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" Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud. "

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" Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion. "

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

" I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council. "

" Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism? "

" Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right is more emotional and hereditary than having to do with what people think about the Palestinians. "

" I have written to Israel's friends around the world, including the U.S. Congress and the E.U., and asked them to make funding for the United Nations dependent on ending blatant discrimination against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council. "

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

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

" Does the global Left - as well as the Israeli Left - truly not care about the horrific Taliban regime, the terrible oppression of women in Gulf states, and the mass hanging festivals in Iran? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "