The Holocaust has proven to be an indispensable ideological weapon. Through its deployment, one of the world's most formidable military powers, with a horrendous human rights record, has cast itself as a "victim" state, and the most successful ethnic group in the US has likewise acquired victim status.
Norman FinkelsteinThere'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.
Norman FinkelsteinSeptember 11 was a godsend for Israel. It could now conjoin its merciless persecution of the Palestinians with Bush's War against Terror. But my impression is that it wasn't altogether successful.
Norman FinkelsteinEverybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.
Norman FinkelsteinGiven the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.
Norman Finkelstein