Sayed Kashua Quotes

I wanted the Israeli mainstream audience to meet different kinds of Arabs - not just terrorists or politicians - and to listen to their language and their stories.

When I was born here on one of the farms in Israel, my childhood, I never thought for one day that we will not be living together with Arabs.

There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.

I am the President of Arabs and Druse as well as Jews.

I do not believe in a clash of civilizations in this world. As Turkey we are in an ideal position to be a bridge….We have been able to show that a Moslem country can have a strong democracy…. We have to have a common platform to fight against terrorism. All terrorists are bad no matter what religion the come from.

I think about the Arabs not as enemies but as cousins. Even when we are in a fierce conflict with them, they are more of a kind of family - with all the problems of a family. We have to live with them.

We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better.

Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.

The majority of Jews and Arabs want to get along. Don't let a few bad apples ruin it for everyone.

I inadvertently made Israel look better without even trying, because I am this Muslim guy from Israel who does not hate Israel!

There are roughly 22,000 Palestinians working side by side with what you call settlers in factories and malls in the West Bank. If you work together, you start understanding each other.

I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.

I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.

Friends from the press, China needs to learn more about the world, and the world also needs to learn more about China. I hope you will continue to make more efforts and contributions to deepening the mutual understanding between China and the countries of the world.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.

We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution.

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.

We want a full peace, normalization in all fields.

If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface.