Israel Shahak Quotes

1933–2001 Israel

Israel Shahak (28 April 1933 – 2 July 2001) was a Professor of Chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Holocaust Survivor, and an outspoken critic of the Israeli government and of Israeli society in general.

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You cannot have humane Zionism, it is a contradiction in terms.

We realize that by criticizing Jewish fundamentalism we are criticizing a part of the past that we love. We wish that members of every human grouping would criticize their own past, even before criticizing others.

Jewish Fundamentalism In Israel (1997)

That is a Nazi expression. The Nazis called Germans who defended Jewish rights self-hating Germans.

I strongly believe that antisemitism and Jewish chauvinism can only be fought simultaneously.

Jewish History, Jewish Religion (1994)

Modern racism (of which antisemitism is part) although caused by specific social conditions, becomes, when it gains strength, a force that in my opinion can only be described as demonic.

Jewish History, Jewish Religion (1994)

It is my considered opinion that the State of Israel is a racist state in the full meaning of this term: In this state people are discriminated against, in the most permanent and legal way and in the most important areas of life, only because of their origin. This racist discrimination began in Zionism and is carried out today mainly in co-operation with the institutions of the Zionist movement.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Israel Shahak (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.