My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.

The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.

Anyone who sits in our jails who is not just a criminal but what we call a terrorist, with or without blood on his hands - and these definitions are also unclear to me - should not be sitting in our custody.

I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.