The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Israel takes on the greatest threats faced by Israel today
Who are Israel's most dangerous enemies? Not Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists, argues Alan Dershowitz. In this passionate and powerfully written new book, he challenges those he considers to be the most critical threat to the existence of Israel, including Jimmy Carter and other Western leaders who would delegitimize Israel as an apartheid regime subject to the same fate as white South Africans; Israel's academic enemies, led by professors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, who would accuse Israel's supporters of dual loyalty--or even disloyalty--to America; certain religious groups, such as the Presbyterian Church, which would divest from Israel--and Israel alone--for its alleged human rights violations; and Iran, led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which threatens Israel with the possible development of nuclear weapons that it has publicly warned it could use against the Jewish state.
At a time when the future existence of Israel is increasingly imperiled, Dershowitz persuasively demonstrates that these enemies of Israel are also enemies of peace, who imperil not only Israel but the rest of the world. With this book, he changes both the tone and focus of the debate about the country's adversaries. Dershowitz is at his outspoken, thought-provoking best in a book that will spark controversy and lively discussion across the entire spectrum of opinion on the Middle East.
Alan Dershowitz (Cambridge, MA), the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, is one of the country's foremost appellate lawyers and a distinguished defender of individual liberties. He appears frequently on television and has contributed articles to the New York Times and other newspapers and magazines. His many books include the New York Times bestsellers The Case for Israel (978-0-471-67952-3) and Chutzpah (978-0-671-76089-2) as well as Blasphemy (978-0-470-08455-7), The Case for Peace (978-0-470-04585-5), Preemption (978-0-393-32934-6) and Finding Jefferson (978-0-470-16711-3).
