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Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir accepted an honorary LLB at Brandeis University last week, as pro- and anti-Zionist demonstrators stayed determinedly separate outside...
Israeli Premier Golda Meir will accept an honorary doctorate at Brandeis University today, while anti-Zionist picketers--and possibly counter-demonstrators from the Jewish Defense League (JDL)--picket outside...
Shock. In Jerusalem, Premier Golda Meir abhorred the loss of life, but also blamed the incident on the French pilot. Not even Israel was totally immune from shock. "I'm not proud of it, and I don't believe it's helpful," said one Israeli diplomat in a guarded comment. With national elections coming up in the fall, government leaders painstakingly dissociated themselves from any responsibility for what was finally described as a "military decision" to shoot down the plane. In fact, the young but experienced Phantom pilots had radioed for instructions before each move...
...East month," said President Nixon last week as he welcomed King Hussein of Jordan to the White House. "First you, and then in March Mrs. Meir. It helps to get all points of view." Nixon's reference could have been more adroitly phrased; neither Hussein nor Israeli Premier Golda Meir particularly enjoys being characterized as Washington's Middle Eastern belligerent-of-the-week. But by and large, the implication was correct. The visits by the two leaders, only three weeks apart, were a sharp reminder to the U.S. that there is another crisis area in the world that...
...other way. Mrs. Meir has offered Dinitz's for mer job as director general of the Prime Minister's office to Mordechai Gazit, who was her chief political adviser when she was Foreign Minister. Observers in Jerusalem, moreover, can think of at least three reasons why Golda would want to run again. One is that she is in generally good health and would have nothing to keep her busy if she retires. Another is that Mrs. Meir feels that only she can talk firmly to President Nixon during what may turn out to be a year of decision...