Arik - The Life Of Ariel Sharon (119 page)

Fussily turned out: with Avigail, Samuil’s sister (
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Defending the property: no annexation here (
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Rare respite: Samuil with his two children at the Tel Aviv beach (
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Stories from Petrograd: with Miriam and Dita (
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Seder night at the Scheinermans, 1935: bare boards but fine wine. Left to right: Aunt Avigail with cousin Natana, Uncle Sholem with Arik, Vera with Dita, Grandmother Miriam, Samuil. (
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A plump, clear-eyed boy, 1937 (
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“Neck-deep in it and fighting”: January 1948 (
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Reprisal operation: with “Israel’s finest soldier,” Meir Har-Zion, April 1954 (
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Spirit of 101: “hostile takeover” of the paratroopers (
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“Awarding wings” to Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan, 1955: a complicated lifelong relationship (
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“Ate from the same mess tin”: Sinai War, October 1956 (
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At the Mitle Pass, October 31, 1956. Rehavam Ze’evi (center) warns; Arik (left) laughs. Who directed the pointless battle that followed? (
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Special affection: with David Ben-Gurion in 1957 (
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