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We are not some third world dictatorship that will shoot people for talking their mind so agian don't talk bs
"The state of Israel is a governmental and administrative apparatus that is devoid of all content."
"I myself have no interest in this framework as such and consider the idea that it possesses intrinsic value a clear-cut expression of chauvinism that is partly naïve, partly brutal, or to use a stronger term – an expression of fascistic mentality."
"A “nation” is a being of the mind. It exists only insofar as there is consciousness of existence. An entity of the mind has no legal rights. The nexus of a “nation” to a given territory is not established by law, and differs thereby from the bond which attaches a piece of property to the legal “person” who owns it. Even the fact that at some historical moment a territory is populated by members of a given nation does not validate a legal right to the territory. The claim of almost any nation to the territory it occupies can be countered by the claim: “it is yours only by dint of robbery”(a midrashic formulation)."
"The country we live in was in ancient times the land of the people of Israel. Even when, in the wake of destruction and exile, the people were physically severed from their country, the nation continued to exist and with it its national consciousness. Jews whose national consciousness is still alive continue to consider this country the “Land of Israel” even without regard to claims of right. No counterclaim can deprive them of this feeling. It is the same for the Arab inhabitants."
"The fact is that the country which is our homeland became the homeland of another people: and neither side can nor will it be able – nor from its standpoint does it even have the right – to renounce its claim."
"That a subjugated people would fight for its freedom against the conquering ruler, with all the means at its disposal, without being squeamish about their legitimacy, was only to be expected. This has been true of the wars of liberation of all peoples. We call the acts of the Palestinians “terrorism” and their fighters “terrorists”. But we are able to maintain our rule over the rebellious people only by actions regarded the world-over as criminal. We refer to this as “policy” rather than “terror” because it is conducted by a duly constituted government and its regular army. The “aberrant cases” of necessity became the rule, since they are not incidental to a conquering regime but essential to it."
Yeshayahu Leibowitz (Israël, 1903-1994), rabbi, biologist and philosopher.
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