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...this fuss over Ferraro? After Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher, you guys are not "breaking through." You are catching...
...less disciplined and sophisticated Sephardim, and the Sephardim, in turn, have scorned the standoffish Ashkenazim. In a few particularly ugly instances, the Sephardim have been dubbed "Khomeinis"; they have responded by calling their antagonists "Aske-nazis." Even Prime Ministers, including European-born David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir, have spoken darkly of the dangers of "mob rule" and sweepingly written off "the primitive Arab mentality" of the Sephardim...
...cardgames for money, drunkenness and fornication." Though the Sephardim regarded Ben-Gurion as a messianic deliverer, he declared in a 1965 interview that " the Jews from Morocco have no education. They love their wives, but they beat them. The culture of Morocco I would not like to have here." Golda Meir hardly bothered to conceal her distaste for those from "countries that have not developed intellectually, industrially and culturally...
...officials concede that Shamir, as one put it, "comes across without the charisma that characterized Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Menachem Begin." Washington was uncertain too whether Shamir's apparent flexibility will lead to any substantive policy shifts by Israel. But the Prime Minister's first visit provided grounds for encouragement. "He was shrewd, tough and smart," said one U.S. official who took part in the meetings. "His focus was on programs and practical decision making...
Looking back, I find it remarkable how constantly the work for peace in the Middle East was on my mind. I had made an extensive visit through Israel in May 1973, while still Governor of Georgia, invited by Prime Minister Golda Meir to learn at first hand about her nation. This gave Rosalynn, Jody Powell, who was to become my White House press secretary, and me a chance to learn more about the land of the Bible, which we had studied since early childhood. We spent almost a week traveling around the surprisingly tiny country. For three days, before dawn...