"Captain Underpants." I love it!

Look at it this way: Pro-Zionism isn't fashionable, and it's sad that there aren't more supporters of Israel. But at least the pro-Zionist cause is being spared the nuts and space cadets that the other side is attracting.

Excuse me, but where did you get that Peter Novick was Finkelstein defender? The link you supply goes to an empty page.

Here is a quote from Peter Novick: "many of [Finkelstein's] assertions are pure invention. ... No facts alleged by Finkelstein should be assumed to be really facts, no quotation in his book should be assumed to be accurate, without taking the time to carefully compare his claims with the sources he cites"

Wikipedia too describes Novick as a fierce critic of Finkelstein.

Novick has indeed been a harsh critic of Finkelstein "...declaring that many of the assertions in Finkelstein's The Holocaust Industry are "pure invention" and calling the book "a twenty-first century updating of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'"..." http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3298 But he did object to "outside influence" on Finkelstein's tenure process and became an equally harsh critic of Dershowitz and a defender of Finkelstein's continued emplyment in the academy: "..."On balance," Novick continues, "would it be a good thing if he had a job? Yes. The idea of this guy in his 50s who has done this all his life now being cut off at the knees is sad."..." http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5331