https://depauliaonline.com/54141/news/exclusive-norman-finkelstein-requests-apology-from-depaul/
This is some of what was said at the time:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/depaul-u-turns-norman-finkelstein-down-for-tenure/
Nonetheless, please feel free to do your own research. My own impression was that:
(1) For sure, Dershowitz attacked him on his writings not interactions. Nonetheless, exhibit A among the reasons for non-tenure was his “heated debate” and “abuse”, that was apparently “ad hominem” lack of “Vincentian values” etc. All the usual crap.
(2) After an interaction like the one that was videoed, the Israel lobby would go straight above his head to the highest levels. If that is inconceivable to you, then I would suggest you have no understanding of the lobby. Please remember that as an invited speaker, he spoke those home truths as a representative of De Paul. The Israel lobby would immediately know this and so De Paul would not have missed it.
(3) He is teaching again, but there have never been any more incidents like that.
Naturally, he deserved tenure but that ain’t really how it works.
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