New York – “Israel is, despite its enormous weaponry, the underdog,” says leading attorney and civil libertarian Alan Dershowitz. “It is attacked throughout the world. It is the only state in the world today subject to open threats of annihilation.”
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Dershowitz has won a name for himself over the past decades by representing criminal defendants such as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, has also drawn fury and support for his unrelenting pro-Israel views.
He believes that while criticism of Israel abounds the world over, many of Israel’s detractors are Jews themselves.
“Today, Israel is a source of embarrassment for French Jews and many British Jews. They want to disassociate themselves because otherwise they won’t be invited to dinner parties,” says Dershowitz “It’s very important for people to restore a sense of pride in the accomplishments of the Jewish state.”
Dershowitz, who was raised with an Orthodox Jewish education, said that his legal beliefs and support for Israel are intertwined.
“I support Israel because I am a civil libertarian and a human rights activist,” says Dershowitz. He defines civil liberties as a legal process which “recognizes that majority shouldn’t always rule, that there are always going to be dissenting views, that there must be a right to free speech, a right to dissent from religion, freedom not only of religion, but from religion, there must always be due process, fair trial. The guilty must be defended along the innocent.”
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does that mean one should not be embarrassed to marry a jewish woman too.
a person says something that makes sense& we have comments that r idiotatic.
We should not be embarrassed of Israel?
How about whey they do something embarrassing? Am I supposed to support them blindly? You know, they are not always 100% right. At least once in awhile they do something which does make me embarrassed.
How about when they give up on a mini war without doing what they set out to do, but lie and say they met their goals.
Why are there still tunnels to Egypt?
This is embarrassing.
go to france or look at the violence that jews endure because of israel. it isnt about being embarrassed, it just not worth being beaten up or fire bombed over. if jews of the world stopped running around with israeli flags and instead put up flags of countries they live in, arabs wouldnt have incentive to start with us. and even if they did, if jews were patriotic (especially like america like we were before israel) goyim would support us (JEWS not ISRAEL)
Too Bad Dershowitz! When Israel does embarrassing things, I feel embarrassed.