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“Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them?”

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The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

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Public opinion in the United States has shifted significantly, not just outside but also within the Jewish community.

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There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their…

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They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians

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Every year, the United Nations General Assembly votes on a resolution entitled 'Peaceful resolution of the Palestine conflict.' Every year, the vote is the…

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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…

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I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While…

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Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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