MEIR, Golda (1898-1978). Autograph letter, unsigned, to an unidentified correspondent, 2 May 1972. 2 pages, 12mo, paperclip burns at top edge .
MEIR, Golda (1898-1978). Autograph letter, unsigned, to an unidentified correspondent, 2 May 1972. 2 pages, 12mo, paperclip burns at top edge . "BEN-GURION SAID THAT HE'S WILLING TO RETURN EVERYTHING EXCEPT JERUSALEM" A testy letter on her predecessor David Ben-Gurion and his comments about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. "I read on Newsweek that B. G. said that he's willing to return everything [i.e., all of the West Bank] except Jerusalem. I know that he said it here. It is very severe if he's also saying it outside and he's now going abroad. He's also quoted there saying that there's a danger that a horrible war will break out and that it's necessary to hurry and do something and at the same time that the four (U.S., Britain, France and the United nations) are meeting." An interesting example of the way Israeli politicians could be touchier about criticisms expressed abroad than those reserved solely for domestic consumption. A "horrible war" did break out the following year as Egyptian forces attacked on Yom Kippur. And nearly forty years on, the status of the Occupied Territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River still bedevils Israeli politics.
MEIR, Golda (1898-1978). Autograph letter, unsigned, to an unidentified correspondent, 2 May 1972. 2 pages, 12mo, paperclip burns at top edge .
MEIR, Golda (1898-1978). Autograph letter, unsigned, to an unidentified correspondent, 2 May 1972. 2 pages, 12mo, paperclip burns at top edge . "BEN-GURION SAID THAT HE'S WILLING TO RETURN EVERYTHING EXCEPT JERUSALEM" A testy letter on her predecessor David Ben-Gurion and his comments about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. "I read on Newsweek that B. G. said that he's willing to return everything [i.e., all of the West Bank] except Jerusalem. I know that he said it here. It is very severe if he's also saying it outside and he's now going abroad. He's also quoted there saying that there's a danger that a horrible war will break out and that it's necessary to hurry and do something and at the same time that the four (U.S., Britain, France and the United nations) are meeting." An interesting example of the way Israeli politicians could be touchier about criticisms expressed abroad than those reserved solely for domestic consumption. A "horrible war" did break out the following year as Egyptian forces attacked on Yom Kippur. And nearly forty years on, the status of the Occupied Territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River still bedevils Israeli politics.
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