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...political solution, and had actually prevailed on Nasser to accept the essence of the Rogers proposals-a ceasefire and negotiations. The Israelis, however, saw no evidence that Nasser had experienced such a change of heart. In an interview last week with the Paris magazine L'Express, Premier Golda Meir said: "They say Nasser cannot accept public negotiations. Well, five times, ten times, 20 times, and not later than two weeks ago, we suggested secret conversations...
That the Israeli government disliked the proposals quickly became apparent. In front of her Cabinet, Premier Golda Meir harshly criticized Foreign Minister Abba Eban for his overly optimistic evaluation of Washington's proposals. She also wrote a private note to President Nixon. Said an aide to the Premier: "Nixon gives us sweet words, and Rogers stabs us in the back...
...important factor, however, was the timing. Premier Golda Meir of Israel, Rogers noted, had informed the Knesset in Jerusalem that her government accepted the principles of the U.N. resolution. Foreign Minister Abba Eban hinted that Israel would be willing to make surprising concessions once negotiations began. Even hawkish Defense Minister Moshe Dayan allowed that "we are ready to give up a great deal for peace, and that includes territories." Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, meanwhile, had pointedly emphasized in a May Day speech that "we have not closed the door completely with the U.S." During a recent television interview, moreover...
...steps, but his partners step on his toes and kick his shins." Of Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir: "If a creature from outer space met him, it would run in fear." But her sharpest arrows are saved for the Premier herself. In a column called "Madame Kingdom," she compared Mrs. Golda Meir to the reincarnation of the three furies rolled into one, "a dragon who pretends to be St. George." Golda was also Lady Macbeth, Medusa, a witch and Sophie Portnoy. When Moshe Dayan and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon lost in their bids for the Premiership Sylvie wrote: "These two generals...
Sylvie's epigrammatic style epitomizes what Europeans call the feuilleton -writing characterized by witticisms, plays on words, learned references and clever insults. Some of her targets feel that she is not all that clever. When Yitzhak Raphael was being considered for Golda Meir's coalition Cabinet, Sylvie charged-in the words of the libel suit that Raphael later brought against her-"that he pretended, and still pretends to hold an academic title to which he is not entitled." She also said that he had "strange associations with very dubious people-a man who has underground connections, a card...