On Monday April 13, Dr. Norman Finkelstein addressed a standing room only crowd at Chico State University auditorium concerning the recent violence in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory inside of Israel. After giving a brief background of his Jewish parent's anti-war beliefs and actions in New York, and their influence on his current views opposing Zionist Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinians, Dr. Finkelstein gave background on Israel's early wars against Palestinians and Egypt during 1967.

He then discussed the process of events leading to the escalation of recent (11/08) violence between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces starting with the IDF assassinations of six members of Hamas during the U.S. election days of Nov. 4/5, making sure the media was distracted enough to avoid discussing this event.The predictable response to the IDF assassination was for Hamas fighters to launch rocket attacks inside Israel, responding to this and other provocations by Israeli policies, including the food blockade and constant humiliation of Israeli police searches on everyday Palestinians. Read more |

US academic Norman Finkelstein denied entry to Israel | Norman Finkelstein official site |