Isarel Quotes

“But here's the problem with our community's tendency to blame Palestinians for their own oppression. Even when Palestinians do the very things Jews ask of them—when they recognize Israel, help the Israeli military keep Israelis safe, and protest nonviolently-Jewish institutions still act the same way. Israel didn't stop bulldozing Palestinian homes when the PLO recognized its existence. AIPAC didn't demand a settlement freeze when Fayyad became prime minister. The ADL didn't start condemning the imprisonment of Palestinian children when Palestinians employed nonviolence. We demand that Palestinians produce Gandhis, and when they do, American Jewish organizations work to criminalize their boycotts and Israeli soldiers shoot them in the knees. No matter what strategy Palestinians employ in their fight for freedom, the Israeli government and its American Jewish allies work to ensure that it fails.”
― Peter Beinart, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning