--- title: "17 Israeli Quotes By Amos Oz" description: "17 Israeli quotes by Amos Oz. Plus more from Amos Oz and more Israeli sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/amos-oz-1478_agreement_it-s-possible-a-palestinian-state-will-b_474516.jpg" --- > [It's possible a Palestinian state will be installed over the heads of the Palestinians. It could be part of an agreement between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/it-s-possible-a-palestinian-state-will-be-installed-over-the-heads-of/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/amos-oz-1478_agreement_it-s-possible-a-palestinian-state-will-b_474516.jpg) > [I would not waste five years of my life in order to send to the Israeli readers a simple message such as,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-would-not-waste-five-years-of-my-life-in-order-to-send-to-the/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/amos-oz-1478_books_i-would-not-waste-five-years-of-my-life_875566.png) > [Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/israel-of-the-coastal-plain-where-eight-out-of-ten-israeli-jews-live/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c6/amos-oz-1478_coastal_israel-of-the-coastal-plain-where-eight_3162731.png) > [The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a tragedy; it is a clash between right and right. And, therefore it's not black and white. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-a-tragedy-it-is-a-clash-between/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/amos-oz-1478_black_the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-a-tr_3142068.png) > [I think there are one or two things similar in Elizabethan English and contemporary Hebrew. This is not to say that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-think-there-are-one-or-two-things-similar-in-elizabethan-english/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/amos-oz-1478_certain_i-think-there-are-one-or-two-things-simi_397903.png) > [Recently with IS and Islamist fanaticism, it has become easy for the Israeli government to simply push the Palestinian struggle for self-determination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/recently-with-is-and-islamist-fanaticism-it-has-become-easy-for-the/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/amos-oz-1478_determination_recently-with-is-and-islamist-fanaticism_2317548.png) > [I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-have-seen-for-the-first-time-in-100-years-of-conflict-the-two/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/amos-oz-1478_conflict_i-have-seen-for-the-first-time-in-100-ye_1858545.png) > [Sometimes, recently Israeli-Palestinian conflict is indeed a clash between wrong and wrong. It is not as simple as fascism was. Every decent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/sometimes-recently-israeli-palestinian-conflict-is-indeed-a-clash/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/amos-oz-1478_apartheid_sometimes-recently-israeli-palestinian-c_2767942.jpg) > [What is likely to happen? Either an escalation of violence or an entire change in the whole Middle East theater. It may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/what-is-likely-to-happen-either-an-escalation-of-violence-or-an/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/amos-oz-1478_behinds_what-is-likely-to-happen-either-an-escal_1478888.png) > [The Palestinians are not going anywhere - -they have nowhere to go. The Israeli Jews also aren't going anywhere - they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-palestinians-are-not-going-anywhere-they-have-nowhere-to-go-the/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/amos-oz-1478_apartment_the-palestinians-are-not-going-anywhere_1018578.png) > [The dreams and the visions of the Israeli founding fathers, these were very very ambitious dreams. They were world reformers. They wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-dreams-and-the-visions-of-the-israeli-founding-fathers-these-were/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/amos-oz-1478_ambitious_the-dreams-and-the-visions-of-the-israel_2011422.png) > [The Palestinians have no other land. They are absolutely right about this. The Israeli Jews also have no other land and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-palestinians-have-no-other-land-they-are-absolutely-right-about/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/amos-oz-1478_country_the-palestinians-have-no-other-land-they_2811959.png) > [I never regard my characters, my protagonists, as personifications. It's not that I sit by my desk and I pick up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-never-regard-my-characters-my-protagonists-as-personifications-it-s/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/amos-oz-1478_character_i-never-regard-my-characters-my-protagon_1869315.png) > [Black Box is not a statement about injustice committed against Sephardi Oriental Jews or about the extremism of religious Jews or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/black-box-is-not-a-statement-about-injustice-committed-against/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/amos-oz-1478_black_black-box-is-not-a-statement-about-injus_2703463.png) > [Each time I have the urge in me to make a statement or send a message or to issue a manifesto, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/each-time-i-have-the-urge-in-me-to-make-a-statement-or-send-a-message/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/amos-oz-1478_appearance_each-time-i-have-the-urge-in-me-to-make_717395.png) > [In some of the Israeli media, but not all, they read about very nasty things done by Israeli settlers and soldiers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/in-some-of-the-israeli-media-but-not-all-they-read-about-very-nasty/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/amos-oz-1478_comparison_in-some-of-the-israeli-media-but-not-all_3018725.jpg) > [The revival of Hebrew, as a spoken language, is a fascinating story, which I'm afraid I cannot squeeze into a few sentences.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-revival-of-hebrew-as-a-spoken-language-is-a-fascinating-story/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/amos-oz-1478_clue_the-revival-of-hebrew-as-a-spoken-langua_552462.jpg) ## Other authors on Israeli ## More by Amos Oz > [I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-find-the-family-the-most-mysterious-and-fascinating-institution-in/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [“All the profits that Papa made by the sweat of his brow from his mill she extorted from him and spent the lot on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/all-the-profits-that-papa-made-by-the-sweat-of-his-brow-from-his-mill/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Nobody ever predicted, a week before President Sadat came to Jerusalem in 1977, that his arrival would be the beginning of a peace process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/nobody-ever-predicted-a-week-before-president-sadat-came-to-jerusalem/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Every country in the world should follow the example of President Trump and move the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. But simultaneously, there should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/every-country-in-the-world-should-follow-the-example-of-president/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/actually-who-hasn-t-been-through-the-ghastly-experience-of-sitting-in/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [I think loathing begets fanaticism, and in the end, loathing begets hatred and violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/i-think-loathing-begets-fanaticism-and-in-the-end-loathing-begets/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Literature is about telling stories. Now, the gift of literature is that, in some lucky cases, reading a novel or a story makes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/literature-is-about-telling-stories-now-the-gift-of-literature-is/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Very often, fanaticism begins at home. It begins inside the family. It begins with the urge to change our kin, to change our beloved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/very-often-fanaticism-begins-at-home-it-begins-inside-the-family-it/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that, you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/when-i-need-to-take-a-side-i-write-a-newspaper-article-and-i-tell-my/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [We have to carry through to the next day and hope that we will be okay tomorrow as we are today and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/we-have-to-carry-through-to-the-next-day-and-hope-that-we-will-be/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Trump is many things. He is pampered. He is an immature man. He is a teenager craving unconditional, endless love from everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/trump-is-many-things-he-is-pampered-he-is-an-immature-man-he-is-a/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [The only way to keep a dream, any dream at all, to keep a dream perfect and rosy and intact and unsullied is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/the-only-way-to-keep-a-dream-any-dream-at-all-to-keep-a-dream-perfect/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [“Judaism and Christianity, and Islam too, all drip honeyed words of love and mercy so long as they do not have access to handcuffs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/judaism-and-christianity-and-islam-too-all-drip-honeyed-words-of-love/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [Never cut loose from your longings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/never-cut-loose-from-your-longings/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) > [If people are pro-Israel, they are pro-Israel one-hundred-and-twenty percent. If they are anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian, they tend to be pro-Palestinian one-hundred-and-twenty percent. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/if-people-are-pro-israel-they-are-pro-israel-one-hundred-and-twenty/) [Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/israeli/amos-oz/#itemlist", "name": "17 Israeli Quotes By Amos Oz", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's possible a Palestinian state will be installed over the heads of the Palestinians. 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