 Norman Gary Finkelstein ( born December 8 , 1953 ) is an American political scientist , activist , professor , and author . His primary fields of research are the Israeli – Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust , an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents who were Jewish Holocaust survivors . He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in political science at Princeton University . He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007 . 
 Norman Gary Finkelstein ( born December 8 , 1953 ) <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>an American political scientist , activist , professor , and author . His primary fields of research <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>the Israeli – Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust , an interest motivated by the experiences of his parents <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> Jewish Holocaust survivors . He <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in political science at Princeton University . He <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007 . 
Norman Gary Finkelstein ( born December 8 , 1953 ) an American political scientist , activist , professor , and author . His primary fields of research the Israeli – Palestinian conflict and da politics of the Holocaust , an interest motivated by tdaexperiences of his parents was Jewish Holocaust survivors . He a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in political science at Princeton University . He done held faculty positions at Brooklyn College , Rutgers University , Hunter College , New York University , and DePaul University where he was an assistant professor from 2001 to 2007 .