The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership

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by Avner, Yehuda


  Deeds, Wyndham, 514

  Deir Yassin, 89–90, 93–96, 95 (map)

  Department of International Cooperation, 107

  Desert Storm, 563, 701

  Détente, 278

  Diana, Princess, 510, 549; host of reception for Shimon Peres, 685–688

  Dimona Nuclear project, 454

  Dinitz, Simcha, 242, 280, 335

  Diplomatic Protection Squad (England), 126

  Disraeli, Benjamin, 373

  Dorchester Hotel (London), 603

  Dowager Empress of Persia, 17

  Drancy concentration camp, 53

  Dugdale, Blance (Baffy), 514

  Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 688

  Duke of Norfolk, 511–512

  Duke of Wellington, 679

  E

  early warning stations in Sinai, 289, 290

  Eaton Square, London, 697

  Eban, Abba, 110–111, 110 (photo), 142–143, 166, 180, 182, 188, 191, 201, 229, 251, 333, 421

  Ecclesiastes, 661

  Eddie, Nelson, 56

  Egyptian Air Force, 153

  Egyptian Third Army, 249, 321

  1812 Overture, 524

  Eilat, 686, 689; blockade of, 101, 135, 138, 140, 141, 143, 147, 150

  Ein Karem, 61, 63, 65, 95

  Einstein, Albert, 116, 306

  Eisenhower, David, 97, 557

  Eitan, Raphael (Raful), 523–526

  El Al, 126, 219, 329, 401, 447, 487, 600, 609; and Knesset debate over Shabbat violation, 595–599

  El Arish, 536; and meeting of disabled war veterans, 499–501, 591

  Elazar, David (Dado), 236

  Eliot, T.S., 685

  El-Kaddafi, Muammar, 214

  Elokei Yisrael, 498, 559

  Eshkol, Levi, 84, 97, 101, 109–110, 111, 124 (photo), 139, 140, 141; and pre-Six-Day War tensions, 141–142; 144 (photo); and the National Water Carrier, 116; Begin’s praise of, 181–182; broadcast to the nation, 149; death of, 180; letter to President Truman, 115; meeting with Harold Wilson, 125–126, 131–133; meeting with Menachem Begin, 145–149; on capturing the Old City in Jerusalem, 153–162, 163–164 (photos); meeting with President Johnson in Texas, 165–178, 164 (photo); speech before Joint Israel Appeal, 127–129

  Eshkol, Miriam, 166, 167, 169, 170

  Ethiopia, 413, 414, 415, 689

  Ethiopian Jews, 342, 414

  Eton, 506

  Etzion Bloc, 90

  European Union, 544

  Evelina de Rothschild School, 49

  Evening Standard, 519

  Executive Office Building, 193

  F

  F-15 aircraft, 585

  F-16 aircraft, 299, 585

  F-4 Phantom Jets, 166, 172

  Face the Nation, 497

  Fahd, Prince, 538, 539

  Fahmi, Ismail, 288, 290

  Faisal, Emir, 419

  Falklands, 579, 702

  Fallaci, Oriana, 207–216; interview with Golda Meir, 208–216, 255, 676

  Fatahland, 599

  Fayez, 204–205

  Finegold, Abie, 489–490

  Feinstein, Meir, 659, 693

  Feinstein, Rabbi Moshe, 497

  Fez conference, 580

  Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 166

  “Final Solution,” 7, 545

  Finchley, London, 505, 690

  Fisch, Harel, 397, 398

  Fisher, Max, 557–560, 561, 563

  Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami, Florida), 328

  Ford, Barbara, 276–277, 292

  Ford, Gerald, 272, 279, 280, 286, 290, 291, 319, 320, 321, 387, 411, 433, 568; letter to Menachem Begin, 298–299; message to Rabin, 280–281; open letter concerning support for Israel, 288; state dinner, 272–277; talk with Anwar Sadat, 289–290, 291–293; talks with Rabin, 272

