"The Jewish people, for millennia, were oppressed, discriminated against, killed. Europe was responsible for much of that. They understandably sought a refuge in a place where they had historic ties. That is undeniable. What is also undeniable is that they took the land of people who were expelled. And those people, understandably, said, 'This is an injustice, and I want my land back.’
"If the attitude of Israel is, now we're the strongest, the most technologically advanced in the region, and our security depends on us doing whatever we need, taking whatever we want, and not making any concessions to anyone, then you've ceded moral ground, if that's the position you take.”
“That may work short-term... but you have ceded moral ground if that is the position you take.”
“I would say the current Israeli government appears to have taken that. It is incumbent on them to recognise that 7 million Palestinians are not going anywhere. It is not sustainable to press upon them a condition that no-one would accept for themselves.”