I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips.

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Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a...

Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a...

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the...

A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the...

But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to...

But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to...

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming...

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming...

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.

The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic.

On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it...

On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it...

Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed...

Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed...

If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both...

If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both...

I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.

I was born and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment.

But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and...

But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and...

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples...

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples...

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I...

I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I...

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

All of my novels are democracies.

All of my novels are democracies.

I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right.

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the...

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the...

I recommend the art of slow reading.

I recommend the art of slow reading.

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one...

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one...

Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other...

Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other...