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.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?

People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West.

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.