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" Judaism is a whole line of values that have existed for thousands of years, but the democratic idea is a new idea, and significant parts of it stand in contradiction to Judaism. "

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" Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children. "

" I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past. "

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" Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria. "

" Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength. "

" I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos. "

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

" Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits. "

" The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers. "

" Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks. "

" Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves. "

" I do not deal with threats and ultimatums. "

" 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? "

" Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen. "

" There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions. "

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

" Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions. "

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

" I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives. "

" Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong. "

" Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together. "

" Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close. "

" The Israeli media are very important to me. I've been part of them and they a part of me all my adult life. "