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Norman Finkelstein Quotes: I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.
         

I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.


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International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.



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They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians



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Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them?



Insofar as Zionism sought to solve the Jewish question, it must be reckoned not just a failure but a catastrophe: Israel is the main cause of anti-Semitism in the world today.

Insofar as Zionism sought to solve the Jewish question, it must be reckoned not just a failure but a catastrophe: Israel is the main cause of anti-Semitism in the world today.



I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.

I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.



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Israel has come out of the boils of the hell, a satanic state.



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It's utterly hypocritical for Israelis to wonder aloud why Palestinians don't pursue a non-violent strategy. One obvious reason is that, whenever they have, Israel brutally represses it.



There's nothing Israel can do without US support. It can't breathe without US support. The US bankrolls everything, and it's just silly to think that Israel can do anything without the support.

There's nothing Israel can do without US support. It can't breathe without US support. The US bankrolls everything, and it's just silly to think that Israel can do anything without the support.



Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.

Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.



People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.





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