“So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is th...” — A. B. Yehoshua Quote

So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.

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.

The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

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.

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Why did I choose to join Congress I? It was a decision taken after much deliberation and thought.

After much deliberation I have made the decision to retire from playing international football.