There's no question that public opinion is changing, and if you're a person of the left, your goal is presumably to try to mobilize public opinion to affect elite policy; and I think now there are unusual, unprecedented opportunities to do so.

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

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

I earn - I'm not - I don't want to claim I'm a scholar of great stature, but I have made a certain reputation for myself, I've published several books, I've never been able to get a permanent teaching job.

It's utterly hypocritical for Israelis to wonder aloud why Palestinians don't pursue a non-violent strategy. One obvious reason is that, whenever they have, Israel brutally represses it.

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

I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.