Word: ben-gurion
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Sadat's visit to Jerusalem brings to mind the late David Ben-Gurion's famous saying: "In Israel in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles...
...timing, is wholly believable, for Menuhin's autobiography is above all a book about people, a series of descerning and generous portraits of the individuals encountered throughout a lifetime. The great and lowly alike are brought to life with a few deft words: de Gaulle, Nehru, Ben-Gurion, Willa Cather ("Aunt Willa...a rock of strength and sweetness"), Bela Bartok ("a composer to bear comparison with the giants of the past"), the family's Italian cook, a hotel porter in Leipzig, Solzhenitsyn, Glenn Gould ("that most exotic of my colleagues") and Jacob Epstein ("like his sculptures, he seemed...
...Since becoming Foreign Minister in Begin's government in June, he has held unpublicized discussions with the Shah of Iran, Turkish Premier Süleyman Demirel and Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The meetings were designed to improve Israel's shadowy relations with what the late David Ben-Gurion called its "periphery alliances" on the outskirts of the Arab world. Iran, for example, supplies nearly all of Israel's oil. Turkey, after aloofness following the 1967 Middle East war, has again begun to trade and talk...
...think that [he] is trying to bring with him an open mind and an ability to go to a possible peace conference with all items being negotiable." Begin was equally conciliatory. Boarding an El Al 747 jet with his wife Aliza, he said at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport: "I am leaving for the shores of America with a good hope in my heart...
Some traditions instituted by Ben-Gurion remain. Israeli generals reach high rank early, and with plenty of experience: in addition to army training schools, they have seen ample combat at various levels through several wars. They also retain the tradition of retiring early, usually before they are 50. Thus most have a long civilian life ahead of them. Dayan, for instance, left active service nearly 20 years ago, but he is only...