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

I'm a great believer in compromises. I do not believe in capitulation.

My musical instrument is Hebrew and, to me, this is the most important fact about my writing.

A long war is degenerating - it ruins the mind and the soul and psyche of individuals and nations.

The very same book, even if it is translated very accurately, let's say from Hebrew into English or from English into Hebrew, becomes a different book because language is a musical instrument.

Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let's see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant.

It's possible a Palestinian state will be installed over the heads of the Palestinians. It could be part of an agreement between the Israeli government and moderate Arab states, but not one between Israel and the Palestinians.