Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

American Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. By “liberal,” I mean, basically, support for the rule of law, support for human rights, support for peace; and on all those counts – rule of law, human rights, peace – Israel’s record has become indefensible.

Human Rights

Mean

Support

Apart from my parents, every family member on both sides was exterminated by the Nazis.

Nazi

Parent

Sides

As Israel becomes like South Africa, it’s increasingly becoming a pariah state, being excluded from culture at large.

Culture

South Africa

As one Israeli said, “It’s a big mistake for Israel to say it ‘won’ the war, when there was no war. There were no battles…no military enemy in the field.”

Military

Mistake

War

Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had some measure of success.

Accountability

Israel

Success

Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

Celebrate

Hezbollah

Victory

Everybody wants peace. That’s a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Accomplish

Want

War

Given the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.

Holocaust

Nonsense

Wonder

Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.

Justice

Law

Risk

I don’t feel particularly attached to Israel – ‘nationalism,’ as Noam Chomsky said, ‘is not my cup of tea’ – but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

Israel

Needs

Tea

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Accountability

Atheist

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Book

Brooklyn

Celebrate

Community

Country

Crazy

Criminals

Culture

Desire

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Europe

Exploitation

Fields

Fighting

Figures

Focus

Gaza

Goal

Hard Work

Hate

Hell

Hero

Hezbollah

Hiatus

Holocaust

Home

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Insulting

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Jew

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Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

American Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. By “liberal,” I mean, basically, support for the rule of law, support for human rights, support for peace; and on all those counts – rule of law, human rights, peace – Israel’s record has become indefensible.

Apart from my parents, every family member on both sides was exterminated by the Nazis.

As Israel becomes like South Africa, it’s increasingly becoming a pariah state, being excluded from culture at large.

As one Israeli said, “It’s a big mistake for Israel to say it ‘won’ the war, when there was no war. There were no battles…no military enemy in the field.”

Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had some measure of success.

Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

Everybody wants peace. That’s a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Given the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.

Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.

I don’t feel particularly attached to Israel – ‘nationalism,’ as Noam Chomsky said, ‘is not my cup of tea’ – but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

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