Word: gazit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Israel charged that France had broken its extradition treaty, withdrew its ambassador to France, Mordechai Gazit, and called in the French ambassador, Jean Herly, to deliver a "vigorous protest." In Tel Aviv, a crowd of 1,000 that included families of the Munich victims hurled rotten eggs at the French embassy. Summed up Jerusalem's daily Ma'ariv: "With cowardice, meanness of spirit and cynicism, the government of France has raised the white flag to the oil suppliers and Mirage purchasers...
...blue folders containing the nine articles of accord and accompanying maps for a second-stage disengagement agreement between Israeli and Egyptian forces in Sinai. Without comment, representatives of each side−Major General Taha Maghdoub for the Egyptians and Ambassador-designate to Paris and longtime Prime Ministerial Adviser Mordechai Gazit for the Israelis−signed. After Siilasvuo signed on behalf of the U.N., he asked, "The ceremony is over. Are there any points to be raised?" The delegates shook their heads. Then, as stiffly as they had arrived, each side marched out of the chamber...
...teams of Israeli officials, determining just what the U.S. would give in money, arms and political guarantees in exchange for Israeli concessions to Egypt. One team talked about money. Discussing political angles down the hall was another team that included Israeli Ambassador to Washington Simcha Dinitz and Mordechai Gazit, the top civil servant in Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's office. An unflappable, subtle and cautious man with a pro nounced aversion to ambiguity, Gazit has been called by Henry Kissinger, not altogether kindly, "Mr. Dot-the-I's-and-Cross-the-Ts." Having left some minor loopholes...
General Shlomo Gazit, chief of military intelligence, discounted Egyptian support for the fedayeen. "Let's be fair with Cairo radio," Gazit said in an unusual Israeli judgment. "The only statement by Egypt was very moderate...
...flown to Damascus. There, a code word (Al Aqsa, from the famous mosque of Jerusalem) would be given to the French ambassador to Syria, who would relay it via Paris to Ambassador Herly at Ma'alot. Only then would the hostages be released. The situation, said Major General Shlomo Gazit, Israel's intelligence chief, became "a mission impossible...