Norman Finkelstein

Norman Gary Finkelstein (born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist, author, and activist best known for his work on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust, including his controversial book 'The Holocaust Industry' (2000). He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1988 and is the son of Holocaust survivors; his academic career included a tenure controversy at DePaul University in 2007 that led to his resignation.