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...Germans or the Israelis. "The sum of the suffering and of the horror cannot be removed from the consciousness of our people," he said at the airport ceremonies. "Cooperation between our two countries remains characterized by the historical and moral background of our experiences." Then, addressing Israeli Premier Golda Meir, who was dressed all in white, he added: "You extended an invitation to the representative of a new epoch in Germany's state history. This means you confront the power of the past with the challenge of the present. I feel that mankind would indeed be lost...
...Israelis, for their part, were officially cordial-but not too cordial. Whereas Brandt stressed his role as West German Chancellor, Golda Meir welcomed him as an individual who had fought the Nazis "in the darkest period for the human race." Both leaders, perhaps significantly, spoke in a neutral language, English...
After his emotional visit to the Yad Vashem memorial, Brandt went to Mrs. Meir's office for some unemotional talks about his policy of reconciliation with the East-including his effort to win back Arab states that broke off relations with West Germany when it dispatched an ambassador to Israel in 1965. (So far six of the ten countries that severed ties have sent their ambassadors back to Bonn.) Brandt, in his turn, listened to a detailed explanation of Israel's stand in the Middle East...
...ancient streets. More than 400 aircraft, led by Air Force Commanding General Mordechai Hod in a Phantom fighter-bomber, roared overhead in precision formations; in one configuration, twelve Mirage fighters formed a Star of David. On the heavily guarded reviewing stand were President Zalman Shazar, Prime Minister Golda Meir, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Chief of Staff David Elazar...
...Jewish State which tolerates Palestinians at best and drives them into the desert at worst, a state which denies Palestinians national self-determination or even their existence and human qualities will never and should never be accepted by Arabs. Golda Meir said at Brandeis on March 6 that in Palestine there was a meeting "of an unwanted people with an unwanted land." Other Israelis demand that security for Israeli Jews requires the realization of rather than the denial of justice for Palestinians. The question for Americans is not whether one is "pro" or "anti" Israel, but whether one supports Israeli...