A. B. Yehoshua

We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better. ”

For 50 years - that is, for most of my adult life - I worked tirelessly for the two-state solution in the face of countless frustrations, both on the part of the Israeli governments and the Palestinian Authority. ”

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. ”