A. B. Yehoshua

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

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

I am a serious reader, and I read slowly.

— A. B. Yehoshua

We have to rethink the two-state solution.

— A. B. Yehoshua

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

So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a…

— A. B. Yehoshua

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid…

— A. B. Yehoshua

Our synagogues are spread all over the world, and we want people to respect them and look after them. And we have…

— A. B. Yehoshua

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

The literary trappings and moralizing of science fiction I find insufficiently compelling.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Israel is too attached to America, too influenced by America. It should be connected to Europe. America is based on mythology -…

— A. B. Yehoshua

Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.

— A. B. Yehoshua

In my DNA, the Zionist gene is extremely strong.

— A. B. Yehoshua

This is why I am a Zionist: because Diaspora leads to hatred and the Holocaust.

— A. B. Yehoshua

I admit I think it is immoral for Jews to live in the Diaspora.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Jerusalem doesn't belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world.

— A. B. Yehoshua

For 50 years - that is, for most of my adult life - I worked tirelessly for the two-state solution in the…

— A. B. Yehoshua

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

Let us not forget: The Palestinians in Gaza are our permanent neighbors, and we are theirs.

— A. B. Yehoshua

In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.

— A. B. Yehoshua

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

Israelis are the total Jews.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

— A. B. Yehoshua

We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how…

— A. B. Yehoshua

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

— A. B. Yehoshua