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

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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.

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.

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of...

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I recommend the art of slow reading.

I recommend the art of slow reading.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All of my novels are democracies.

All of my novels are democracies.

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...

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.