The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership (84 page)

Deborah (Prophet), 107, 209

Deeds, Wyndham, 514

Deir Yassin, 89–90, 93–96, 95 (map)

Department of International Cooperation, 107

Desert Storm, 563, 701

Détente, 278

Diana, Princess, 510, 549; host of reception for Shimon Peres, 685–688

Dimona Nuclear project, 454

Dinitz, Simcha, 242, 280, 335

Diplomatic Protection Squad (England), 126

Disraeli, Benjamin, 373

Dorchester Hotel (London), 603

Dowager Empress of Persia, 17

Drancy concentration camp, 53

Dugdale, Blance (Baffy), 514

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 688

Duke of Norfolk, 511–512

Duke of Wellington, 679

E

early warning stations in Sinai, 289, 290

Eaton Square, London, 697

Eban, Abba, 110–111, 110 (photo), 142–143, 166, 180, 182, 188, 191, 201, 229, 251, 333, 421

Ecclesiastes, 661

Eddie, Nelson, 56

Egyptian Air Force, 153

Egyptian Third Army, 249, 321

1812 Overture
, 524

Eilat, 686, 689; blockade of, 101, 135, 138, 140, 141, 143, 147, 150

Ein Karem, 61, 63, 65, 95

Einstein, Albert, 116, 306

Eisenhower, David, 97, 557

Eitan, Raphael (Raful), 523–526

El Al, 126, 219, 329, 401, 447, 487, 600, 609; and Knesset debate over Shabbat violation, 595–599

El Arish, 536; and meeting of disabled war veterans, 499–501, 591

Elazar, David (Dado), 236

Eliot, T.S., 685

El-Kaddafi, Muammar, 214

Elokei Yisrael
, 498, 559

Eshkol, Levi, 84, 97, 101, 109–110, 111, 124 (photo), 139, 140, 141; and pre-Six-Day War tensions, 141–142; 144 (photo); and the National Water Carrier, 116; Begin’s praise of, 181–182; broadcast to the nation, 149; death of, 180; letter to President Truman, 115; meeting with Harold Wilson, 125–126, 131–133; meeting with Menachem Begin, 145–149; on capturing the Old City in Jerusalem, 153–162, 163–164 (photos); meeting with President Johnson in Texas, 165–178, 164 (photo); speech before Joint Israel Appeal, 127–129

Eshkol, Miriam, 166, 167, 169, 170

Ethiopia, 413, 414, 415, 689

Ethiopian Jews, 342, 414

Eton, 506

Etzion Bloc, 90

European Union, 544

Evelina de Rothschild School, 49

Evening Standard
, 519

Executive Office Building, 193

F

F
-15 aircraft, 585

F
-16 aircraft, 299, 585

F
-4 Phantom Jets, 166, 172

Face the Nation
, 497

Fahd, Prince, 538, 539

Fahmi, Ismail, 288, 290

Faisal, Emir, 419

Falklands, 579, 702

Fallaci, Oriana, 207–216; interview with Golda Meir, 208–216, 255, 676

Fatahland, 599

Fayez, 204–205

Finegold, Abie, 489–490

Feinstein, Meir, 659, 693

Feinstein, Rabbi Moshe, 497

Fez conference, 580

Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 166

“Final Solution,” 7, 545

Finchley, London, 505, 690

Fisch, Harel, 397, 398

Fisher, Max, 557–560, 561, 563

Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami, Florida), 328

Ford, Barbara, 276–277, 292

Ford, Gerald, 272, 279, 280, 286, 290, 291, 319, 320, 321, 387, 411, 433, 568; letter to Menachem Begin, 298–299; message to Rabin, 280–281; open letter concerning support for Israel, 288; state dinner, 272–277; talk with Anwar Sadat, 289–290, 291–293; talks with Rabin, 272

Ford, Henry Jr., 697

Foreign Press Bureau, 202, 207, 233

Foreign Service, Inspector General of, 697

Fort, Willie, 262, 264, 266–270, 283; and psychological profile of Henry Kissinger, 268–270

“Framework for the Peacemaking Process, The,” 403, 425, 427, 436–437, 439; top secret section of, 438

Fraser, Antonia, 685, 687

Free Polish Forces in Exile, 341, 382, 392

Freisler, Judge, 545

Freuka, as military secretary to Menachem Begin, 345, 355, 357, 358, 365, 366, 388, 415, 420, 447, 488, 522 (photo), 523, 524, 526, 527, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 573–574; as military secretary to Yitzhak Rabin, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 313, 332

Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 111

From Destruction to Redemption
, 703

Furtwangler, Wilhel,
see
Fort, Willie

G

Galilee, 599, 605, 606, 607, 670, 715

Galilee, Yisrael, 251, 304, 306

Garbo, Greta, 434

gauleiters
, 688

Gaza, 161, 301, 307, 416, 423, 424, 425, 438, 439, 451, 474, 484, 496, 630, 631, 637, 707; discussion about between Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, 476–481

