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" I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me. "

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" I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it. "

" Intellectuals know how to answer the question, 'What God do I believe in?' not only through the question of 'What God do I abhor?' Intellectuals can also answer the question of 'What flag do I wave?' without having to answer the question of 'What flag do I burn.' "

" Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. "

" I am a Zionist. "

" Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth. "

" I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then. "

" Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. "

" I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem. "

" If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them. "

" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "

" The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem. "

" Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.' "

" If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. "

" One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members. "

" The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual. "

" Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem. "

" Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion. "

" I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that. "

" When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners. "

" How can Israel say that everyone is equal before the law - that you're equal before the law - when the law defines Judaism as the cultural, national and legislative basis for the state? "

" When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case. "

" There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them. "

" One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State. "

" In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness. "

" The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home. "

" At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it. "

" Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided. "

" Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world. "

" Facts cannot be replaced by opinion. "

" The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders. "