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...Members of Bene Israel held a rally at which they threatened to resort to passive resistance and to stop all immigration from India. This possibility led Executive Chairman Moshe Sharett of the Jewish Agency to make a private plea to Nissim to change his ruling, and Premier David Ben-Gurion, who faces general elections in three weeks, told a mass meeting: "The Jews of Bene Israel are Jews like all other Jews, and there is no basis for disqualifying them...
...What are the chances it will succeed?" asked Ben-Gurion. "Fifty-fifty," was the reply. At 4:41 a.m. came the command "Esh!" (Fire!), and the rocket lifted...
Just before dawn, a weapons carrier bounced over scrub-spotted sand dunes to a secret site near the Mediterranean. Out stepped Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir. Near the water's edge, a slim rocket loomed 40 ft. up into the night...
Israel itself was of two minds about Shavit. Ben-Gurion insisted that the rocket was for science. But Peres said that Israel had given rockets a high priority because of "grave defense problems." He added pointedly: "If other countries would change their belligerent policies, we would change our priorities...
Kennedy spelled out his ideas to Ben-Gurion in more detail. He proposed that part of the refugees be repatriated to Israel, part of them resettled in the countries where they are now living, and the rest be accepted as immigrants by other countries, including the U.S. Ben-Gurion replied that he would be willing to take back a few, perhaps 50,000 or so, but only as part of an overall settlement in which the Arab countries would recognize Israel as a nation. Presumably they would let Israeli ships through the Suez Canal and reach an agreement...