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AFTER two planes carrying passengers and mail for Israel were torn by explosions, a newsman asked Minister of Transport Ezer Weizman what he proposed to do. "This is not a problem for a Transport Minister," Weizman replied. His meaning was plain: it was a job more suited to someone like his brother-in-law, who happens to be Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan...
...most outspoken hawk of all is a flamboyant newcomer to Israeli politics who bears one of the most celebrated names in Israeli history. He is Major General Ezer Weizman, 45, the former commander of the Israeli air force and the nephew of the late Chaim Weizmann, Israel's first President (Ezer dropped the second "n" as a gesture of independence). A member of the irredentist Gahal party, whose representation in the Cabinet increased from two to six, Weizman shed his uniform only last week to become Transportation Minister...