We Don't Thrive On Military Acts. We

We Don't Want Wars Even When We Win.

It Is Not Only A Matter, I Believe, Of Religious Observance And Practice. To Me, Being Jewish Means And Has Always Meant Being Proud To Be Part Of A People That Has Maintained Its Distinct Identity For More Than 2,000 Years, With All The Pain And Torment That Has Been Inflicted Upon It.

It Is A Dreadful Thing To See The Dead City. Next To The Port I Found Children, Women, The Old, Waiting For A Way To Leave. I Entered The Houses, There Were Houses Where The Coffee And Pita Bread Were Left On The Table, And I Could Not Avoid [thinking] That This, Indeed, Had Been The Picture In Many Jewish Towns [i.e., In Europe, During World War Ii].

We Jews Have A Secret Weapon In Our Struggle With The Arabs; We Have No Place To Go.

There Is Only One Thing I Hope To See Before I Die, And That Is That My People Should Not Need Expressions Of Sympathy Anymore.