  Ford, Henry Jr., 697

  Foreign Press Bureau, 202, 207, 233

  Foreign Service, Inspector General of, 697

  Fort, Willie, 262, 264, 266–270, 283; and psychological profile of Henry Kissinger, 268–270

  “Framework for the Peacemaking Process, The,” 403, 425, 427, 436–437, 439; top secret section of, 438

  Fraser, Antonia, 685, 687

  Free Polish Forces in Exile, 341, 382, 392

  Freisler, Judge, 545

  Freuka, as military secretary to Menachem Begin, 345, 355, 357, 358, 365, 366, 388, 415, 420, 447, 488, 522 (photo), 523, 524, 526, 527, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 573–574; as military secretary to Yitzhak Rabin, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 313, 332

  Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 111

  From Destruction to Redemption, 703

  Furtwangler, Wilhel, see Fort, Willie

  G

  Galilee, 599, 605, 606, 607, 670, 715

  Galilee, Yisrael, 251, 304, 306

  Garbo, Greta, 434

  gauleiters, 688

  Gaza, 161, 301, 307, 416, 423, 424, 425, 438, 439, 451, 474, 484, 496, 630, 631, 637, 707; discussion about between Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, 476–481

  Gemayel, Bashir, 629, 641, 642–643, 647

  Geneva Conference, 282, 335, 424, 427, 433, 446, 458

  Geneva Convention, 351, 507

  George Washington High School, 267

  Gevaryahu, Chaim, 398

  “Ghetto mentality,” 35, 127

  Gideon Bible, 488

  Golan Heights, 76, 132, 154, 181, 210, 233, 237 (photo), 238 (photo), 248, 252, 299, 420, 438, 451, 452, 476; Golda Meir’s visit to, 235–241; Law of the, 579–588

  Goldberg, Arthur and discussion with Yehuda Avner, 432–433, 435

  Gordon Highlanders, 547

  Gotsman, Mervyn, 577, 657

  Grant, Ulysses, 435

  Graziani, Yitzhak, 460

  Great Depression, 119

  Great Synagogue (Jerusalem), Menachem Begin’s visit to on Rosh Hashanah, 642–645

  Great Synagogue (Moscow), Golda Meir’s visit to, 240

  Green Line, 420, 421

  Greenberg, Ivan, 7–8

  Grey, Sir Edmond, 138

  Gromyko, Andrei, 458

  Gruner, Dov, 22

  Guardian, 136, 137, 233

  Gur, General Mordechai, 307–308, 312–313, 460, 461

  Gush Emunim, 300

  Gwertzman, Bernard, 278

  H

  Haaretz, 18, 148, 331

  Habib, Philip, 600, 628, 636, 672, 677

  Hackett, Mr. (Commissioner of Prisons, Mandate Palestine), 21–24

  hadar, 358, 401, 403

  Hadassah Hospital, 90, 534, 577, 652, 674

  Hadrian, 418

  Hagana, 3, 8, 17, 18, 40, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 58, 59, 69, 78, 79, 81, 94, 151, 259, 345, 384

  Haig, Alexander, 556, 569, 570, 571, 581–583, 586, 605, 620, 524, 630

  Hail to the Chief, 429

  Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 17

  Haj Amin el-Husseini (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem), 89

  Halle, General, 93

  Halperin, Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 12

  Hamishmar, 18

  Hamorashti, Micha, 609

  Hampton Court Palace, 509, 510

  hamtana, 152

  Hapoel Hamizrachi – Religious Zionist Workers’ Party, 104

  Hardwick, Herbert, 513

  Harman, Abe, 70, 71

  Harvard University, 122

  Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 412, 419, 426, 476, 477, 480, 621, 622, 624, 630, 632, 633, 636, 686

