Paul Bogdanor
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Paul Bogdanor is a British author. He writes on political issues and, with Edward Alexander (a professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle), he co-edited the book The Jewish Divide Over Israel: Accusers and Defenders (Transaction, 2006).
He is strongly critical of what he sees as left-wing extremism and anti-Semitism. A particular focus of his political work has been exposing what he perceives as genocide denial, especially in regard to what are considered Communist atrocities, e.g. the Cambodian genocide perpetuated by the Khmer Rouge under the regime of Pol Pot. He has also vehemently denounced what he construes as Holocaust denial, or apologetics for those he considers Holocaust deniers. To this end, he has repeatedly criticized left-wing academics such as Noam Chomsky[1] and Norman Finkelstein, whom he accuses of defending avowed neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. He also criticises prominent left-wing journalists and politicians such as John Pilger, Robert Fisk and George Galloway, whose support for groups like Hamas and Hezbollah he perceives as the "enthusiasm of today's radical leftists for the genocidal anti-semites of the far right."[2]
In relation to his criticism of Noam Chomsky, Paul Bogdanor published on his website in September 2007 The Top 200 Chomsky Lies. In this article, he presents two hundred examples of occasions where he alleges, with extensive footnoting, that Chomsky engaged in distortion and, at times, fabrication of historical evidence and source material.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Top 200 Chomsky Lies"
- ^ "Leftists for a Second Holocaust" from The Jewish Press, October 11, 2006
[edit] External links
- Paul Bogdanor's website on his political interests
- The Jewish Divide Over Israel excerpts from his book
