I have to question the judgement of anyone that thinks you can pick some random quote from somewhere and then use it to discount an individual's entire body of work spanning decades.

Peretz is a secular Zionist and passionate advocate for Israel's right to defend itself who at the same time strongly opposes Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria.

This combination of views is increasingly rare and that's a real shame, because without prominent people advocating them, defending Israel and defending the settlers are going to reflexively come together as a package.