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

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

There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country. That to me is a very basic, elementary, and uncomplicated question.

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

Public opinion in the United States has shifted significantly, not just outside but also within the Jewish community.

There are many issues, as everyone knows, in the United States on which public opinion leans very much to the left of elite policy, but that's because public opinion hasn't been turned into a political force.

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