Neve Gordon

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Neve Gordon, born 1965, is an author and professor of politics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who writes on issues relating to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. A third-generation Israeli, Gordon did his military service in a IDF Paratrooper unit, and suffered severe injuries in action at Rosh Hanikra, as a result of which he has a 42 percent disability. During the first Intifada he served as director of Physicians for Human Rights, Israel. During the second Intifada he was an active member in Ta'ayush, Arab-Jewish Partnership. He received his doctorate at Notre Dame University in 1999.

He has been published in The Nation, The Guardian, In These Times, The National Catholic Reporter and Counterpunch. Gordon has become known through his struggle for social justice in Israel and his vocal criticism of Israeli policies, as well as a controversy involving Steven Plaut in which Gordon sued Plaut for libel. In 2006, an Israeli court convicted Plaut of libel, and ordered him to pay Gordon 80000 shekels in compensation plus 15000 shekels in legal fees.[1] In March 2008, an appeal court, by a majority ruling, upheld the trial court's ruling, but found that Gordon had exaggerated Plaut's alleged libels and reduced the damages to just 10,000 shekels, or about $2,700, with no payment of legal costs required.[2] It found that while Plaut's criticism of Gordon for his human shield group's illegal activities shielding Palestinian militants was legitimate, the use of the term "Judenrat" to refer to the group was unacceptable.[2]

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[edit] Books (partial list):

  • Gordon, Neve and Marton, Ruchama [editors] (1995): Torture, Human Rights, Medical Ethics and the case of Israel, Zed Books, New York, ISBN 1856493148
  • Gordon, Neve [editor] (2004): From the Margins of Globalization: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights. Lexington Books,U.S., Lanham, MD, ISBN 0739108786
  • Gordon, Neve (2008): Israel's Occupation. University of California Press, Berkeley CA, ISBN 0520255313


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  1. ^ U.S.-born professor guilty of libeling colleague Ira Moskovitz, Haaretz 9 June 2006
  2. ^ a b Kalman, Matthew. Israeli Appeals Court Upholds Libel Judgment Against Academic but Reduces Damages - Chronicle.com. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.

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