"There is one direction that is not closed"

"Israel is in a difficult position.

We try to move to the right, and the way is blocked.

We try to move to the left, and the way is blocked.

We try to go forward, but we cannot.

We are surrounded and blocked on every side.

There is one direction, however, that is not closed: upward!

That route is still open, and it is the way we should try to move.

We should do this, not as a statement or a slogan; but to propel us, toward a different way of life."

--Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Quoted on Yiddishkeit.org