Phrase by 'Amos Oz'

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And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Conflict , Respect , Tragedy , Powerful


The idea that all Israelis are villains is a childish idea. Israel is the most deeply divided, argumentative society. You'll never find two Israelis that agree with one another - it's hard to find even one who agrees with himself or herself.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  You , Never , Society , Childish


I listen to my political rivals sometimes with fear and trembling, sometimes with awe, sometimes with near panic, but always with a curiosity of nuances, curiosity for the language, curiosity for the story behind the 'impossible' position.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Sometimes , Political , Language , Fear , Curiosity


I think loathing begets fanaticism, and in the end, loathing begets hatred and violence.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Think , Hatred , End , Violence


I've been called a traitor a few times in my life by some of my countrymen.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Life , My Life , Some , Traitor


If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  End , Compromise , Stop , Unhappy , Injustice


Two children of same cruel parent look at one another and see in each other the image of the cruel parent or the image of their past oppressor. This is very much the case between Jew and Arab: It's a conflict between two victims.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Look , Children , Past , Parent


But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Position , Years , Country , Balance


Nobody ever predicted, a week before President Sadat came to Jerusalem in 1977, that his arrival would be the beginning of a peace process that would end up in an - unhappy - Israeli-Egyptian peace. We have seen peace with Egypt. We have seen peace with Jordan. We have seen the handshake between Rabin and Arafat - things are possible.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Beginning , Nobody , Peace , Unhappy


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.

Author: Amos Oz - Israeli Writer
  Love , Live , Jealous , Promotion


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