Word: gazit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Major General Shlomo Gazit says he left his post as head of Israeli Military Intelligence to come to Harvard because "I felt tired and felt in urgent need for recharging my batteries...
...Harvard's Center for International Affairs where he is a visiting fellow, Gazit finds his life less hectic, but he has not left the problems of his country behind...
...Gazit headed all occupied territories for seven years before taking his post as the head of all military intelligence in 1974. Although the general disagrees with the confiscation of private property and other aspects of Israeli occupation, he firmly supports Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
...Jewish presence in the West Bank," Gazit said. "There are 600,000 free Palestinian citizens in Israel. Why can't there be a Jewish presence in the West Bank...
...screaming in over Beirut. The low-flying jets broke the sound barrier, shattering windows and creating panic. The overflight was clearly intended as a warning to the Syrians by the Israelis, who also strengthened their positions along the Golan Heights and their border with Lebanon. Declared Major General Shlomo Gazit, chief of Israeli military intelligence: "Israel will not watch peacefully the Christian massacre in Beirut." In response, the Syrian air force went on alert, and Damascus rushed armored units of its own to the Golan Heights, where its usual three divisions had been pared to one because of peacekeeping responsibilities...