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On July 4, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict. On May 30, Amazon similarly advertised Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. I have never received any other ad from Amazon.

On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now available for download from www.samsonblinded.info . Google earlier banned advertising of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content." Shoher, indeed, is pro-Israeli, yet realistic and critical of Israeli policies.

Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing in favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient questions and gives honest answers. Amazon does not like that. Anti-Semitic lampoons by Norman Finkelstein are more to Amazon's taste.

I didnt get either of these from amazon, but I did get a lot for digital cameras and televisions - amazon sends you adverts for things it thinks you might want - based on your previous buying habits....

Perhaps a book that argues for " raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism" may actually be a bit much for Amazon's customers to stomach. Presumably it advocates killing Arab civilians in their thousands rather than in hundreds that we are seeing today. Where the liberal idealism that he wants to shed can be seen is beyond me I am afraid. But perhaps every news man on every channel available to me is a stinky arab loving liberal and lying to us. Who can say?