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.
Norman FinkelsteinState terrorism - and yet the Israeli invasion Goldstone investigated is still commonly referred to as the Gaza War.
Norman FinkelsteinEverybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.
Norman Finkelstein