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This explains why Zionists molded themselves according to the slogan "The nation without a land--back to its homeland without a population." Therefore they were welcomed by the prominent Arab leader Emir Faisal, King of Iraq, who signed a cooperation treaty in 1919 with Chaim Weizman, who later became the first president of Israel...
...invitation was formally handed to Israel's U.N. Ambassador Chaim Herzog by his Egyptian counterpart, Esmat Abdel Meguid, at a secret meeting in New York. In another display of post-Jerusalem good-fellowship, Ambassadors to Washington Simcha Dinitz of Israel and Ashraf Ghorbal of Egypt were joint guests of honor at a Sunday dinner given by ABC's Barbara Walters...
...Esmat Abdel Meguid walked out during an anti-Sadat diatribe by his Syrian colleague, though he later cast Egypt's vote for a Syrian-inspired resolution condemning Israel's occupation of Arab lands. During the debate he smiled and nodded through a speech by Israel's Chaim Herzog. In his address, Abdel Meguid had said, "Let us have a fifth battle for peace," referring to four previous wars between Israel and the Arabs that left 10,010 Israelis dead and 28,824 on the Arab sides. Echoed Herzog: "We accept the challenge. We are prepared...
...Labor Party to join the coalition. The one-eyed hero of the 1956 Sinai campaign is regarded as a tough but imaginative negotiator. There is less enthusiasm for the new Defense Minister, former Air Force Chief Ezer Weizman, 53, the hawkish nephew of Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann. Ezer Weizman has frequently criticized the Labor Party for being too timid with the Arabs. Some Washington, and even Israeli, observers were pleased that ex-General Sharon, another outspoken hawk, had to settle for the Agriculture Ministry instead of the job he wanted: a Cabinet-level position in charge...
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan was one. So were his Cabinet colleagues, Ezer Weizman and Ariel Sharon. So were former Labor Premier Yitzhak Rabin and his Foreign Minister Yigal Allon. D.M.C. Leader Yigael Yadin held the rank, as did United Nations Ambassador Chaim Herzog, Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat and Israel's Chief Rabbi (Ashkenazi) Shlomo Goren...