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With those emotional words-spoken to a meeting in Jerusalem of the leaders of Israel's ruling Labor Party -Premier Golda Meir, 75, abruptly ended almost a half-century career in politics. In bowing out "irrevocably" from the post she has held for five years and through two Middle East wars, Mrs. Meir threw Israel into its worst political crisis in years. Her resignation as the country's fourth Premier since independence* cast a shadow on the prospects for early disengagement negotiations with Syria and the likelihood of a peace settlement in the Middle East...
They have taken a fierce pride in their Golda-an earthy, archetypal Jewish mother who wears baggy suits and sensible oxfords and puffs away on an ever-present cigarette...
...Incorruptible leaders are in short supply. There are few men who qualify, and even fewer women. India has its Indira Gandhi and Israel has its Golda Meir, but whom do we have...
...Ironically, the trouble was caused by the Agranat Commission of Inquiry that had been appointed to clear the air and provide an authoritative answer to the question of who was responsible. Instead, the commission's interim report raised more questions than it answered and threatened to engulf Premier Golda Meir's shaky coalition government in yet another struggle for survival only a month after she had successfully patched up differences in her divided Labor Party. Also caught in the uproar was Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who returned from negotiations on the Middle East in Washington to face fresh...
Kissinger has a finely tuned sense of hierarchy and addresses those he deals with in subtly differing ways. When he meets Israeli leaders, for instance, Kissinger calls Golda Meir "Madame Prime Minister," while Dayan and Allon are always "Moshe" and "Yigal." Foreign Minister Abba Eban, by contrast, is simply "Eban." Explains one participant in their talks: "For Mrs. Meir he has high respect, with Dayan good rapport, with Allon comradeship. With Eban there is not much more than a colleague-to-colleague relationship, since Eban is the silent man on the team who does not have much to say." Although...