Author: Norman Finkelstein

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

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

- Norman Finkelstein

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

- Norman Finkelstein

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

- Norman Finkelstein

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

- Norman Finkelstein

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

- Norman Finkelstein

The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

- Norman Finkelstein

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