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Israel Quotes by Noam Chomsky

161 Israel quotes by Noam Chomsky

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Chomsky’s remarks point to Israel’s sizable nuclear, chemical, and biological arsenal, compare the situation to early Nazi Germany, and stress that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve security and peace. He also highlights Iran’s defensive stance and the need to stop supporting terrorism.

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Israel is a pretty crazy state.

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The West Bank is essentially imprisoned.

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Iran is independent and independence is not tolerated.

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Palestinians have no wealth or power.

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If you want to end terrorism stop participating in it.

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The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance.

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In much of the world the U.S. is regarded as a leading terrorist state.

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Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?

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There was very little international support, even England wouldn't support [bombing of Syria], which is amazing.

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The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

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Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first.

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The US has been the leading terrorist state in the world for many years.

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In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical…

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When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the U.N. vetoed several resolutions right away, calling for an end to the fighting and so…

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[According to the rigid dogma] we have to believe the United States would have so-called liberated Iraq even if its main products…

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If you do a Google search, you will probably read a lot of stuff about how I am someone who wants to…

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“In accord with the reigning single standard, the major terrorist atrocities—or worse, aggression—are excluded from the canon of international terrorism.”

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In November 2008, the day of the presidential election, Israeli military forces invaded Gaza and killed half a dozen Hamas militants. Well,…

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There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant…

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When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of…

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Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a…

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On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is…

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Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would…

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The media is uncritical, and their so-called the concept of objectivity translates into keeping everything within the Beltway. However, Iraq was quite…

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Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find…

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Virtually all informed observers agree that a fair and equitable resolution of the plight of the Palestinians would considerably weaken the anger…

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You can't mention Hezbollah in the U.S. media without putting in the context of "Iranian-supported Hezbollah." That's its name. Its name is…

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There are historical analogs, which are not exact, of course, but are close enough to be worrisome. This is a whiff of…

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“Among the many symbols used to frighten and manipulate the populace of the democratic states, few have been more important than "terror"…

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“How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply…

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“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian…

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“[Israel's military occupation is] in gross violation of international law and has been from the outset. And that much, at least, is…

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Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What…

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“I heard Steven Solarz [former Democratic congressman from Brooklyn] on the BBC. He said the world has a double standard: 700,000 Yemenis…

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There's an interesting book by the former Brazilian ambassador Celso Amorim. In 2010, he initiated an effort along with Turkey to settle…

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This would be a very good moment to institute a call for imposing the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East. The…

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America is a very fundamentalist society. It's like Iran in the degree of fanatic religious commitment.

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The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.

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The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace.

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