Israel Criticism Quotes

The UN doesn’t take any moral stands unless its against Israel.

Anticipating attacks, I should like to emphasize that I do not subscribe to the myths propagated by enemies of Israel and I am not blaming Jews for anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism predates the birth of Israel. Neither Israel's policies nor the critics of those policies should be held responsible for anti-Semitism. At the same time, I do believe that attitudes toward Israel are influenced by Israel's policies, and attitudes toward the Jewish community are influenced by the pro-Israel lobby's success in suppressing divergent views.

One of the myths propagated by the enemies of Israel is that there is an all-powerful Zionist conspiracy. That is a false accusation. Nevertheless, that AIPAC has been so successful in suppressing criticism has lent some credence to such false beliefs.

Contemporary anti-Semites claim they have nothing against Jews - they just hate the Jewish state.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.

One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.

Those who single out Israel for unique criticism not directed at countries with far worse human rights records are themselves guilty of international bigotry.

It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.

I don't have to justify myself every time I go to Israel.

A bloc of states is emerging that understands that they may have been wrong to think that Israel is the world's greatest problem.

I don't just whisper it, I say it and I say it: 'The United Nations is an anti-Semitic organization, an anti-Israel organization.'

While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have never been shy about making them - those criticisms cross the line into anti-Semitism when they ascribe evil, almost supernatural powers to Israel in a manner that replicates classic anti-Semitic slanders.

I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.

This is not to isolate Israel but rather to hold Israel to a higher standard that we also have to hold ourselves to as well.

It does irritate me when I am described as a controversialist and commentator on Israel.

If you're criticizing Israel, but you're doing it in a way that implies that the Jewish people in America have a dual loyalty, that's anti-Semitism. It's more than just criticizing Israeli policy.

The Europeans do tend to delegitimize Israel and turn Israel into a dirty word, which is unforgivable.

Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction - out of all proportion to any other party in the Middle East - is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest.

Indeed, even if one believed that criticisms of Israel are by and large heard as anti-semitic (by Jews, anti-semites, or people who could be described as neither), it would become the responsibility of all of us to change the conditions of reception so that the public might begin to distinguish between criticism of Israel and a hatred of Jews.

Jews, I know you're God's chosen people and the rest of us are just 'whatever', but when Israel behaves like a violent, psychopathic bully and someone mentions it, that doesn't make them anti-Semitic.

The Jews are trying to destroy all other cultures...as a survival mechanism...the only Nazi country in the world is Israel.

Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other countries and other groups. This constant, often legitimate criticism of Israel for every one of its deviations, when coupled with the absence of legitimate criticism of others, creates the impression currently prevalent on university campuses and in the press that Israel is among the worst human rights violators in the world....it is not true, but if it is repeated often enough, it takes on a reality of its own.

The Stop The War Coalition is a sort of home to Jew-haters because its hate music about Israel is so catchy.