Norman Finkelstein on Why Obama Doesn't Believe His Own Words
on Israel-Palestine
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Norman Finkelstein, author of the new book, "Knowing Too much:
Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an
End," argues that President Obama's hawkish support for Israel
is belied by his liberal background as a law professor and
community organizer. Responding to Obama's speech this year
before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Finkelstein
says: "President Obama clearly doesn't believe a word he's
saying [on Israel-Palestine], and that's probably the most
troubling or disconcerting thing about listening to him ...
[When] he says we have Israel's back, what he actually means is
rich American Jews have me, Obama, in their pocket and I have my
hands in their pocket." Known as one of Israel's most prominent
critics, Finkelstein says the goal of the Boycott, Divest and
Sanctions campaign and the broader movement for Middle East
peace should be to mobilize public opinion on what most already
support: a two-state solution rooted in international law.
"Politics is not about personal opinions," Finkelstein says.
"It's about trying to reach a public and getting them to act on
their own sense of right and wrong."
Posted June 08,
2012
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