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...Gazit began his career far from the negotiation table. At the age of 14, he joined the Jewish underground army, the Haganah, and attended its officer-training school...
...Israeli War of Independence, Gazit served as chief intelligence officer for a brigade and then commanded his own company. But a serious gunshot wound he received while fighting in Jerusalem ended his military career and resulted in the loss of a lung. The injury, he says, "gave me further impetus to go on in government...
...also thwarted Gazit's academic ambitions. Although he received his mater's degree in archaeology from Hebrew University--like fellow Israeli diplomat Moshe Dayan--escalating hostilities with the Arabs led Gazit to conclude that he had to "continue serving the new state rather than minding my own little shop...
Despite his sacrifice of the scholarly life for the diplomatic one, Gazit lectured widely on international affairs and wrote numerous articles. Well--prepared for his academic turn, Gazit is now studying the Middle East policies of President John F. Kennedy '40. He contends that Kennedy's policies in Southeast Asia have obscured important gains the late president made in other foreign policy areas...
...Gazit is excited about his work at the CfIA, but his past is still very much a part of his life. "I belong to the generation of the Israeli War for Independence," he says...