“I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and Nor...” — A. B. Yehoshua Quote

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

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

“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.”

“I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare.”

“Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African.”

“You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'”