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Following a 31-year career in one of the world's most volatile regions, Mordechai Gazit, former director general of the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs, returned to the more sedate life of scholarship this year as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs (CfIA...
...mounted a campaign to alert Western Europe and the U.S. to what it considers a mortal danger. Israel's Transportation Minister Haim Landau went so far as to accuse France of pursuing policies "similar to those of the Vichy regime" during World War II. Deputy Defense Minister Mordechai Zippori warned that if diplomatic efforts failed to halt the nuclear program, Israel would consider "alternative steps," presumably meaning a pre-emptive military strike...
Both Israeli panelists--Mordechai Tamarkin, a Tel Aviv University professor, and Arie Eliav, a former member of the Israeli Knesset and self-styled "dove"--agreed during the Institute of Politics discussion that Israeli settlements along the West Bank were detrimental to the peace process...
Some harsher critics in the Knesset would like to close down the company and start a new one, a move that would allow it to reorganize, terminate its labor contracts and prune the work force. Though such extreme action is unlikely, it remains "a possibility," says Managing Director Mordechai Hod, who was commander of the Israeli air force during...
...Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, whose political position has been weakened by his handling of the operation, replied lamely: "I gave the air force orders to use the bombs. But you have to believe me that I was not aware of the agreement [with Washington]. The Chief of Staff [Mordechai Gur] forgot to inform me of it." That statement was greeted with a pregnant silence...