Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many years, the best friend and trusted confidant of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser was the chief of his armed forces, Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer. But the two had a serious falling out after Egypt's disastrous defeat by Israel in June, and in September, while under house arrest for allegedly plotting a military coup, Amer either committed suicide-the official version of his death -or was killed. After his death, intelligence agents of another Arab state obtained in Cairo a 14-page document said to be Amer's last testament. Though the Middle East makes...
...involved ourselves in a war with Israel without wanting it, without taking the initiative and without planning it or choosing its date. It was not enough for Gamal to stand up and say, "I take full responsibility [for the defeat]." We can carry out our responsibilities only when we explain to the people how the decisions that led to the destruction of our army were taken. That is why I offered my resignation. Many friends and colleagues tried to convince me that the decision was hasty. Others spread news about me that I was suffering from deep psychological crisis...
...himself. "In 100 minutes," as Paris Le Populaire tidily summed it up, "General de Gaulle in the name of France called for secession of French-speaking Quebec in Canada, tossed England out of Europe, threatened the Common Market with destruction, called the U.S. the principal enemy and suavely knifed Israel." But the broadside effort took its toll. The general's skeins of rationality grew considerably tangled in spots, and he tried to make up for the lack with an extra dosage of sarcasm and heavy humor...
...found Israel guilty on three progressively perturbing counts. It went to war against his admonition, which was bad enough. It won, which was even worse. But most heinous of all, the victory benefited the image of the U.S. as Israel's main supporter. So, in a long historical ramble on Israel's origins that shocked the French by its antiSemitism, De Gaulle described the lews as "an elite people, sure of themselves and dominating." The state of Israel after 1956, he said, was a "warrior, and determined to enlarge itself...
...that it can practice the responsibility it preaches. It has brought its first Vietnamese children to the U.S. with a minimum of antiwar propaganda and a maximum of care. The first seven children are quietly receiving treatment at San Francisco's Mount Zion and Boston's Beth Israel hospitals and Los Angeles' U.C.L.A. Medical Center. C.O.R. has cut through mountainous Vietnamese red tape, raised $250,000, set up temporary foster homes for recuperating children, and has promises of donated services from more than 700 doctors available across the U.S. The children selected could not have been treated...