[The guidelines] say all the right things, ... They address all the issues that were raised as problems at the Air Force Academy. The major question is, how will be they become a reality? A lot of the people implementing this are the people who violated it. |
a hero who carried the torch of justice at a time when there was a paralysis of conscience over responsibility for the Holocaust. |
As much progress as we think we've made with legislation, litigation and education, anti-Semitism still continues to be the No. 2 hate crime in the United States. You can't eliminate it, but you can try to keep a lid on it. |
But in this movie, he is so loving, so kind and so tender that he is forced by the Jews to crucify Jesus. |
directly at odds with the American ideal and should be rejected. |
For him to call for final victory against Jews by 1.3 billion Muslims ... is a call for religious war. It cannot be tolerated, cannot be condoned. |
forcing the parties to compromise. |
His biggest message was that war crimes cannot have a statute of limitations, ... These people needed to know they would be brought to justice. Even though many of those responsible for the crimes of the Holocaust were never brought to justice, they never had a peaceful night from the day Simon Wiesenthal raised his voice. His determined leadership in the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of prejudice will be sorely missed. |
I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back. |
I'm nervous about this, |
If people convert, that's their individual business. But don't use them as a tool to convert other people. |
In the Middle East, the precedents are not good. |
It is not a movement prompted by an animus against Jews or the Jewish community. But the unintended consequence is that Jews may be blamed for it. |
It's a question of degree, |
It's a setback for peace and a victory for terrorism. The U.S. policy has always been to promote democracy and fight terrorism. This raises the question of whether you can do both simultaneously. If you don't eliminate terrorism first, you get what we got today. |