The malady of the Jews is that they don't see territory as part of their identity. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
Jews outside Israel live in permanent contradiction. I think they should come home. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
This is why I am a Zionist: because Diaspora leads to hatred and the Holocaust. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
Let us not forget: The Palestinians in Gaza are our permanent neighbors, and we are theirs. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
Jerusalem doesn't belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
For 50 years - that is, for most of my adult life - I worked tirelessly for the two-state solution in the… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone;… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
Israel is too attached to America, too influenced by America. It should be connected to Europe. America is based on mythology -… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries.… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
At the heart of anti-Semitism lies Moses. He made a catastrophic error, a terrible mistake, and all anti-Semitism for two thousand years… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
In my own view, Hamas's frustration derives from a lack of legitimization by Israel and by much of the world. It is… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share Image
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
In my own view, Hamas's frustration derives from a lack of legitimization by Israel and by much of the world. It is this frustration… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
Our synagogues are spread all over the world, and we want people to respect them and look after them. And we have to respect… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
The literary trappings and moralizing of science fiction I find insufficiently compelling. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
Israel is too attached to America, too influenced by America. It should be connected to Europe. America is based on mythology - the free… — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
This is why I am a Zionist: because Diaspora leads to hatred and the Holocaust. — A. B. Yehoshua Copy Share
