Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation
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Knesset
and Hanan Porat, 373, 490
and Kahanist movement, 486
members at kibbutz Ein Shemer, 6
and Oslo Accords, 507
reactions to terrorism, 356, 489
and religious Zionist community, 463–64
and Sadat, 324, 552n324
and settlements, 335, 480
Kollek, Teddy, 220
Kook, Rabbi Abraham Isaac, xv, 21–26, 144
theology, 30, 32, 63, 108, 149, 302, 339, 395, 446, 488
Kook, Rabbi Zvi Yehudah, xv, 25–26, 281, 370, 443
kosher requirements
and Meir Ariel, 292, 345
of religious soldiers, 49–50, 81, 469
at retreat for the families of the fallen, 206
Koteret Rashit (magazine), 408, 438, 554n408, 555n418
kova tembel, 6, 407
Kristallnacht, 297
Kutner, Yoav, 327–28, 434–36, 501
Labor Party. See also Rabin, Yitzhak; Peres, Shimon
Begin’s criticism of, 363
during Six-Day War, 82
disillusionment with, 252, 319–20
and the hunger strike, 268
politicians, 293, 308
after Rabin assassination, 516
Rabin government, 279–280, 458–59, 478
and Sephardim, 361–62, 393, 553n363
and settlements, 267, 281, 324–25, 359, 371, 419, 532
Landau, Moshe, 398
Lanzmann, Claude, 431–32
Lapid, Arnon, 264
Lapid, Yair, 499–500
Lau, Rabbi Israel Meir, 496
Lavi, Yitzhak, 303–4, 313
Lenin, 194, 286
Leshem, Leah, xiv, 210, 342, 554n415–416
Lev, Brigadier General Giora, 387
Levinger, Rabbi Moshe, xvi, 152–53, 299, 300–303, 374, 419, 422, 555n422. See also Gush Emunim and Sebastia
Likud Party. See also Begin, Menachem; Sharon, Ariel
and Arab reconciliation, 323
and Ariel Sharon, 276
commitment to free market, 346, 362
return to power (1996), 516
rise to power (1977), 319–20
and settlements, 320, 322, 332, 334, 351–52
Livneh, Eliezer, 186
Lod Airport, 56–57, 68, 219, 220, 429
Ma’ariv (newspaper), 190–91, 311, 314, 421, 474
Ma’agan Michael, kibbutz, 283–84
Ma’ayan Baruch, kibbutz, 385
marijuana, 200, 256, 474
Mapai, 39, 43, 178–79, 180, 184–85, 269, 289, 320
Marj Ayun, 385
Marxism, 5, 16, 208, 286–87, 342, 430
Masarwa, Mahmoud, 218, 429
Matt, Danny, 226, 230, 234, 242, 252, 259, 270
Matzpen, 161–63, 197–98, 208, 209, 521
May Day
at Ein Shemer, 16–17, 128, 193–94, 407
and Udi Adiv, 162, 197
Meir, Golda, 220, 257–58, 268, 277, 324–25
Meiser, 194
Meitzar, kibbutz, 194
Memorial Day, 115–16, 225, 445
Meretz, 463
Meron, Hannah, 391
Meuhad (kibbutz federation), 545n38. See also Givat Brenner, kibbutz
mezuzahs, 170, 189
Mintz, Adi, 303–4
Misgav Am, kibbutz, 384
Mishmar Ha’Emek, kibbutz, 141, 171–72, 175, 225–26, 278. See also Achmon, Yehudit
Mishmarot, kibbutz, 2
and Arik Achmon, 106–7
and Meir Ariel, 131–35, 155–56, 199–201, 291, 328, 409–10, 436–37, 526, 557n526
Mitla Pass, 47, 238
Mizrahi, Chaim, 485
