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...existence defiantly in 1948-by force of arms and by proclaiming its own independence, by defeating five encircling armies and forcing the signatures of neighboring Arab lands to a U.N.-sponsored armistice. Israel had won its first papers in nationality at the insistence of one uncompromising man, David Ben-Gurion...
...midst of Sharett's delicate negotiations with the U.S. State Department, had "wrecked" the chances of getting U.S. arms. Public opinion abroad, argued Sharett, "is a precious moral and political asset which we must reassure and protect." The partisans of militancy, led by Ben-Gurion, also care what the world thinks-but, says Ben-Gurion, "Israel will stand or fall by what is achieved in Israel, not by what is said abroad...
Last week the debate was resolved. Ben-Gurion, wearing battle dress, and Sharett in his lawyer's business suit went to the Knesset (Parliament) together. Speaking before a packed assembly in Jerusalem, less than 500 yards from Jordan sentries' rifles, Ben-Gurion acknowledged that "security problems are bound up with foreign policy" and implied that he might have erred in ordering the Syrian raid when he did. But he defended Israel's determination to strike out at its enemy "with all the means at our disposal," whenever it felt the need. Ben-Gurion thus was firmly...
...decision owed much to the powerful will of David Ben-Gurion, who, at 69, looks like an Old Testament patriarch with white hair foaming up from each side of his thrusting head. A Zionist and Socialist visionary, a prophet who packs a pistol, Ben-Gurion led the republic for its first six years until, frustrated by party niggling in his coalition, he retired to live in the pioneer settlement of Sde Boker on the southern desert. Eleven months ago he dramatically returned to politics on the eve of elections, hoping to win decisive control of Parliament but achieving only...
...Israel itself, after the first satisfaction, misgivings began to be heard. The independent newspaper Haaretz took note of the fact that the raid happened while Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, a moderate, was out of the country, and accused tough-minded Premier David Ben-Gurion of an unconstitutional act in ordering the raid without consulting a single Cabinet member in advance. This, said Haaretz, "brought Israel dangerously close to dictatorship by the chief of government . . . How can Israel succeed in persuading the world that she resorts to force only when her security and integrity are at stake...