[[Category:Political Scientists]]
   
[[Category:Liberal Activists]]
 
[[Category:Liberal Activists]]
  
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