by force... To defeat an idea, you have to offer a better idea, a more attractive and acceptable one... Israel has to sign a peace agreement with President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah government in the West Bank." In March 2011, Oz sent imprisoned former Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti a copy of his book A Tale of Love and Darkness in Arabic translation with his personal dedication in Hebrew: "This story is our story, I hope you read it and understand us as we understand you, hoping to see you outside and in peace, yours, Amos Oz". The gesture was criticized by members of rightist political parties, among them Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely. Assaf Harofeh Hospital canceled Oz's invitation to give the keynote speech at an awards ceremony for outstanding physicians in the wake of this incident. Oz supported Israeli actions in Gaza during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, criticizing the tactic of using human shields, widely imputed to be employed by Hamas at the time, asking: "What would you do if your neighbor across the street sits down on the balcony, puts his little boy on his lap, and starts shooting machine-gun fire into your nursery? What would you do if your neighbor across the street digs a tunnel from his nursery to your nursery in order to blow up your home or in order to kidnap your family?" Awards and recognition 1965 – literary award from Municipality of Holon 1976 – Brenner Prize 1983 – Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew novel category) for A Perfect Peace 1984 – made an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. 1986 – Bialik Prize for literature (jointly with Yitzhak Orpaz) 1988 – French Prix Femina étranger 1992 – Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1997 – named to the French Legion of Honour 1998 – Israel Prize for literature 2004 – Welt-Literaturpreis from the German newspaper Die Welt 2004 – Ovid Prize from the city of Neptun, Romania 2005 – Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt, Germany for his life's work 2006 – Jerusalem-Agnon Prize 2006 – Corine Literature Prize (Germany) 2007 – Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (Spain) 2007 – A Tale of Love and Darkness named one of the ten most important books since the creation of the State of Israel 2008 – German President's High Honor Award 2008 – Primo Levi Prize (Italy) 2008 – Heinrich