Israel Finkelstein is a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is a leading figure in the archaeology of the Levant and the laureate of the 2005 Dan David Prize in the Past Dimension -- Archaeology. Finkelstein served for many years as the Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and is the co-Director of the Megiddo Expedition. He is the co-author, with Neil Silberman, of The Bible Unearthed (Free Press, 2001) and the author of many field reports and scholarly articles.
There has been an explosion of recent discoveries in biblical archaeology. These finds have shed powerful light on figures and stories from the Bible...
...have to write." After accusing Dershowitz of falsification and plagiarism in his apologist book "The Case for Israel", Finkelstein found himself out of favour with the educational establishment for his controversial views regarding Israel. His...
...we know of the society, the history, and the men who wrote the Bible. (ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - “Prof. Israel Finkelstein & Neil Silberman, Two of archaeology’s leading scholars shed new light on how the Bible came into existence. They assert, for...
...implemented, the demands of the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for BDS, would amount to "the destruction of Israel". Finkelstein lay into the three "tiers" of the BDS call: that Israel end its occupation of Arab lands conquered in 1967; that it end...
...implemented, the demands of the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for BDS , would amount to "the destruction of Israel". Finkelstein lay into the three "tiers" of the BDS call: that Israel end its occupation of Arab lands conquered in 1967; that it end...
...the law? They dont want to recognize Israel. At least be honest with what you want to abolish Israel, Finkelstein added. But you know full well that if you say it, you dont have a prayer of reaching the public. One blogger, Sean ONeill, who in the past...
...is what? What’s the result? You know and I know, what’s the result? There’s no Israel." Finkelstein said that he had no problem in principle with that position, but that it would never succeed in convincing large numbers. "If you want to eliminate...
...don’t want to recognize Israel. …” “At least be honest with what you want — to abolish Israel,” Finkelstein added. “But you know full well that if you say it, you don’t have a prayer of reaching the public.” One blogger, Sean O’Neill,...
...movement. This is great news in itself, but it gets even better. Although clearly still no friend of Israel, Finkelstein does make the crux of the case for Israel, conceding that the BDS Movement and similar organizations really just want to wipe out...
...precisely because the majority - if not entirety - of those involved in BDS want to completely eliminate Israel. Finkelstein said, while the BDS movement calls itself a "rights based organization" and claims it is "fighting for rights" and "enforcing the...