  hashgocho, 444–445

  Hassidoff Quarter, 12–13

  Hassouna, Abdul-Khalek, 87

  Hasten, Hart, 658

  Hasten, Simona, 658

  “Hatikva,” 24, 35, 347, 410, 464, 542

  Haviv, Avshalom, 21, 23, 24

  Hazbani, The (River Jordan tributary), 132

  Heathrow Airport, 126, 678

  Hebrew University, 45, 70, 94, 115, 533

  Hebron, 161, 424, 504, 535; cities named in the United States, 423

  Hebron, 1929 pogrom in, 9–
10

  Heine, Heinrich, 569

  Henry VIII, 510; Great Hall of, 510

  herut, 63

  Herut – the Freedom Party, 77, 84, 341

  Herzl, Theodor, 105, 346

  Herzog, Chaim, 679, 681, 684–685

  Herzog, Mrs., 684

  Herzog, Yaakov, 141–142, 149, 399; influence on Yehuda Avner, 141; at President Johnson’s ranch, 167–169, 171

  Hilary (from Cleveland), 543

  Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin, 660

  Hilton Hotel (Jerusalem), 531

  Hilton Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 489

  Hiroshima, 555

  Hitler, Adolf, 7, 9, 88, 89, 120, 146, 268, 300, 368, 508, 543, 544, 547, 627, 688

  Hod, General Motti, 172, 177

  Holocaust, 7, 28, 31, 36, 116, 138, 151, 263, 316, 376, 406, 422, 440, 464, 495, 498, 508, 520, 541, 543, 545, 546, 548, 551, 559, 611, 616, 627, 644, 655, 699

  Holocaust Memorial Day, 541

  Holocaust, American Jewish leadership during the, 116

  Horn of Africa, 413, 414, 707

  Horns of Hittin, 76

  House of Windsor, 688

  Houston Chronicle, 136, 137

  Howard, Michael, 513

  Hula Valley, 132, 420, 579, 584

  Humphrey, Hubert, 189, 320

  “Hunting Season,” 3, 79, 700

  Hyde Park, 679, 682

  I

  IDF (Israel Defense Forces), 69, 150, 151, 158, 161, 180, 233, 248, 249, 252, 254, 255, 259, 261, 277, 282, 286, 297, 307, 310, 313, 341, 357, 377, 401, 409, 459, 464, 499, 515, 527, 529, 542, 590, 603, 604, 608, 614, 628, 629, 631, 636, 647, 656

  IDF General Staff, 149

  Ilaniya, 72

  Illustrated London News, 698

  Inbal Hotel, 137

  Independence Day, 61–72

  Innocents Abroad, 417–418

  INSM (Israel’s National Security Map), 388, 420

  Institute for Overseas Youth Leaders, see Machon

  Institute of Strategic Affairs, 514

  International Red Cross, 31, 62, 70

  Irgun Zvei Leumi, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 50, 52, 58, 59, 63, 66, 68, 69. 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 89, 154, 189, 341, 354, 366, 368, 372, 382, 384, 416; and Deir Yassin, 93–96; and the King David Hotel bombing, 3, 17–18, 586

  Irish Republicans, 518

  Iron Curtain, 94, 117, 494

  “Iron Lady,” 506, 702

  Isaiah, 490, 609, 610, 611, 638, 661,

  Israel Air Force, 153, 172, 177, 342, 487, 555, 562, 654

  Israel Bible Society, 398

  Israel Bonds, 116, 187, 264, 328, 530 (photo), 653; campaign, 533

  Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 97

  Israel Museum, 156

  Israel Prize, 397

  Israel, United States’ de facto recognition of, 122

  Israeli Embassy, 187, 219, 331, 459

  Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty signing at White House, 490–496, 492 (photo)

