I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.

Being a Jew and an Israeli are inseparable things.

I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more.

I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.

The Arab-Israeli conflict is the biggest problem, but small problems shape the daily lives of Israelis. Unless there happens to be a war going on, the Arab-Israeli conflict is irrelevant in daily life.

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

Me and apparently a lot of other people felt that the people who should benefit most from the country are the people who contribute the most, which is the middle class, who are drafted into the army, spend three years there and 25 years in the reserves. That is why I had enough votes to create out of nowhere the second-largest party in the country.