Friendly Fire: a discussion with Abraham B. Yehoshua

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Friendly Fire: a discussion with Abraham B. Yehoshua

01 Mar 2009

Speakers: Abraham B. Yehoshua

The BBC's Lyse Doucet talks to author Abraham B. Yehoshua about his novel Friendly Fire (2008). Abraham Yehoshua describes the content of his work: the characters, the plot, the themes that run through the novel, and the lives of the central married couple interwoven and connected through solidarity despite their separation.

Yehoshua offers his views on the Israel-Palestine conflict and shares his ceasless optimism that a solution can be found. While looking at language as an organic entity, Yehoshua explains the internal conflicts that 'the Jew' faced with the creation of the state of Israel. Yehoshua talks about values, honour, love –e specially that between husband and wife – and responsibility, which the Palestinians, according to Yehosua, must take for their state.