I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
A visit to Israel is always an experience in cognitive dissonance. The Israel you personally see and hear is so completely different… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Twenty five percent of Israeli citizens are not even Jewish. Anybody can become an Israeli citizen if you qualify. Religion is not… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Buchanan infamously quipped: “There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East-the Israeli Defense Ministry… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“This book is dedicated to Israel's constructive and nuanced critics, whose rational voices are too often drowned out by the exaggerations, demonizations,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
When I decide who to vote for as president, I ask myself who will be best for America and for the world.… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Let no one ever shy away from the claim that Jews have power, that Jews have influence. We have learned the terrible… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The threat of mutually assured destruction worked for the United States during the Cold War because it had proved its willingness to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
What the United States has to do is send a clear message to Iran that they will not be able to develop… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There is no perfect justice, just as there is no absolute in ethics. But there is perfect injustice, and we know it when we… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. The… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful,… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
When it comes to partisan politics, everyone is a hypocrite. And all they care about is whether it hurts or helps them ... Is… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a kidnapped child… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
I never place limits on the potential success of my students. If they're going into acting, they're going to win the Oscar... If they're… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share
