In Many Ways, I Regard

Israel Is A Fulfilled Dream. Nothing That Exists Here Existed Here A Hundred Years Ago. "the State Of The Jews" Was Not A Title Of A Country. It Was A Title Of A Futuristic Novel. A Little More Than A Hundred Years Ago, "tel Aviv" Was Not A City. It Was A Title Of Another Novel Written By The Same Author. The "return To Zion" Was A Name Of Another Novel. There Was A Bookshelf. There Was No State. There Was No Nation. All You Can See, If You Look Through The Window - Everything You See Is A Fulfillment Of Dreams, Different Dreams.

The Actual Gap Between Labor, Likud And The New Central Party Is Microscopic.

One Of The Things I Wanted To Introduce In The Same Sea Beyond Transcending The Conflict, Is The Fact That Deep Down Below All Our Secrets Are The Same.

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.

I Don't Think A Novel's Main Donation, Main Gift, Is The Document. The Document Is There, But A Novel Goes Beyond Documentation. It Goes Into Opening A New Vista, Opening A New Perspective, Showing Familiar Things In An Unfamiliar Way, And Making The Reader Reconsider The Documentary Facts Which He Or She May Have Known Before.