20 Norman Finkelstein Quotes for You to Enjoy

Norman Finkelstein

American Educator

Born: Dec 8, 1953

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If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It's a country based on theater. It's a lunatic state - completely insane. Norman Finkelstein

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I don't claim to know Israel. I don't speak Hebrew; my contacts are pretty limited. But I didn't know Vietnam; I didn't know Nicaragua, El Salvador or Honduras. It doesn't mean you can't reach your conclusions. Norman Finkelstein

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I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy. Norman Finkelstein

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Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud. Norman Finkelstein

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People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country. Norman Finkelstein

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When you are a people's movement, you have one thing. Your only asset is people. And you have to deal with real people. Not the people of your imagination. Not the people you wish people would be. But people as they exist actually out there in the real world. Norman Finkelstein

I voted for Nader, and I have no doubts at all that it was the right thing to do because the Nader candidacy was extremely energising and a terrific phenomenon in American life, and I hope he continues. Norman Finkelstein

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I'm an old fan of the Negro spirituals. Norman Finkelstein

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No conditions justify torture. Norman Finkelstein

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My original interest in the Nazi holocaust was personal. Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps. Apart from my parents, every family member on both sides was exterminated by the Nazis. Norman Finkelstein

I don't think it's a good thing to have Christian states, Muslim states, or any kind of ethnic states. Norman Finkelstein

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I think one of the problems when we discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict is people talk too much in terms of, 'What's your preference?,' like politics is a Chinese menu - I'll take one from column A and two from column B. That's not what politics is about. Norman Finkelstein

I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond. Norman Finkelstein

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Israel's pro-American orientation exists not just among Israeli elites but also among the whole population. Come what may in Israel, it's inconceivable that this fundamental orientation will change. Combined with its overwhelming military power, this makes Israel a unique and irreplaceable American asset in the Middle East. Norman Finkelstein

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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 it was safe and reaped benefits. To credit them with ideological conviction is, in my opinion, very naive. Norman Finkelstein

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DePaul's plot to deny me tenure had nothing to do with my faults. In fact, and ironically, it viciously attacked me and destroyed my career because of my virtues. Which, although few in number, they still found threatening. Norman Finkelstein

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. Norman Finkelstein

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