Israel Shahak
Dr. Israel Shahak was an Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor, an intellectual of liberal political bent, and a civil-rights advocate and activist on behalf of both Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews). For twenty years, he headed the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights (1970–90) and was a public critic of the policies of the governments of Israel.
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- Born in
- Warsaw
- Educated at
- Stanford UniversityHebrew University of Jerusalem
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Trending topics shown first"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 critic…"
"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 …"
"I strongly believe that antisemitism and Jewish chauvinism can only be fought simultaneously."
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1933
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