Mizrahi, Naomi, 129
Mount Etzion yeshiva
accidental death of student, 303–4
curriculum at, 203, 369–70
expansion of, 170
founding of, 123, 153–54
students’ and teachers’ reaction to Yom Kippur War, 228, 274
and Yehudah Amital, 228, 274, 303, 392, 395–96, 512
Mount Hermon, 206, 277
Mount Herzl, 116, 119, 143
Mount Gerizim, 406
Mount Scopus, 63–64, 66, 69, 71–72, 86, 92, 105, 131–32, 140
Movement for the Complete Land of Israel, the, 187
expansion of, 187
and Haim Gouri, 301
members of, 187
and Yisrael Harel, 187–91, 314, 359, 493
Mughrabi Gate, 340
Mughrabi Quarter, 104
Munich, 1972 massacre of Israeli Olympic sportsmen, 210
Nablus Road, 77, 98, 120, 535
Nahal Brigade, 29, 30–31, 40, 49, 159, 180–81, 182, 213
Nahariya, 383
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, xvii, xix, 4, 17, 34, 56, 59–61, 63, 114
National Religious Party (NRP), 82, 184, 463
Nekudah (magazine), 335–36, 356, 368, 389, 397, 403–4, 422–23, 482–83, 489, 492–93, 449
Netanya, 495
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 507, 516
Netzer Sereni, 2, 43, 48, 101, 106, 128, 141, 173, 346, 431, 453
Nur, Zviki, 250, 261
Ofer, Avraham, 319
Ofra, 318, 405
attacks on residents of, 440, 441–45
Bin-Nun family move to, 314, 518–19
bypass road for residents of, 484, 505
David Grossman visit to, 437–39
declaration as legal, 322
Ethiopian immigrants in, 426
founding of, 292–94, 296
growth of, 336, 351–52
Harel family move to, 311, 314, 334–35
reaction to Oslo Accords, 476
running of, 310
Ofra Ulpana, 444–45, 448
Ofrat, Gideon, 464–67, 471, 556n464
oil boycott, Arab, 246, 253, 296, 458
Operation Big Pines, 383
Operation Brave-Hearted Men, 236, 237, 237, 550n237
Operation Self-Sacrifice, 351–54
Orr, General Ori, 407
Oslo Accords
Arik Achmon reaction to, 478
general public reaction to, 481, 516
settler reaction to, 476, 482, 493, 506, 514
terrorism following, 483, 491, 530
Yoel Bin-Nun reaction to, 480, 507
Oz, Amos, 124, 187, 188
Pa’il, Meir, 335
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). See also Arafat, Yasser
attacks by, 158, 287, 383–84
infrastructure in Lebanon, 383, 384, 387, 388, 390
Marxist faction of, 208, 451
politics of and negotiations with, 209, 352, 449, 476–77, 493–94, 516
terrorists, 250, 287
and Udi Adiv, 210–211
Pardes Hannah, 106, 524
Park Hotel, 151–52, 189
partition plan, 33, 289, 321
Passover
at Ein Shemer, 194
and Meir Ariel, 292
at Mishmar Ha’Emek, 175
at Park Hotel, 151–52
and Yamit evacuation, 375
Peace Now, 391, 401, 406–7, 424, 446, 449, 481, 516, 533
Peres, Shimon
as defense minister, 282, 293, 300–302, 302
as foreign minister, 507
and Ofra, 310–11, 336
as prime minister, 425, 515
and Sebastia, 300–302
as transportation minister, 174–75
