A.B. Yehoshua
Opinion Time to Say Goodbye to the Two-state Solution. Here's the Alternative
A.B. Yehoshua, one of Israel's staunchest fighters for the two-state solution, lays out a proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian partnership
Letters to the Editor I Was Never in Favor of Annexation - A.B. Yehoshua
After his call for giving Palestinians in parts of West Bank civil rights makes waves, famed Israeli author responds to his critics.
Opinion Reducing the Malignancy of the Israeli Occupation
We must grant Israeli residency to the 100,000 Palestinians living in the Israeli-controlled part of the West Bank, in order to ease the suffering of those living on the front line of the occupation.
The Israeli Peace Camp’s Obligation: Demand Negotiations Without Preconditions
The prime minister may have a forked tongue, but when he is publicly calling for negotiations without preconditions, the Palestinians must respond affirmatively.
To Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Try Thinking Binationally
A vision of a Greater Israel in which Israeli citizenship is granted to those Palestinians who desire it could help shake off some of the obsolete and fossilized clichés, and stir new and creative thinking.
The Palestinians Are Also to Blame
If the Palestinians had truly wanted to be liberated from the metastasizing occupation and establish a Palestinian state before it is too late, they should have aspired to a swift separation.
Defining Who Is an Israeli
When Israeli citizens define themselves as Jews - instead of Israelis - they weaken their link to the country and bar national identity from flourishing.
Defining 'Who Is a Jew’
If a Jew need not live in Israel, need not speak Hebrew, need not be committed to formal communal relations with other Jews, need not believe in the God of Israel and His Torah, and does not necessarily have to be the child of a Jewish mother, who then, is a Jew?
Defining Zionism: The Belief That Israel Belongs to the Entire Jewish People
Given the ways in which the word 'Zionism' is thrown around both in Israel and outside of it, and the vast permutations it’s gone through over the past decades, perhaps it's time we try to define it realistically.
Aging Holocaust Scholar Says He Doesn't Have Enough Time to Prove His Theories
Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua reviews Yehuda Bauer's new book on the Holocaust, which 'breaths truth,' despite the author's claim that his work is a fraud.
It's Time for Israel to Talk to Hamas
Just as the PLO was transformed into the Palestinian Authority, so it is time to start treating Hamas not as a 'terror organization,' but as a government.
An Unwelcome Intro to the Binational State
A binational state would not arise solely due to Israel’s doings; its establishment also would be abetted by the silent cooperation of Palestinians.
Dividing the Land of Israel Into Two States Is a Moral Imperative
The concept of the Jewish homeland has dominated the discourse for millennia, but now we need to reach definitive conclusions.
Why the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Refuses to Be Resolved
The author argues that peace remains elusive because the conflict is unprecedented in human history.
Zionism Is Not an Ideology
The concept of Zionism is dear to us, and therefore it is important that it find expression only in its rightful place: in the difference between us and the Jews of the Diaspora.
The Picture
An excerpt from the new novel 'Hesed Sefaradi' ('Spanish Kindness' ), forthcoming in Hebrew from Hasifria Hahadasha.
Farewell to Lova
Labor politician Arie 'Lova' Eliav, who died this week, was successful because of his moral clarity.
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Would Neutralize Iran Threat
Attempting to destroy Iran's nuclear potential militarily is liable to drag Israel into a drawn-out war.
Israeli State
On the increasingly rapid devaluation of the term 'Israel,' or 'Israeli,' in favor of the term 'Jew.'
A.B. Yehoshua / Why Do We Insist on a 'Jewish' State?
Why are we obsessed with calling ourselves a 'democratic Jewish state'? Why not just 'Israel'?
An Open Letter to Gideon Levy
Israeli author tells Haaretz columnist that his comparison of Gazan-Israeli death tolls is 'absurd.'
Ahad Ha'am Would Have Been Thrilled
'Materialism' is not a separate bubble. There is no such thing as 'national existence without spiritual content.' Spirituality, for better or for worse, high or low, noble or perverted, correct or mistaken, sane or insane, penetrates every cell of humanity, as long as it survives.
People Without a Land
A week ago, A.B. Yehoshua infuriated his American-Jewish hosts when he said that their Jewish identity was incomplete when compared to that of Israelis. In the following remarks, he warns of 'the increasingly dangerous and irresponsible disconnection between the glorification of the texts and the mundane matters of daily life'
The Moral Choice
Only a Labor Party led by Amir Peretz, as a strong partner in a future coalition, will be able to lift Israelis out of the garbage.
Opinion / The Moral Choice
Only a Labor Party led by Amir Peretz, as a strong partner in a future coalition, will be able to lift Israelis out of the garbage.
The Moral Choice
Only a Labor Party led by Amir Peretz, as a strong partner in a future coalition, will be able to lift Israelis out of the garbage.
The Soul Mate
A short story
Eleven Degrees of Separation
The principal theme of Zionism was and remains the establishment of borders within which it will be possible to maintain Jewish sovereignty. This is also the only way out of the violent spiral we are caught in: the creation of a defended, temporary border between the Palestinians and us. The major obstacle is the settlement enterprise, which is holding nine million Israelis and Palestinians hostage. No more. Following are 11 principles for unilateral separation