Sasson, Moshe, 574, 662–663
Sassover, Reb Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 13–16; 14 (photo)
Savoy Hotel, 12
Schecter, Jerrold, 278
Schindler, Alexander and interview with Menachem Begin, 497–498
Schleider’s kosher caterers (Baltimore, Maryland), 493
Schmidt, Helmut, 543–545
Schneerson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel see Lubavitcher Rebbe
Schoenau transit camp, 219–224
Scotland Yard, 126, 678
Scott, C.P., 514
Sea of Galilee, 76, 116
Sejera (base camp), 72
self-restraint, policy of, 8
Settlement freeze, 630
Settlements, 17, 28, 154, 248, 278, 287, 301, 423, 424, 431, 434, 480–491, 484, 507–508, 549, 574, 589, 630
Shah of Iran, 459, 517
Sharett, Moshe, 364
Sharm el-Sheikh, 590
Sharon, Ariel, 386, 569, 571, 584, 602 (photo), 684; attending Sadat’s funeral (photo), 575; exchange with Anwar Sadat, 461; on “indirect responsibility” for Sabra and Shatila, 646; on memorandum of understanding with the United States, 569, 571–572; on situation in Lebanon, 599, 600, 603, 605, 608,
Shin Bet, 518
Shivat Zion, 68
Shultz, George, 630
Shuttle Diplomacy, 277–278
Shylock, 473, 475 (photo of letter)
Sidon, 615, 619
Silver, Eric, 233
Simcha, Reb, 14–16
Simpson, Wallis, 688
Sinai II, see Sinai interim agreement (1975)
Sinai interim agreement (1975), 183, 259, 283, 286, 289, 290, 295. 299, 302, 321, 323, 493
Sinai Peninsula, 161, 210, 225
Sinai Support Mission, 290
Sir Charles, 517–519
Sir Humphrey (Queen Elizabeth’s secretary), 684
Sisco, Joe, 191, 278, 280
Six-Day War (1967), 84, 101, 144 (photo), 163 (photo), 166, 174, 176,182, 204, 210, 222, 225, 227, 248, 255, 259, 263, 297, 303, 308, 314, 328, 341, 350
Socialist International, 202, 253–254
Solidarity movement (Poland), 579
Soloveitchik, Joseph B. (also known as Yosef Ber), 406, 661
Soviet Jewry, 220, 516
Soviet-Syrian MIG25, 636
Soviet-Syrian MIGs, 616, 636
Srulik (participant in Bible Study Circle), 397
St. Julian’s Way, 136–137
Stalinism, 97, 240, 392
“Star Spangled Banner,” 410
State banquet (White House), 273
Steel, David, 512
Stone, Richard, 430, 431
Storrs, Ronald, 202
Straits of Tiran, 135, 163 (photograph), 590; see also Tiran Straits
Strangeways (neighborhood where Yehuda Avner was born), 6
Suez Canal, 50, 199, 225, 233, 234–235, 248, 252, 297, 321, 461
Suez War 1956, 97, 174, 501
Sukkot, 236, 239–240
Summer White House (Truman), 118
Swanson, Gloria, 430
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 53
Syria et Palestina, 418
T
Tchaikovsky, 524
Teitelbaum, Rabbi Yoel, 497
Tel Aviv, 4, 12, 13, 14, 19, 21, 45, 50, 53, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 82, 93, 127, 139, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 156, 212, 303, 304, 308, 311, 332, 346, 365, 382, 389, 421, 487, 504, 514, 535, 539, 587, 624, 629, 634, 658
Temple Mount, 10, 158, 159, 446, 464
Templeton Prize, 511
“Termination of the state of belligerency,” 277
Thatcher, Denis, 549, 697, 698, 701
Thatcher, Margaret, 502 (photo), 548, 549, 556, 689 698 (photo); as host to Prime Minister Begin, 503–509; Prime Minister Begin’s reaction to, 519–520; as host to Yehuda Avner, 697–703
There’s a song in the air, 56
Thorne, Thorne, 21–23
Throne Room, 547, 687
Time, 350, 557, 703
Times (London), 350
Tiran Straits, 140
Tisha b’Av, 406, 446
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 663
Tony (from Detroit), 543–545
Tower of Babel, 609
Toynbee, Arnold, 169
Trash, Merry, 430, 431, 433, 434
Treaty Room (White House), 435
Truman, Bess, 118
Truman, Harry S., 97, 112, 411; meeting with Yehuda Avner, 115–122
Twain, Mark, 417–418
Tzedek, Tzemach, 92
U
U.S.-Israel joint statement (13 July 1981), 561, 562 (text), 562 (photo of Begin’s draft)
UN partition resolution, 3, 41, 43 (photo), 42 (photo of Yehuda Avner’s diary on that day), 69, 120, 351
UN Resolution 242, 101, 182, 226, 228, 244, 350, 355, 412, 425–427, 432, 480, 481
UN Resolution 338, 425–427
UN Security Council, 157, 159, 166, 244, 396, 556, 557, 581
United Jewish Appeal, 264, 328, 390, 466, 467, 533, 541
United Nations, 50, 62, 69, 120, 135, 142, 202, 282, 296, 353, 396, 417, 432, 446, 458, 481, 498, 531–532, 539, 581, 606, 609, 610
