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FINKELSTEIN TO SPEAK IN CONNECTICUT

April 8, 2019

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Middle East Lecture Series presents

NORMAN FINKELSTEIN

on

Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

Norman G. Finkelstein is a world renowned scholar on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. He received his PhD from the Princeton University in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, most recently, “GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom.”​[University of California, 2018]. He will speak on the appalling suffering inflicted on the people of Gaza by Israel and the role of the Trump administration

His other acclaimed books that will be available at the talk include:

Method and Madness: the hidden story of Israel’s assaults on Gaza (2014)

Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish romance with Israel is coming to an end (2012)

What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (2012)

Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, expanded paperback edition, 2008)

Dr. Finkelstein writes regularly on issues related to the struggle for freedom with justice in Palestine and the Middle East. He is frequently interviewed on TV and speaks around the country on topics including the U.S role in various conflicts, Non-violence for effecting peaceful change and politics internal to the U.S as related to Israel/Palestine.

Where: Central Connecticut State University, Founders Hall

(Administration Building)

When: Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 5.30 pm

Sponsored by: International Studies, Middle East Studies, Peace Studies, Africana Center and Center for International Education at CCSU