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Near the Lebanese border last week, Defense Minister Dayan paid a series of condolence calls in the wake of the Arab ambush of an Israeli school bus. Nine small children, three teachers and the bus driver died in the bazooka attack near Baram, and Dayan made it plain that Israel held Beirut responsible for the guerrillas' action. "If the Lebanese government declares it is not obliged to serve as a policeman to stop the terrorists," said Dayan, "then we will...
...father and daughter in the east Galilee town of Kiryat Shemona; three Israeli soldiers died in an ambush on the foothills of Mount Hermon, and Israeli police near Haifa trapped a Fatah band, claiming four kills while suffering three wounded. In the wake of those attacks, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned: "Israel must take action across the border." Late in the week, Israeli jets struck at fedayeen-controlled areas in south Lebanon...
...avoid an aerial encounter with the Soviets, the Israelis have not flown deep-penetration raids into Egypt since April 13. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has openly declared that Israel must seek a coexistence with the Soviets in the skies above Egypt. By that he means that Israel will restrict its raids to the immediate canal area if the Soviets will keep their aircraft only over Egyptian cities. So far, that uneasy modus vivendi has worked...
...their own security was imperiled. "We do not want to inflict casualties on the Soviet pilots or any other pilots," said Premier Golda Meir, "but we have no choice." Later she added: "Other nations can surrender and still live, but we do not have that alternative." Defense Minister Moshe Dayan warned that if aerial coexistence failed, the situation could lead to "something we did not intend-our attacking the Russians and Russians attacking our aircraft. In whatever words you may wish to define it, this means war with the Russians." In addition, Dayan warned that Israel must not allow itself...
...region known as Bahr el Bakr, or River of Cows, was hit by five bombs and two rockets. The Egyptian government blamed not only Israel but also the U.S. for supplying the attacking Phantoms. Said the Cairo daily Al Akhbar: "The war criminal is not [Israeli Defense Minister] Moshe Dayan or [Premier] Golda Meir but Richard Nixon...