Word: golda
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Israelis, meanwhile, were becoming increasingly agitated over cease-fire violations by Egypt and Syria; last week three more Israeli soldiers were killed and 15 wounded. Such losses make it more difficult for Premier Golda Meir, in the wake of a national election that returned her to power with a reduced plurality, to form a new government committed to continuing negotiations. The Tel Aviv newspaper Yediot Aharonot, echoing a widespread feeling, demanded: "Why can't we react immediately to the provocation? Do we have to obtain approval from Washington to protect ourselves against murder...
...discussions. Explained one American diplomat: "Neither side understands what the other is trying to do. Both might find it easier to have an outsider interpret for them." Arriving in Aswan, where Sadat was recuperating from bronchitis, Kissinger immediately arranged to shuttle by air between there and Jerusalem, where Premier Golda Meir's decisions were affected by, among other things, a case of shingles. Kissinger was hopeful about an accommodation on disengagement. "I wouldn't have come," he said, "if I didn't think there would be very good progress...
...most seats in Israel's Knesset (Parliament), the country might have changed its position from one favoring talks with the Arabs to a hardline, no-negotiation policy. But after a record 83% of 2,040,000 eligible voters marked their ballots, the results showed that Premier Golda Meir's Labor Party had won again...
...Geneva Conference has proved to be a boon to Israel's war-battered Labor Party coalition, diverting the voters' attention from the trauma of the October fighting to the hope of a genuine peace settlement between Israelis and Arabs. Golda Meir's ruling party has been locked in the fight of its life against the new opposition coalition called Likud (Union) which, like the Gahal coalition before it, is headed by Extreme Nationalist Menachem Begin...
Middle Sinai. In Israel, Kissinger passed on to Premier Golda Meir the assertion by Assad that the Israeli P.O.W.s held by Syria (estimated in Jerusalem as 102 men) were being well treated. The Israelis were reassured by Kissinger that the U.S. will not force them to relinquish captured territory. Kissinger did, however, get across the message that it would be helpful if they were willing to negotiate the point. Israel also understood that it has veto power over any other delegations to be seated at the conference table. Thus the Israelis can oppose recognition of a separate Palestinian delegation...