Norman Finkelstein Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“No conditions justify torture.”

“I think sometimes we underestimate just how vulnerable Israel is on the public-relations front. That's why they spend so much money on propaganda. And that's why they panic every time they feel like they're losing the propaganda war.”

“I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched hats from a critic of Israel to a diplomat who wants to resolve the conflict. I have not changed, but I think the spectrum has moved.”

“I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.”

“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.”

“I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel.”

“I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.”

“I'm an old fan of the Negro spirituals.”

“Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard.”