Phalangists, 387, 390, 401, 554n390
Porat, Hanan , xiv
childhood and family, 114–117
and Gush Emunim, 265, 267–68, 272–75, 282, 288–90, 322–24, 326, 392
and Hebron massacre, 489–90
injury during Yom Kippur War, 248, 254, 263–64
Kfar Etzion, 123, 143–45, 148–50, 153, 228–29, 265, 267, 272
and Kfar Etzion massacre, 114–17
as Knesset member, 373–74, 463, 487–88, 506
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and Menachem Begin, 322–24, 326
and Mercaz Harav, 120–22
and Ofra, 294, 311
military service, 94–96, 246–48, 254
and Rachel Porat, 169–70
and religious Zionism, 264, 396–97
and Shimon Peres, 293, 301–3
and Yamit, 379
Porush, Rabbi Menachem, 506–7
prison
and Asaf Adiv, 452
and Marcus Klingberg, 452
and Meir Ariel, 305
and settlers responsible for Islamic College bombing, 423
and Udi Adiv, 219, 285–86, 295, 342–43, 415–16, 427, 451, 551n295
Yehudah Etzion release from, 447
Purim, 31, 370, 442, 457, 486–490
Qibye, 46
Raab, Esther, 30, 123, 153
Rabin, Yitzchak
assassination of, 510–13, 531
dismantling of settlements, 352, 441, 449, 458–59, 505–8
first term as prime minister, 279–80, 296
and Motta Gur, 300, 504
negotiations with settlers, 281, 289–90, 300, 302, 450–51, 463–64, 491, 508–9
Oslo Accords, 476–85, 506
resignation, 319
responses to attacks, 495–96, 489
second term as prime minister, 458–59, 463–64
during Six-Day War, 59
Rachel’s Tomb, 118, 124, 144, 506–7, 510, 534, 556n506
Ramallah, 112, 291, 318, 405, 484, 531
Ramat Magshimim, 297
Ramle prison, 285–86, 295, 343, 551n295
Reagan, Ronald, 392
Regev, Menachem, 501, 541
Revisionists, 321
Refidim, 231–32, 238, 248
Revivim, kibbutz, 401
Rosh Hashanah, 143, 322, 364, 365–66, 369, 391, 392
Rotblit, Yankeleh, 531
Russia. See Soviet Union
Sabra and Shatila, massacres at, 390–91, 397, 401
Sadat, Anwar
assassination of, 366, 369
peace process, 257, 323–325, 334–35, 552n323–24
visit to Israel
Sadot, 335
Sapir, Pinchas, 197, 237
Sayigh, Yezid, 493–94, 497
Sde Boker, kibbutz, 289, 435
Sde Dov airfield, 348
Sea of Galilee, 2, 51, 103, 112, 405, 453–54
Sebastia, 296–97, 298–302, 308, 318, 481, 506. See also Gush Emunim
security fence, 533
Sephardim, 219–20, 362, 393
71st Battalion
members of, xviii, 78, 237–39, 545–56n52, 549n229
role in capturing Jerusalem, 72–76, 78, 86
Sereni, Enzo, xvi, 36–37, 116, 150, 195
Shamir, Moshe, 152, 186, 188, 417, 425, 548n152
Sharm el-Sheikh, 367, 535
Sharon, Ariel
criticism of the left, 492
as defense minister, 365, 385
dismissal, 402–3
during Lebanon War, 387, 390–91
as Likud leader, 276
and Sabra and Shatilla massacres, 401
and Sadat, 323
and settlement movement, 281, 335–36, 354, 365, 392
during Sinai War, 48
during Six-Day War, 47
Sharon, Ariel (cont.)
