Word: golan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found any real fault with these findings. But the commission, which concluded that Mrs. Meir had "used her authority properly and wisely," also went on to state that it had seriously weighed the role of Defense Minister Dayan. It noted favorably that Dayan had toured the Golan Heights a week before the war and had called for reinforcements there. The commission concluded that "the Minister was not required to issue orders adding to or different from those proposed to him by the Chief of Staff and Chief of Intelligence...
...Shall Overcome." Meanwhile, there was a groundswell of sympathy for Elazar, who has been something of a war hero ever since he took the Golan Heights in a mere 15 hours in the 1967 war. The Yugoslav-born general, 48, signed off all calls to his home with: "Thanks for calling, I shall overcome." One offer he was reportedly considering was the managing directorship of the Zim Navigation Co., Israel's flag-carrier shipping line...
...latest crisis came at a particularly bad time for Israel's government. Sporadic fighting continued for the fourth week on the Golan Heights, and for the first time since the October War Israeli warplanes opened fire on Syrian troops. In Damascus, Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas said that his country "is now prepared to launch an all-out war against Israel to ensure the liberation of all occupied territories...
...embargo in recognition of U.S. efforts to arrange a Middle East settlement. But there remains a threat that the Arabs could close the spigot again in June if they judged that the U.S. had not pushed hard enough to secure, among other things, an Israeli pullback in the Golan Heights. The Arabs will meet in Cairo on June 1 to "review" American efforts along these lines, and could reimpose the embargo if they are dissatisfied...
...honest person can guarantee us that if we had come down from the Golan Heights after 1967, the Syrians would not have kept attacking our settlements. Outsiders are allowed to speculate about this. But they have no responsibility for the security of Israel...