Word: yitzhak
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...yesterday's executive council meeting, Meir announced the formation of a new minority cabinet, with Yitzhak Rabin, former ambassador to Washington, replacing Dayan as defense minister...
...from Tel Aviv suggesting that the hero of the Suez crossing had himself disobeyed orders and erred by pushing westward to Cairo too quickly, rather than widening the bridgehead to the north and south. Sharon became convinced that he was being sabotaged by his superiors when Labor Union Secretary Yitzhak Ben-Aharon called the general "a nobody trying to build up a career...
Despite the destruction and chaos, the Israelis seemed confident. The command post was re-established in a bunker, and fresh soldiers were pouring in. Golan Heights Commander Major General Yitzhak ("Khaka") Hofi assured us: "Our forces are essentially in a mopping-up operation. The Syrians committed their entire armored force. They wanted to take the Golan and move on to Haifa...
Some dissenting voices were raised, notably those of the Israel Airline Pilots Association and Histadrut (Labor Union) Secretary-General Yitzhak Ben-Aharon. The liberal morning newspaper Ha'aretz warned that "in the wake of this operation, Israel loses the image of a country which respects the freedom of international civil operation." All but obscured in the debate was the stark fact that in choosing to skyjack the Iraqi Airways flight in hopes of bagging Dr. George Habash, a high-ranking leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Israel in effect had decided that ends justify means...
...curb "the Christian missionaries of the Jews for Jesus movement." But Justice Minister Ya'acov Shapiro believes that Israel must continue its liberal policies toward other religions: "If you want to rule Jerusalem, you must accept this kind of thing." And the Liberal Party's Yitzhak Golan says: "In a democracy like Israel, ideology must be combatted with ideology and education, not by legislation...