during Yom Kippur War, 233–35, 245
walk on Temple Mount, 530
Shavuot, 29, 109, 113, 170, 471
Shdemot (magazine), 124, 144–45
Sheikh Jarrah, 66, 535
Shemer, Naomi
“Jerusalem of Gold,” 59–60, 85, 132–33, 298
and Meir Ariel, 98, 103, 132–33
and Yamit evacuation, 374
Shilo, 327, 405
Shin Bet, 163, 213–14, 285, 356, 417–18, 452, 485, 521, 555n418
shmitta, 30, 444
Shoah (film), 431–32
Shtiglitz, Yisrael (Ariel), xv, 95–96, 373
Silwan, 448
Simchat Torah, 246–48, 254, 550n246
Sinai, 2, 112. See also Yamit
biblical references to, xx, 20, 109, 390
IDF operations during Six-Day War, 35, 53, 67–68, 80, 145
IDF operations during Yom Kippur War, 227, 231–34, 239, 244, 252
1956 campaign, 57, 59
withdrawal from, 142, 220–21, 324, 334–35, 255, 357, 364–67, 371–79, 446
66th Battalion, 72, 86–87, 118, 549n229
Soviet Union
alignment with Arab nations during wars, 128, 130, 219, 227, 244, 296, 458
emigration from, 220, 457, 482
role played for kibbutzniks, 5–6, 17, 38–39, 127, 130, 136–38, 147, 545n38
Stalinism, 5–6, 38–39, 137–38, 527
Stempel-Peles, Moshe, xv, 58, 67, 91, 109, 129, 165, 176
Stern Group, the, 289, 339
Suez Canal, 112, 237
and Kanaf, 173–74, 197
simulation of crossing, 139, 165–66
after the Six-Day War, 158
during Yom Kippur War, 227, 230, 236, 241, 248, 253, 270, 325, 550n237
suicide bombings, xxii, 425, 491, 495, 515, 516, 531, 532
Sukkoth, 26, 194–95, 231–32, 246, 434–35, 519–20, 522–23
Sultan Yakub, 386
Sussman, Sandy, xv, 148–50, 228
Talmei Yosef, 375
Tamouz, 306–8, 433
Tehiya (political party), 373
Tekoa, 505
Tel Aviv University, 35, 52, 325, 430, 453
Tel Mond Prison, 447
Temple Mount, iv, 66
ban on Jewish prayer at, 337
capture of, during Six-Day War, 86–90, 92, 95–96, 108
following Six-Day War, 113, 118, 120
plot to bomb, 340, 356, 421
symbolism of, 204–5, 449, 504, 537
This Is the Land (newspaper), 189
tikkun olam, 31, 396
Tomb of the Patriarchs, 151–52, 486–87. See also Hebron
Topaz, Dudu, 363
Tu b’Shvat, 310
Turki, Daoud, xvi, 208, 210–11, 213–14, 215, 216, 219, 549n208, 555n427, 560
28th Battalion
absorption into 55th, 52, 545n52, 549n229
actions, 72–75, 80, 89, 92, 158, 250
leadership, xvii, 46–48, 92, 250, 261
training, 49, 284
Ullman, Micha, 195
Umm al-Fahm, 391
United Nations, 458, 481
Arafat address at General Assembly, 287–88
partition plan, 33, 289, 321
peacekeeping troops, 4
resolution of Zionism as racism, 296–97, 302, 458, 481
role during Six-Day War, 64
role during Yom Kippur War, 251, 253
United Nations peacekeeping forces, 5, 251
University of Haifa, 198, 208, 497
Venice Biennale, xiii, 465–67, 470–72, 556n472
Vered, Dan, 210, 214, 216, 218, 219
Volcani Institute for Agricultural Research, 330
Wadi Kelt, 288
Wadi Nisnass, 208
Weisfish family, 183–85
Weiss, Daniella, 260
Western Wall, iv, xix, 66, 69–71, 94–96, 98–101, 104–5, 118, 187, 320, 443, 537, 547n113
women’s education. See Ofra Ulpana
Yamit, 335, 364, 370–79, 422, 490
Yavin, Haim, 319–20
Yediot Aharonot, 35, 333–34, 481, 524
Yesha Council
dialogue with the PLO, 493–94, 496, 516–17
formation of, 358–59
defense fund, 420
in Nekudah, 404
opposition to peace plan, 446
recognition in government, 480, 505
and Yisrael Harel, 372, 376, 426, 494, 496, 516–17
and Yoel Bin-Nun, 423–24, 484–85, 513
Yoske Balagan, xv, 48–50, 70–71, 98, 1
00–101, 159, 349, 545n30
Zilber, Ariel, 307
Ziv, Dan, 237–38
Zamosh, Yoram, 71
Zohar, Rabbi Uri, 435–36
About the Author
YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a contributing editor of the New Republic. An internationally respected commentator on Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs, he writes often for leading American publications, such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs. He is author of At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land, and Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Sarah, a landscape designer; they have three children.
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