Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nation’s future and my moral outrage regarding my nation’s occupation policy are not unconnected. On the one hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is occupying another people. On the other hand, Israel is the only nation in the West that is existentially threatened. Both occupation and intimidation make the Israeli condition unique. Intimidation and occupation have become the two pillars of our condition.
I think that good things will happen in the Middle East, in Israel, and to American progressive Jewry only if we work together to save a progressive … - Ari Shavit
I think that good things will happen in the Middle East, in Israel, and to American progressive Jewry only if we work together to save a progressive …
- Ari Shavit
We are still a people in danger. And yet I urge us not to get addicted to it. - Ari Shavit
We are still a people in danger. And yet I urge us not to get addicted to it.
Ironically, the people who do not need Israel are gradually taking over Israel, and they're actually pushing out people who so need it. - Ari Shavit
Ironically, the people who do not need Israel are gradually taking over Israel, and they're actually pushing out people who so need it.
I think we need a life-loving Palestine living by a Jewish democratic Israel. - Ari Shavit
I think we need a life-loving Palestine living by a Jewish democratic Israel.
Israel is very confusing because it seems to be a Goliath, and in some ways it is, when you look at the tanks versus the Palestinian boy. But deep do… - Ari Shavit
Israel is very confusing because it seems to be a Goliath, and in some ways it is, when you look at the tanks versus the Palestinian boy. But deep do…
They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind t… - Ari Shavit
They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind t…
Anyone who has a simplistic idea about the Middle East, or about the conflict, doesn't get it - because there are no simple answers. And anyone who i… - Ari Shavit
Anyone who has a simplistic idea about the Middle East, or about the conflict, doesn't get it - because there are no simple answers. And anyone who i…
At the end of the day, with all due respect, the Jews are the ultimate victims of the twentieth century. - Ari Shavit
At the end of the day, with all due respect, the Jews are the ultimate victims of the twentieth century.
Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nation’s future and my moral outrage regarding my nation’s occu… - Ari Shavit
Only a few years ago did it suddenly dawn on me that my existential fear regarding my nation’s future and my moral outrage regarding my nation’s occu…
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