Word: maoz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sinai would serve just as well as monitoring stations, and Israel could successfully halt an Egyptian attack even if it had to give up the passes. But the Israeli General Staff wants to keep the passes. Guiding newsmen on a tour of Giddi and Mitla last week, Colonel Simcha Maoz of the General Staff pointed out that any Egyptian armor allowed through the passes could outflank the mammoth Israeli base at Bir Gafgafa, 15 miles to the north...
...kibbutzim along the northern and eastern borders, Israelis spend more and more time underground. "A couple of years ago, a shelter was where you ran to," said Yitzhak Carmel, a farmer on a settlement near Jordan. "Now it often seems to be the place you live in." At the Maoz Chaim kibbutz, 150 children have been sleeping underground for two years. Many of the shelters have become elaborate installations, complete with lights, water, chemical toilets and good ventilation...