One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the … - A. B. Yehoshua

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A. B. Yehoshua

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.

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