I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they are more of a kind of family – with all the problems of a family. We have to live with them. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
I come from two parts of the oriental community – Jerusalemite and North African Jews. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
Jerusalem doesn’t belong only to Israelis and Palestinians, Muslims and Jews, but to the world. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
At the heart of anti-Semitism lies Moses. He made a catastrophic error, a terrible mistake, and all anti-Semitism for two thousand years stems from his misjudgement. Moses said we Jews could remain a people without having a land. He said we don’t need territory to hold onto our Jewish identity. This was a disaster. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
This is why I am a Zionist: because Diaspora leads to hatred and the Holocaust. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
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 that leads them to such destructive desperation. That’s why we need to grant them status as a legitimate enemy – before we talk about an agreement or, alternatively, about a frontal war. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
Let us not forget: The Palestinians in Gaza are our permanent neighbors, and we are theirs. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
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. A. B. Yehoshua Read Quote
