Word: golda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eban fails, as seems likely, the journey of Premier Golda Meir will become even more important. She will fly to Washington for discussions with President Nixon. Mrs. Meir is bringing an $800 million shopping list that includes U.S. jet fighters, antiaircraft missiles, electronic equipment and helicopters...
...peace in the Middle East would endanger their hard-won security. In Jerusalem last week, crowds gathered in the streets for a rally protesting U.S. inaction. "State Department errors cost Israeli blood!" cried Menahem Begin, who led his hawkish Gahal Party out of the coalition government of Premier Golda Meir over Israel's decision to begin negotiations. Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers reminded American visitors that Israel had accepted the cease-fire only after the U.S. gave its guarantee that no military buildup would be tolerated in the standstill zones on either side of the canal. The Israelis were also...
Bitter Disappointment. The Israeli delegate's sudden departure was caused by growing tension in the coalition government of Golda Meir. The Israelis are deeply concerned about the U.S.'s relaxed stance toward the alleged Egyptian violations of the ceasefire. Israeli Premier Golda Meir declared on television: "Had we known that things would develop as they have, with the Egyptian contravention of the ceasefire, we would not have agreed to enter into the peace talks. We have been bitterly disappointed." Israel Galili, the Minister without portfolio who is Mrs. Meir's closest adviser, told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin...
American Promises. Israel broke the log jam by notifying Jarring that it was ready to compromise on the formal details of the talks. Originally, the government of Premier Golda Meir favored holding ministerial-level discussions somewhere close to the Middle East, perhaps on Cyprus; the Egyptians wanted the representatives to be of ambassadorial rank and the site to be New York. Israel finally agreed to New York meetings and said that the preliminary sessions could be handled by ambassadors. As its part of the bargain, the Israeli Cabinet was expected to nominate U.N. Ambassador Yosef Tekoah as its representative...
...suffer militarily as a result of the ceasefire; in fact, the U.S. has already sent some new electronic anti-missile gear to the Israeli air force. Israel got in one last psychological lick by making public its intelligence photos of the alleged violations (see box opposite). But Golda Meir also decided to pay heed to the U.S. pronouncement that "the main thing now is to concentrate all efforts on getting discussions going...