American - Lawyer | September 1, 1938 -
The Internet knows no national borders.
Alan Dershowitz
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In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security. It turned out it was not a threat to U.S. security. But even if it had been, that doesn't mean that it couldn't be published.
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Israel can't make peace without the clear support of the United States.
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I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.
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I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967.
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I am a peace supporting Jew.
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No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948.
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Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.
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In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert.
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The vast majority of gun owners don't kill, but people who do kill, tend to kill with guns, and often with illegal guns.
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Well, many insane people and seriously mentally ill people seem very reasonable.
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I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.
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