International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Why should Americans go on with their lives as normal, worrying about calories and hair loss, while other people are worrying about… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
When you are a people's movement, you have one thing. Your only asset is people. And you have to deal with real… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I think one of the problems when we discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict is people talk too much in terms of, 'What's your… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I think that people like Bloomberg, they're complete thugs. No question about it. But on the other hand, it must be said… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
My books don't sell anymore. There are many reasons why they don't sell, but one of the reasons is because people don't… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
There are contradictory tendencies in American society. There's a huge range of activities that one can engage in that mark it as… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Public opinion in the United States has shifted significantly, not just outside but also within the Jewish community. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Every year, the United Nations General Assembly votes on a resolution entitled 'Peaceful resolution of the Palestine conflict.' Every year, the vote is the… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
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… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
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… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
They've (Israel) lost the battle for public opinion. They claim it's because American Jews know too little.. I claim it's because they know too… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
I no longer say I'm unemployed. I say I'm unemployable. It's different. An unemployed suggests at a certain point in the future, you might… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
Mainstream Jewish intellectuals became 'pro'-Israel after the June 1967 war when Israel became the U.S.A.' s strategic asset in the Middle East, i.e., when… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
As Israel becomes like South Africa, it's increasingly becoming a pariah state, being excluded from culture at large. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share
