The following was posted to Sarah Palin's Facebook page 2/13/12.
Harvard University Professor Alan Dershowitz is one of the most knowledgeable and unapologetic defenders of Israel among American academics. This has unfortunately opened him to unfair and intellectually dishonest attacks from his fellow liberals.
In answering a recent attack by Max Blumenthal, formerly of Media Matters for America (MMfA), Prof. Dershowitz said, “Let me tell you, Max Blumenthal and Media Matters will be singlehandedly responsible for (Obama) losing this election. They (the Democrats) cannot win the election and keep this affiliation with them.”
I agree with Prof. Dershowitz, though obviously I think there are many, many more reasons why President Obama should lose this election (trillions, if you consider his latest budget proposal). More
Israel National News reported this as "Sarah Palin Comes to Dershowitz's Defense".
Professor Alan Dershowitz exchanged blows with Max Blumenthal of Media Matters in his recent address at a University of Pennsylvania event intended to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on campus, .
In response to Dershowitz’s visit to campus, Blumenthal wrote an article entitled, "Torture, Violence Advocate to Keynote anti-BDS Event," with the sub-heading, "Alan Dershowitz, supporter of bulldozing Palestinian towns and torturing criminal suspects, is coming to campus." Blumenthal attacked Dershowitz for being “an open advocate of torture who has urged Israel to destroy entire Palestinian villages, attack civilians and bulldoze their homes.” More