Gemayel, Bashir, 629, 641, 642–643, 647

Geneva Conference, 282, 335, 424, 427, 433, 446, 458

Geneva Convention, 351, 507

George Washington High School, 267

Gevaryahu, Chaim, 398

“Ghetto mentality,” 35, 127

Gideon Bible, 488

Golan Heights, 76, 132, 154, 181, 210, 233, 237 (photo), 238 (photo), 248, 252, 299, 420, 438, 451, 452, 476; Golda Meir’s visit to, 235–241; Law of the, 579–588

Goldberg, Arthur and discussion with Yehuda Avner, 432–433, 435

Gordon Highlanders, 547

Gotsman, Mervyn, 577, 657

Grant, Ulysses, 435

Graziani, Yitzhak, 460

Great Depression, 119

Great Synagogue (Jerusalem), Menachem Begin’s visit to on Rosh Hashanah, 642–645

Great Synagogue (Moscow), Golda Meir’s visit to, 240

Green Line, 420, 421

Greenberg, Ivan, 7–8

Grey, Sir Edmond, 138

Gromyko, Andrei, 458

Gruner, Dov, 22

Guardian
, 136, 137, 233

Gur, General Mordechai, 307–308, 312–313, 460, 461

Gush Emunim
, 300

Gwertzman, Bernard, 278

H

Haaretz
, 18, 148, 331

Habib, Philip, 600, 628, 636, 672, 677

Hackett, Mr. (Commissioner of Prisons, Mandate Palestine), 21–24

hadar
, 358, 401, 403

Hadassah Hospital, 90, 534, 577, 652, 674

Hadrian, 418

Hagana, 3, 8, 17, 18, 40, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 58, 59, 69, 78, 79, 81, 94, 151, 259, 345, 384

Haig, Alexander, 556, 569, 570, 571, 581–583, 586, 605, 620, 524, 630

Hail to the Chief
, 429

Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 17

Haj Amin el-Husseini (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem), 89

Halle, General, 93

Halperin, Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 12

Hamishma
r
, 18

Hamorashti, Micha, 609

Hampton Court Palace, 509, 510

hamtana
, 152

Hapoel Hamizrachi – Religious Zionist Workers’ Party, 104

Hardwick, Herbert, 513

Harman, Abe, 70, 71

Harvard University, 122

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 412, 419, 426, 476, 477, 480, 621, 622, 624, 630, 632, 633, 636, 686

hashgocho
, 444–445

Hassidoff Quarter, 12–13

Hassouna, Abdul-Khalek, 87

Hasten, Hart, 658

Hasten, Simona, 658

“
Hatikva
,” 24, 35, 347, 410, 464, 542

Haviv, Avshalom, 21, 23, 24

Hazbani, The (River Jordan tributary), 132

Heathrow Airport, 126, 678

Hebrew University, 45, 70, 94, 115, 533

Hebron, 161, 424, 504, 535; cities named in the United States, 423

Hebron, 1929 pogrom in, 9–10

Heine, Heinrich, 569

Henry
VIII
, 510; Great Hall of, 510

herut
, 63

Herut – the Freedom Party, 77, 84, 341

Herzl, Theodor, 105, 346

Herzog, Chaim, 679, 681, 684–685

Herzog, Mrs., 684

Herzog, Yaakov, 141–142, 149, 399; influence on Yehuda Avner, 141; at President Johnson’s ranch, 167–169, 171

Hilary (from Cleveland), 543

Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin, 660

Hilton Hotel (Jerusalem), 531

Hilton Hotel (Washington,
D.C
.), 489

Hiroshima, 555

Hitler, Adolf, 7, 9, 88, 89, 120, 146, 268, 300, 368, 508, 543, 544, 547, 627, 688

Hod, General Motti, 172, 177

Holocaust, 7, 28, 31, 36, 116, 138, 151, 263, 316, 376, 406, 422, 440, 464, 495, 498, 508, 520, 541, 543, 545, 546, 548, 551, 559, 611, 616, 627, 644, 655, 699

Holocaust Memorial Day, 541

Holocaust, American Jewish leadership during the, 116

Horn of Africa, 413, 414, 707

Horns of Hittin, 76

House of Windsor, 688

Houston Chronicle
, 136, 137

Howard, Michael, 513

Hula Valley, 132, 420, 579, 584

Humphrey, Hubert, 189, 320

“Hunting Season,” 3, 79, 700

Hyde Park, 679, 682

I

IDF
(Israel Defense Forces), 69, 150, 151, 158, 161, 180, 233, 248, 249, 252, 254, 255, 259, 261, 277, 282, 286, 297, 307, 310, 313, 341, 357, 377, 401, 409, 459, 464, 499, 515, 527, 529, 542, 590, 603, 604, 608, 614, 628, 629, 631, 636, 647, 656

IDF
General Staff, 149

Ilaniya, 72

Illustrated London News
, 698

Inbal Hotel, 137

Independence Day, 61–72

Innocents Abroad
, 417–418

INSM
(Israel’s National Security Map), 388, 420

Institute for Overseas Youth Leaders,
see
Machon

Institute of Strategic Affairs, 514

International Red Cross, 31, 62, 70

Irgun Zvei Leumi, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 50, 52, 58, 59, 63, 66, 68, 69. 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 89, 154, 189, 341, 354, 366, 368, 372, 382, 384, 416; and Deir Yassin, 93–96; and the King David Hotel bombing, 3, 17–18, 586