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>I know that this book caused a lot of controversy and a lot of people attacked certain points but the writers bit back and counterargued is there, and then... silence on both sides. Why is that?
The people attacking the book when it came out weren't looking for a debate, they were simply smearing. This smearing ensures that no one of importance will ever use or refer to that book or anything in it without risking the "antisemitic" label. Radio silence followed afterward because their best hope of making anything they don't like go away is to ignore it, which they will do after getting it banned if possible.
This is similar treatment to other books in the past that contain insider information, such as "The Weight of Three Thousand Years" by Israel Shahak, "Blood Passover" by Ariel Toaff, or "Judaism Discovered" by Michael Hoffman II (a book more recently banned for sale on Amazon). All of these kinds of books are smeared upon being released. Then, they are sent to the memoryhole rather than having any further discussion, in the hope that nobody talks about them.