My LifeThis is Golda Meir's long-awaited personal and moving story of her life. For the first time, we experience through her own words how it happened that this amazing woman, born in Russia and brought up in Milwaukee, became the prime minister of Israel and one of the political giants of our time without ever losing the warmth and informality for which she is justly celebrated. She herself describes her career as Israel's labor minister, foreign minister, and finally prime minister, against the background of her conflicting roles as a wife and as a mother. This personal story of her own life inevitably reflects also the story of Israel itself -- and of its struggle to survive -- culminating in what was for Golda Meir the most desperate period of all, the terrible days of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. - Jacket flap. |
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... taken in the Six - Day War , unless and until we were guaranteed secure and defensible borders . I was very touched indeed by his letter . A less pleasant reminder of those days was the ceremony I at- tended in Haifa in 1970 , when the ...
... taken in the Six - Day War , unless and until we were guaranteed secure and defensible borders . I was very touched indeed by his letter . A less pleasant reminder of those days was the ceremony I at- tended in Haifa in 1970 , when the ...
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... taken in the north and in the south or of the peril that Israel faced until the reserves were fully mobilized and in action , I said , " We are in no doubt that we shall prevail . But we are also convinced that this renewal of Egyptian ...
... taken in the north and in the south or of the peril that Israel faced until the reserves were fully mobilized and in action , I said , " We are in no doubt that we shall prevail . But we are also convinced that this renewal of Egyptian ...
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... taken by surprise . Reservists throughout the country had been called away from the synagogue and their homes . In the rush , some had not even taken time to look for dog tags or been able to find their units . Reservists in the armored ...
... taken by surprise . Reservists throughout the country had been called away from the synagogue and their homes . In the rush , some had not even taken time to look for dog tags or been able to find their units . Reservists in the armored ...
Contents
A Political Adolescence | 30 |
Choose Palestine | 53 |
The Start of a New Life | 75 |
Copyright | |
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