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Look to the skies Golda...
With Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir running for a second full term this fall, the bruising battle for succession between Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir has been postponed. As far as Dayan is concerned, it is just as well: he probably would have lost. Still, at 58, Dayan has relinquished none of the brash assertiveness that earned him a reputation as the Young Turk of the Labor Party...
...Germans or the Israelis. "The sum of the suffering and of the horror cannot be removed from the consciousness of our people," he said at the airport ceremonies. "Cooperation between our two countries remains characterized by the historical and moral background of our experiences." Then, addressing Israeli Premier Golda Meir, who was dressed all in white, he added: "You extended an invitation to the representative of a new epoch in Germany's state history. This means you confront the power of the past with the challenge of the present. I feel that mankind would indeed be lost...
...Israelis, for their part, were officially cordial-but not too cordial. Whereas Brandt stressed his role as West German Chancellor, Golda Meir welcomed him as an individual who had fought the Nazis "in the darkest period for the human race." Both leaders, perhaps significantly, spoke in a neutral language, English...
...ancient streets. More than 400 aircraft, led by Air Force Commanding General Mordechai Hod in a Phantom fighter-bomber, roared overhead in precision formations; in one configuration, twelve Mirage fighters formed a Star of David. On the heavily guarded reviewing stand were President Zalman Shazar, Prime Minister Golda Meir, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Chief of Staff David Elazar...