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...current war of attrition has been under way since last March, when Egypt launched a thunderous artillery barrage against Israeli troops occupying the Suez Canal's east bank. As the barrages continued and Israeli casualties mounted, Premier Golda Meir's government began responding by land, sea and air. Israeli commandos probed deeper and deeper into Egypt in sorties of ever-increasing boldness. In dogfights with less skillful Egyptian pilots, the Israelis scored a devastating 10-1 kill ratio. Assured of complete mastery of the skies, they carried the war ever closer to Cairo. Last week not a single...
...weeks ago, the Supreme Court of Israel startled Jews the world over by setting aside Halakha-Jewish religious law-as the official standard for determining Jewish nationality (TIME, Feb. 2). Last week, faced with angry protest by Israel's National Religious Party, Premier Golda Meir's Cabinet produced a compromise solution...
...Falling into the same old-Socialist habit of exaggerated informality, he greeted Prime Minister Golda Meir with a hearty "Hullo, sister," embraced her as her astonished staff members gaped, and, after an 80-minute talk, parted with '"Bye, lovey." During a dinner party, he reportedly told Mrs. Meir that she need not speak so possessively about Palestine because "you are merely a Jewess from Russia who came to Israel via America...
...determined to seek a law redressing the Supreme Court decision. One suggested solution would simply define a Jew according to Halakha. (No such law now exists.) Another might be to by-pass the question entirely by dropping the nationality and religious section from the registration rolls. Should Golda Meir's government fail to press for such action, the Religious Party will likely resign from the coalition-a prospect that prompted Religious Affairs Minister Dr. Zerah Warhaftig to note drily that "the court's decision certainly does not contribute to unity...
...well-publicized visit to the Suez Canal front. The next day an Israeli armored force thundered off into Jordan in search of guerrillas who had attacked a vital chemical plant on the Dead Sea. Next day, while Israeli planes attacked ammunition dumps near Cairo, Dayan and Prime Minister Golda Meir were visiting the Jordan River valley (after the visit, Dayan fractured his ankle in a leap from a helicopter...