Word: golda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Odious Lie. From the beginning, the Israeli government maintained an outward calm that made a convincing show of its self-confidence. Prime Minister Golda Meir went on the air in late afternoon to assure her countrymen that "grave losses have been inflicted on the enemy." Her voice was firm, but she spoke in more measured and deeper tones than usual. "We have no doubts as to our victory," she said. "But it is our belief that this renewal of Egyptian-Syrian aggression is an act of madness...
...armed Arab fedayeen (TIME, Oct. 8). Kreisky managed to get the captives freed unharmed, but the ransom was high: he announced that he was closing down Schönau. His decision raised consternation. But international criticism could not change Kreisky's mind, nor could Israeli Premier Golda Meir, who rushed from a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg to Vienna to reason with him. Mrs. Meir spent two hours with Kreisky, but in the end the disappointed leader of Israel departed the Austrian Chancellery by a back stairway...
Obviously, the Israelis have no intention of permitting Austria to stanch what Israel perceives to be its future life's blood. While officially Golda Meir's government demands that Schönau be kept open, a campaign to find other, more secure channels of emigration is quietly under way. Soviet emigrants might continue to use the Austrian route if the transit period can indeed be cut down. But Israeli authorities find great difficulty in planning for airline space, largely because they do not know how many emigrants will arrive on a given day. Says one Israeli official: "Moscow...
Egypt continued to claim to hold the entire eastern bank of the Suez Canal, while Israeli Premier Golda Meir said Israeli forces had recaptured the Golan Heights from Syrian troops and were pushing the Egyptian army back along the Canal...
...haste and panic!" he shouted. "There are many in this land whose souls weep in silence because of this document. I will be the voice of the ideological Jewry of silence and never, at no price and in no forum, will I ever vote for this document." Sneered Golda Meir: "I have lived through 50 years of political activity and never before have we had a comrade who set himself up as a messiah." Taken aback, Eliav announced that he would not vote...