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...long would the fateful battle last? "It will not be measured in months or weeks," said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who made a sudden inspection of his forces on the western bank. But massive tank battles have traditionally dragged on for many days without resolution. The principal fighting at El Alamein lasted almost a fortnight before British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery finally broke through Rommel's line; by that time neither side had many serviceable tanks left...
...that Israeli task force operating on the west bank of the Suez Canal?" we asked the senior officer, who walked with the stiff waddle characteristic of an aging warrior. He removed his goggles, revealing the dark eyepatch that left no doubt about who the officer was. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan replied coyly: "That is, how you say, the $64,000 question." Dayan was relaxed, confident, even nonchalant as he met reporters on the tarmac of a small airfield in the Sinai. He gave the impression that the Israeli task force was not in any trouble, but he was not about...
...aided by troops from both Iraq and Jordan. On the front, at least, the sentiment among Israeli soldiers was to smash the Arabs and go all the way to Damascus. Israeli tankers chalked ON TO DAMASCUS on the metal fronts of their Sherman and Centurion tanks. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, watching the battle from a redoubt on the Heights, made an angry vow: "We're going to show the Syrians that the road runs from Tel Aviv to Damascus as well as from Damascus to Tel Aviv." Dayan's order to his forces was to destroy as much...
Even if Israel had been more alarmed, however, its options were limited. During the week before Yom Kippur, at a cabinet meeting called to discuss the Arab buildup, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan urged that Israel begin mobilization. That would have been a first step toward Israel's launching a pre-emptive first strike against the Arabs. The U.S. government opposed such a move, as did Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir. They were wary of Dayan's aggressive plan because they concluded that such an attack would infuriate world opinion, leaving Israel open...
Actions since 1969 have substantiated Dayan's statement. Israeli oil rigs have stepped up exploration in the Sinai. Construction of tourist resorts has begun. As Dayan put it in 1971, "Other countries end their wars with the idea of going back to the points they started from. In our case, we want something new, new borders, new relations, a new state...