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Tag Archives: Golda Meir
“Assured by her generals that the Arabs were only bluffing and pressured by the Nixon administration not to launch a preemptive strike, Prime Minister Golda Meir waited until the last minute before mobilizing”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Remembering the Yom Kippur War in a Divided Israel Michael Oren September 28, 2023 …The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era. It … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Egypt, Golda Meir, Michael Oren, Syria, Yom Kippur War
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Golda Meir has a somewhat negative reputation in Israel, but the Guy Nattiv movie may be changing how the first female prime minister is viewed
JPOST ‘Golda’: Israelis mull over the Helen Mirren-led movie Hannah Brown September 23, 2023 Golda Meir was the first female prime minister of Israel and, like the country she led, she was a mass of contradictions. Reportedly lauded by David … Continue reading
In one of the movie’s memorable scenes, Meir and Kissinger engage in a battle of wills over the Israeli prime minister’s kitchen table, with Meir forcing the exhausted diplomat to eat borscht
WASHINGTON EXAMINER Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new biopic about the Israeli prime minister Sean Durns August 25, 2023 A decade before the rise of U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Israel had its own “Iron Lady,” Golda Meir, a 75-year-old grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Golda Meir, Helen Mirren, Henry Kissinger
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These seven men and one woman — Theodore Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Abba Eban, Louis Brandeis, Ben Hecht, Ron Dermer, and Golda Meir — are eagerly split between American and European origins, and they all play starring roles in the long-deferred return to Zion
AMERICAN GREATNESS The Triumph and Tragedy of Abba Eban Rick Richman March 11, 2023 …Eban’s speeches were a record of eloquence unequaled by any diplomat during that period. Conor Cruise O’Brien, representing Ireland in the U.N. (sitting next to Eban … Continue reading
“If Russia lays down its weapons, there is no war. If Ukraine lays down its weapons, there is no Ukraine,” read one widely shared tweet”
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH NEWS Golda Meir is icon for Ukrainians Philissa Kramer / JTA March 19, 2022 The most prominent Jewish figure in Ukraine right now is the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The runner-up may well be another country’s famous Jewish … Continue reading
Netflix’s “The Angel” tells story of Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan–Abdel Nasser’s son-in-law–who warned Israel prior to ‘73 Yom Kippur War
YNET Telegram exposes Mossad chief’s warnings about Yom Kippur War by Yaron Drukman September 18, 2018 …[On Monday] The State Archives website posted the telegram the former Mossad chief sent to then prime minister Golda Meir’s military secretary Yisrael Lior, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashraf Marwan, Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Golda Meir, Mossad, Yom Kippur War
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Golda “knew how to reach into the heart of American Jews and was constantly coming to America to raise money”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Who (or what) was Golda Meir’s one true love? A new biography has answers by JP O’Malley November 17, 2017 … Golda was prime minister that [1970] summer, and her tumultuous five years in office are now … Continue reading
#KentState students: #GoldaMeir has no place on our campus
ALGEMEINER Kent State Students Demand Removal of ‘Golda’ Display, Claiming Late Israeli Leader Engaged in ‘Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians’ by Lea Speyer November 3, 2016 Students at Kent State University are demanding the removal of a display featuring a photo of and … Continue reading
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Tagged Golda Meir, Kent State University, Palestinians
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“Israel could have played by Arab rules and deported all Arabs in the land it occupied, but it did not. Precisely because Israel respected the human rights of Arabs, and despite its own self-interest, Israel gave the Palestinians a platform from which to seek the destruction of Israel”
GATESTONE Why the BDS Movement is Destroying a Future Palestinian State by Fred Maroun April 14, 2016 From the moment Israel declared its independence, one of the main Arab tactics has been to exploit the Jews’ Achilles heel – their … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Golda Meir, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
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Gaza War’s Clear Loser: Netanyahu
BLOOMBERG by Daniel Gordis August 27, 2014 Back in 2009, Israel was festooned with election campaign banners that read, “A Strong Leader for a Strong Nation.” They were Benjamin Netanyahu’s banners, which, even if he had them in stock today, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Avigdor Liebermen, Ehud Olmert, Golda Meir, Hamas, Menachem Begin, Naftali Bennett, Yisrael Beitinu
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 