17 A. B. Yehoshua Quotes for You to Enjoy

A. B. Yehoshua

Israeli Novelist

Born: Dec 9, 1936

Cross Jews People Think World You

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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. A. B. Yehoshua

You Revenge Desperate Suicide Punishing Possibility Weapon Taking Along Terrorist His Mixing Blood Left Anyone Victims Even Bombing

Israel is too attached to America, too influenced by America. It should be connected to Europe. America is based on mythology - the free man, the individual, the open frontier. Europe is more conscious of history. Take Britain and Shakespeare. You shape your identity through history. A. B. Yehoshua

History You Man Free Too Shakespeare More Attached Free Man Individual Through Shape Take Open Mythology Identity Israel America Frontier Influenced Should Your Europe Connected Based Conscious Britain

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more. A. B. Yehoshua

Dreams Conflict Stupid Our East More Instead Between Exclusion West Contributing Creating Bridge Bridges Desire

I am a serious reader, and I read slowly. A. B. Yehoshua

Slowly Read Reader Am Serious

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

Day Every Day Values Every Our Say Defines Israelis Actions

I was proud my father spoke Arabic fluently - his father sent him to learn Arabic from a sheikh - and we had Arab friends. His task of understanding the Arabs - not only politics but poetry - was very important; he took it as a vocation. A. B. Yehoshua

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

Community Jews Come Parts North African Oriental Two

Jews outside Israel live in permanent contradiction. I think they should come home. A. B. Yehoshua

Home Live Think Jews Outside Come Permanent Israel Contradiction Should

We have to rethink the two-state solution. A. B. Yehoshua

Solution Rethink

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

War Enemy Frustration World Desperation Before Own Destructive Status About My Own Leads Talk Israel Hamas Lack Legitimate Them Much View Grant Derives Agreement Why Need

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

Our Gaza Neighbors Permanent Forget Us Let Us Palestinians

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

Time Crisis Rational Tendency Writer Turn

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. A. B. Yehoshua

Life Face Solution Both Adult Adult Life Part Countless Most Israeli Years Governments Authority Tirelessly Frustrations Worked Palestinian

In my DNA, the Zionist gene is extremely strong. A. B. Yehoshua

Strong Extremely Gene Zionist

World War II was a trauma that paralysed writers. It was something metaphysical, diabolical. A. B. Yehoshua

War World Something Writers Diabolical Metaphysical Trauma World War World War II

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