  Israeli Security Service, 126

  Israel-Lebanon Peace Arrangement, 672

  Issues and Answers, 350

  Ivri, David, 562

  J

  J.W.T.K. (a Jew with trembling knees), 376

  Jabotinsky, Ze’ev, 376–377, 401, 417

  Jackson, Andrew, 118, 121

  Jackson, Henry “Scoop,” 494–496, 586

  Jakobovits, Immanuel, 595

  Jacobson, Eddie, 118–119

  Jaffa Gate, 45, 136

  Jastrow, Marcus, 397

  Javits, Jacob, 166

  Jefferson, Thomas, 270, 566

  jelly beans, 565, 583

  Jenin, 528, 529

  Jeremiah (Prophet), 107, 226, 247, 446, 611

  Jerusalem Post, 18, 319, 320, 359

  Jerusalem, Jewish Quarter (Old City), 11, 51, 57, 58, 59, 157, 159, 160; siege of, 44, 47 (photo), 49, 51, 52, 53, 61, 70, 93, 94, 259

  Jewish Agency Board of Governors, 557

  Jewish Chronicle, 7

  Jewish Press, 405

  Jewish Quarter (Old City, Jerusalem), 11, 51, 57, 58, 59, 157, 159, 160

  Jewish Terrorist Index, 13

  Johns Hopkins University, 264

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 101, 138, 162, 164 (photo), 179, 277, 432, 568; and international action on blockade of Eilat, 140–142; as host to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, 165–178

  Joint Israel Appeal see United Jewish Israel Appeal

  Jordan, Hamilton, 430, 431

  Joseph, Keith, 513

  Judah the Maccabee, 539

  Judea and Samaria, 351, 355, 368, 419, 421, 425, 452, 481, 486, 507, 508, 636–637

  July Plot, 544

  K

  Kaddum, 341, 342

  Kadishai, Bambi, 382

  Kadishai, Yechiel, 153, 154, 155, 156, 354, 355, 358, 363, 365, 366, 380 (photo), 381, 383 (photo), 388, 434, 441 (photo), 457, 545, 579, 583, 652, 654, 657, 664, 671, 674, 684, 692; at Begin’s funeral, 693; on first meeting Menachem Begin, 382, 384; handwritten note from Begin, 693

  Kahan Commission, 342, 646–647, 646 (photo), 652

  Kahan, Yitzhak, 646

  Kahn, Dr. Inamullah, 511

  Kalb, Bernard, 278

  Katz, Shmuel, 416–419

  Katz, Yaakov, 397

  Katzir, Ephraim, 459, 462 (photo), 463 (photo), 464

  Keating, Kenneth, 280

  Kennedy Center, 433

  Kennedy, Edward, 586

  Kennedy, John F., 277, 432

  Kennedy, Robert, 166

  Keren Hayesod, 390

  Khartoum summit, 101, 162

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 97

  Khubeiza weed, 51, 53, 56

  Kibbutz Lavi, 74 (photo), 75–76, 84–85, 87, 97

  Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek, 656

  Kiddush Hashem, 498

  King Abdullah I of Jordan, 17, 93, 637

  King Alfonso VIII of Spain, 17

  King Balak (Moabite), 395

  King David, 65, 504, 532, 657

  King David Hotel, 3, 52, 64, 136, 137, 262, 270, 278, 300, 373, 463 (photo), 464, 468, 515, 586, 652–653; bombing of, 17–18, 19 (photo)

  King Edward VIII, 372, 688

  King Faisel, 637

  King George II, 17, 131, 382

  King George V, 688

  King Hussein, 97, 135, 153, 154, 157, 158, 621–622, 637, 686

  Kinnock, Neil, 547

  Kiryat Arba, 161

  “Kissinger 14,” 278–279

  Kissinger, Henry, 182, 183, 187, 188, 189, 208, 228, 249, 255, 259, 260 (photo), 262, 271, 286, 295, 296, 301, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 387, 412, 437, 47, 492, 512, 702; at State dinner, 277; conversation with Rabin, 193–194, 195; member of Ford’s Cabinet, 272; memoirs, 231; on Israel in Peace Treaty signing, 492–493; on Israel’s final borders, 299–300; psychological profile of, 268–270; talk with Ford and Sadat, 289–290, 291–293; talk with Nixon about Yom Kippur War, 243–247; talk with William Rodgers, 192; trip to Middle East, 277, 283; warning to Dinitz, 335

 

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