Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, whose most recent book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, has been critically acclaimed by several reputable international journalists and scholars on the Middle East.

From the book's cover: "In Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian politics as the occupation of the Palestinians deepens.

Beginning with the national elections carried out during Israel's war on Gaza in 2008-09, which brought into power the country's most right-wing government to date, Blumenthal tells the story of Israel in the wake of the collapse of the Oslo peace process.

As Blumenthal reveals, Israel has become a country where right-wing leaders like Avigdor Lieberman and Bibi Netanyahu are sacrificing democracy on the altar of their power politics; where the loyal opposition largely and passively stands aside and watches the organized assault on civil liberties; where state-funded Orthodox rabbis publish books that provide instructions on how and when to kill Gentiles; where half of Jewish youth declare their refusal to sit in a classroom with an Arab; and where mob violence targets Palestinians and African asylum seekers scapegoated by leading government officials as "demographic threats."

Where: Centenary United Church, 24 Main St W Hamilton
Tickets: $10 advance, $12 at door
Advance tickets available online http://ijvcanada.org/max-blumenthal-tickets-on-sale/ and in person at Bryan Prince Bookseller (1060 King Street West) and
The Button Pushers (119B Locke Street South)

For more information: max@jelithin.ca

This event is cosponsored by: Canadians for Justices and Peace in the Middle East, Hamilton (CJPME); Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War; Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), Hamilton; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), Canada; McMaster Muslims for Peace and Justice (MMPJ); Palestinian Association of Hamilton (PAH); Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) - McMaster