Reply #26: EXACT WORDS of Dershowitz' challenge [View All]

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I recorded a later showing of Scarborough and went back over the wording used by Dershowitz.

The guy from the Institute For Public Accuracy was Sam Husseini, and he was introduced as its Communications Director.

Dershowitz got to go first and was not interrupted and went on about the Palestinian children being taught things and that violece would never end as they supposedly don't believe Israel has a right to exist according to Dershowitz. Before turning to Husseini, Scarborough puts up a very biased graphic of 4 talking points about how the Palestinians rejected and walked away from such a "good" offer that Israel made in the past. Husseini talks about how that was inaccurate, and then gets interrupted immediately, and starts complaining about how he isn't getting to talk.

Dershowitz interrupts and gets to talk again and again. In response to comments made by Husseini about the 36 years of occupation, Dershowitz jumps in and says that "it could have ended 6 months after the occupation began if the Palestinians hadn't gone to Khartoum and said three 'no's': no to negotitations, no to peace, and no to recognition." While Dershowitz was saying this, Husseini is saying in the background "that's utterly false, ... that's utterly false, ... you're a fraudulent historian, ... you're a fraudulent historian Alan, you're a fine lawyer, you're a fraudulent historian."

Dershowitz then says: "I'll tell you what, I will give $10,000 to the PLO in your name if you can find historical fact in my book that you can prove to be false. I issue that challenge. I issue it to you. I issue it to the Palestinian Authority. I issue it to Noam Chomsky. I issue it to Edward Said. Every word in my book is accurate, and you can't just simply say it's false without documenting it. Tell me one thing in the book now that is false. Let's hear it."

Scarborough then gets in and cuts them off, and goes on to other topics. Scarborough gives the last word to Dershowitz, and Dershowitz makes more statements, with Husseini stating in the background "that's utterly false". At the end Scarborough says he'll have Husseini back for a one on one, alone.

the words in quotes were exact and double checked. Sounds like an on-going binding challnge to me.