Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Independent Film Channel, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. His book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party, was a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller. He blogs at maxblumenthal.com
[A] bold, personal and unapologetic book. Salon Goliath is a particular kind of expose-minded, documentary-broadside journalism whose place we generally recognize and respect... Blumenthal has made a sobering prima facie case that there are extreme forces [within Israel's current political-social dynamics] to be aware of, and reckoned with more fully that American discourse usually does. James Fallows, The Atlantic Goliath. ..shows in forensic detail the reality of the Israeli mainstream's embrace blatant racism against Arabs and Africans. Antony Loewenstein, TheGuardian.com [A] heart stopper... Goliath is a threat to the Israeli status quo...because it tells too many inconvenient truths. Larry Gross, Director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication Max Blumenthal's Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel is the most important political and investigative journalist book of 2013. TarheelDem, Firedoglake Reader Diaries [A] bold and shocking book, presenting persuasively a major theoretical and polemical argument about Israel almost completely at odds with the image most Americans have of it... Even those generally well-informed about Israel and its occupation of the Palestinian territories will have their views challenged by Blumenthal's sharp eye and deadpan factual presentations. The American Conservative [A] scathing critique of the Jewish State... Supporters of Israel should be encouraged to read this book...As Israel's greatest supporters, American Jews who care at all about the future of the country need to understand what's happening within the borders. The New York Observer [O]ne of the most fearless and honest books ever written about Israel. Chris Hedges I would like to send a copy [of Goliath ] to every Jew I know...This is the sort of book that even if you want to diss it, you can't dismiss it. Charles H. Manekin, Professora