Phyllis Bennis Quotes

• Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.

  Phyllis Bennis

  Political, Occupation, Constitution

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• The question of Israeli apartheid was anathema a decade ago. Now it's even talked about by top Israeli officials, who say - they differ on the timing: We say it's already there; they say that if we don't do something different, we're going to face apartheid.

  Phyllis Bennis

  Different, Faces, Timing

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• We don't have a refugee crisis in America; we have a racism crisis here.

  Phyllis Bennis

  Refugee Crisis, America, Racism

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Instead of ending U.S. military aid to the 23rd wealthiest country to use for its consistent violations of international law and human rights, we see the Obama administration escalating the annual amount of aid, so that Israel will now start each year with almost $4 billion, with $3.8 billion a year of military aid coming from our tax money to support its military, without any restrictions on how it makes - how it uses that money, what weapons in the U.S. it's able to buy.

  Phyllis Bennis

  Country, Military, Rights

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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