United Nations General Assembly, 41; Menachem Begin’s speech before the, 608–609
United Resistance Command, 3, 17–18
United States Congress, 287, 288, 289, 299, 372, 562, 673
US State Department, 122, 187, 191, 192, 194, 322, 323, 404, 561
V
Vale of Tears, 235, 236
Valeriani, Richard, 278, 279
Vance, Cyrus, 387, 413, 415, 417, 423, 426, 480, 488–489, 494–496
Vance, Grace, 434
Vatican, 158, 542
Vietcong, 327
Vietnam War, 177, 187, 169, 194–195, 207, 208, 235, 585
Vietnam, 140, 170, 173, 195, 196, 226, 278, 327
Village Voice, 405
Von Wechmar, Baron Rüdiger, 549
Von Weizacker, Freifrau, 547, 548, 550
Von Weizacker, Richard, 547, 548, 550
W
Waldheim, Kurt, 415 (photograph)
Waldorf Astoria, 328, 405, 496, 497
Walfish, Asher, 319–320, 322
Walpole, Robert, 131
Walters, Barbara, 274, 276
“Wandering Jew,” 127
Wannsee Conference, 545
War of Attrition, 199, 225–226, 228
War of Independence, 7–29, 19 (photo), 38–46, 47 (photo), 49–60, 58 (photo), 61–72, 136, 154, 159, 435
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 406
Warsaw University, 319, 341
Washington Heights, 267
Washington Hilton, 486, 487, 489, 490
Washington Post, 187, 278
Wasserman, Chaim, 23
Watergate scandal, 243, 262, 263, 264, 270, 272
Wehrmacht, 544, 549, 688
Weinberger, Caspar, 557–559, 568–572, 582, 621, 623; letter from Menachem Begin, 558; signing memorandum of understanding, 572
Weiss, Yaakov, 21, 23, 24
Weizman, Ezer, 365, 386, 435, 482, 488, 523
Weizmann, Chaim, 8, 111, 419, 514; meeting with Harry S. Truman, 120–122
West Bank, 158, 161, 204, 287, 300, 301, 350–351, 387, 423–425, 434, 438–439, 451, 474, 496, 523, 525, 528, 630, 631, 636, 637; discussion about between Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, 476–481
Western Wall, 9, 10, 154, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162
White House Press Office, 427
White House Protocol Office, 167
Whitehall, 20, 25, 50, 130, 507
Wilde, Oscar, 107
Wilson, Harold, 125, 126, 129, 131–132, 512
Wilson, Woodrow, 617
Windsor Castle, 684
Wingate, Orde, 514
Wolfe (volunteer at Kibbutz Lavi), 77, 84
Wolfson, Isaac, 366, 367, 369
World Moslem Congress, 511
Y
Yaacobi, G
ad, 304
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, 464, 699
Yadin, Yigael, 538
Yaffe, Adi, 109, 128, 131, 132, 149, 166; as Yehuda Avner’s contact at the Foreign Ministry, 104
Yamit, 590
Yavin, Chaim, 345
Yavniel Valley, 76
Yehuda and Samaria, 287, 300; see also West Bank
Yemin Moshe, 137, 139
Yeshiva University, 406
YMCA, 52, 55
Yom Kippur, 9, 10, 11, 209, 233, 234, 239, 250, 251, 252, 644
Yom Kippur War, 199, 224, 225–256, 237 (photo), 238 (photo), 261, 263, 265, 266, 270, 271, 278,282, 296, 297, 310, 321, 356, 461, 501, 579, 584, 676; Egyptian surface-to-air missiles, 225–256; Golda Meir’s visit to the troops during, 236–241; Knesset debate on, 250–254; telephone conversation between Nixon and Kissinger about, 243–247
Young, David, 512, 513
Z
Zabush, 644
Zacks, Gordon (Gordie), 467–468, 470
Zadok, Chaim, 57, 59, 64, 66
Zion Square, 57, 59, 64, 66
Zuckerman, Pinchas, 494
Zyklon-B gas, 559
About the Author
Ambassador Yehuda Avner was born in Manchester, England, in 1928, and first reached Israel shortly before independence, in 1947. He is a founding member of Kibbutz Lavi in Galilee, and entered the Israel Foreign Service in the late 1950s. During a lengthy diplomatic career he served as consul in New York, counselor at the Washington Embassy, ambassador to Great Britain, non-resident ambassador to Ireland, and ambassador to Australia. Between overseas postings he served as speech writer and secretary to Prime Ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir, and adviser to Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres. In 1995, the Yehuda Avner Chair on Religion and Politics was established at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is the author of The Young Inheritors: A Portrait of Israel’s Children, and a frequent guest columnist with the Jerusalem Post. For more information see www.yehudaavner.com.
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