As one Israeli said, "It's a big mistake for Israel to say it 'won' the war, when there was no war. There were no battles...no military enemy in the field."
Norman FinkelsteinThey used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians
Norman FinkelsteinIndeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.
Norman FinkelsteinWar is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.
Norman FinkelsteinAmerican Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. By "liberal," I mean, basically, support for the rule of law, support for human rights, support for peace; and on all those counts - rule of law, human rights, peace - Israel's record has become indefensible.
Norman FinkelsteinThe Zionists indeed learnt well from the Nazis. So well that it seems that their morally repugnant treatment of the Palestinians, and their attempts to destroy Palestinian society within Israel and the occupied territories, reveals them as basically Nazis with beards and black hats.
Norman Finkelstein