A. B. Yehoshua

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.

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 is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.

It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values.

I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews.

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

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

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries.

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.