Norman Finkelstein, a critic of Israel who resigned last year as a political science professor at DePaul University, met this week with a senior official of Hezbollah in south Lebanon.
Although the U.S. government has labeled Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Finkelstein portrays the group as standing for “hope.” Its members are “fighting to defend their homeland,” Finkelstein told reporters.
In the past, Finkelstein has maintained that some Jewish groups have exploited the Holocaust for political and financial gain. (AP)