Date
31/05/2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
London
http://www.conwayhall.org.uk/old-wine-broken-bottle-norman-finkelsteins-book-launch
Jews for Justice for Palestinians presents
London Launch of Norman Finkelstein’s latest book: “Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land”
Start: 6.30pm for a 7pm start. End: 10pm.
Norman Finkelstein is a strong speaker celebrated for his brilliant demolitions of Zionist propaganda and full-tilt attacks on the American Israel Lobby.
His new book is a take-down of Ari Shavit’s “My Promised Land”, which he finds is an attempt to repackage Zionist propaganda and win back Diaspora Jews. “Old Wine, Broken Bottle” is a devastating and very entertaining critique that concludes that Shavit will not succeed, and that a broad-based mass movement is now growing that can pressure the Israeli government to withdraw to the 1967 borders.
But Finkelstein is nothing if not controversial: having defied the Zionist establishment, he now stands apart from the mainstream of Palestine solidarity by denouncing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement as a marginal “cult”. His vehement insistence on the Two State Solution has also been widely challenged.
Professor Finkelstein will open with a conversation with JfJfP signatory Stephen Marks. Then fans and critics alike can put their own questions to him. All are welcome.
Expect a bumpy ride!
Tickets: Free event, but please help towards costs: £3 donation suggested at the door