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

Judging by opinion polls, Israel has bigger problems than me. It is among the most hated countries on the planet. It should stop acting like a lunatic state. Once it carries on like a normal country, I will be happily redirect my energies elsewhere.

State terrorism - and yet the Israeli invasion Goldstone investigated is still commonly referred to as the Gaza War.

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

The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to be a militant atheist because I wanted to be a communist.

I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy.