this movement to to start to boycott him to boycott norman finkelstein. in the last few weeks there were similar attempts within the same b.d.s. movement to boycott myself and my work just to remind your viewers neither naaman think it's a nor my selves are israelis we are not living in israel norman was born in the states i was born in israel but i left israel. seventeen eighteen years ago and never visited the christians since then. so it is very problematic now why is it problematic because we definitely we can definitely understand on products yet artists and. professors or intellectuals or writers are not those and this is something that must. become clear to people in the movement if we want to envisage a future of freedom democracy tolerance pluralism you want to fight for palestinians in the occupied territories in gaza who come to visit conferences abroad we cannot at the same time. as we know as we know and we despise israel for doing it to brussels just. like ten days ago was announced as a persona non grata by israel. and boy was a persona non

in london where do you stand on that because norman finkelstein caused a real opera war and everyone knows his stand on. israel palestine conflict in that he still he says it's a cult how do you follow him around. i think that. unfortunately . there is. element of truth in what he has to say my approach to the video is very ambivalent on the one and i would totally agree with him are are important it is in principle. but on their other end we have a slight problem we. any attempt to stifle or to interfere with freedom of speech and freedom of thought. probably no ways but you'll probably some of your viewers know just a few hours after. norman finkelstein expressed his criticism there were calls within the biggest movement to start to boycott him to block a nominee because time. in the last few weeks there were similar attempts within the same b.d.s. movement to boycott myself and my work just to remind your viewers neither norman finkelstein nor myself are israelis we are not living in israel norman was born in the states i was born in israel but i left israel. seven eighteen years

mindy finkelstein. >> good afteoon. almost 13 yearsúago i was a camp counselor at the north valley couoty jewish center when a convicted felon tried to kill me. i was 16 years old at the time but i was lucky because buford furrow famled that day. and for the last 13 years i have tried to lend my voice to this cause telling members of congress there is no reason he should have had that gun. for 13 years i have been brushed aside. no one seems to think that this conversation is worth having. you can't ignore us today. look me in the eye and tell me there is nothing any of us could do to prevent a convicted felon to walk in and gun down$innocent children. you are wrong. you are dead wrong. this past year my friend brian kaplan was shot and killed in his frkeot'w garage in the same neighborhood where i was shot 13 years ago. he was 32 years old. he is a 2 1/2-year-old daughter and his wife was pregnant with twins. the pain that i have that my friend was taken away from a gun an assault rifle, mind you, is too much to handle

wondering how many times you have been to israel where you can give your opinion from the norman finkelstein school of thought that israel seems to be the problem in the middle east? you claim that israel is an arab land, yet you don't even know your own history about your own faith, but i guess that's because you're a self-hating jew. you'll know that is the palestinian government of hamas and the plo denied rights of the palestinians because of the threat of eliminating israel. >> what do you want me to say? >> tell people about the book you are writing. >> yes, i happen to be -- my buddy, when i don't go to the three groups that i am currently a part of, when i'm not busy writing my own daughters bought this book, when i'm not visiting israel i happen to be at work on a boat called good for the jews, a study of jewish cultural contribution from the 1940's to the 19 -- >> global your here? >> american jews. i teach two separate courses on judaism and jewish cultural contributions and jewish film and had many close friends in israel who i love and have enormous admiration for people. they r

mindy finkelstein. >> good afternoon. almost 13 years ago, i was a camp counselor at the north valley jewish community center when a convicted felon and mentally ill man who was a member of the arian nation tried to kill me. i was 16 at the time, but i was lucky because he failed that they. for the last 13 years, i have tried to lend my voice to this cause, telling members of congress how there is no reason he should have a gun. for 13 years, i have been brushed aside. no one seems to think this conversation is worth having. but you cannot ignore us today. look me in the eye and say there was nothing any of us could do to prevent a convicted felon and criminally insane man to walk into the jewish community center and gunned down innocent children. you are wrong. you are dead wrong. then this past year my friend brian kaplan was shot and killed in his friend's garage in the same neighborhood where i was shot 13 years ago. he was 32 years old, he had a two-year old, and his wife was pregnant with twins. the pain that i had

mindy finkelstein. >> good afternoon. almost 13 years ago, i was a camp counselor at the north valley jewish community center with a convicted felon and mentally ill man who was a member of the arian nation try to kill me. i was 16 at the time, but i was lucky because he felt that they feared for the last 13 years, i have tried to lend my voice to this cause, telling members of congress how there is no reason he should have begun. for 13 years, i have been brushed aside. no one seems to think this conversation is worth having. but you cannot ignore us today. look me in the eye and say there was nothing any of us could do to prevent a convicted felon and criminally insane man to walk into the jewish community center and gunned down innocent children. you are wrong. you are dead wrong. then this past year my friend brian kaplan was shot and killed in his friend's garage in the same neighborhood what i was -- where i was shot 13 years ago. he was 32 years old, he had a two-year old, and his wife was pregnant with twins. the