Golda Meir

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Golda Meir - Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978)

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About six decades ago, Golda Meir put a great emphasis on the African continent in line with the interests of Israel.

A Conspiracy That Will Fail

1956 Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister.

ON THIS DAY

Of which country was Golda Meir prime minister from 1969 to 1974?

General Knowledge Quiz

What they used to say of Golda Meir, and later of Margaret Thatcher, past prime ministers of Israel and the United Kingdom, respectively, we can say the same of Lourdes Mangaoang, with apologies for the graphic words: 'In a world dominated by powerful men, she was the one who had the balls...' And, we might add, perhaps ones made of steel, stronger than the one used to make the magnetic lifters.

One brave woman

It's a dream the Israelis have wanted to realize even since before former premier Golda Meir had the audacity to claim, "There is no Palestinian people."

Zionist bonanza

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir refused to give in to "blackmail of the worst kind" so the Germans began secretly planning an ambush at an airfield, to which the gang and their hostages had been flown by helicopter.

Mother of modern terror; HOW 1972 OLYMPIC ATTACK SPAWNED A GLOBAL SCOURGE; Massacre in Munich launched an era of atrocities

'Golda Meir considered the diplomatic professionals to be too polished, excessively inclined to understand diverse points of view and in some regrettable cases afflicted with analytical and intellectual habits that did not facilitate contact between them and her.

Personal diplomacy

In 2005, Tovah Feldshuh broke the record for the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway's history with Golda's Balcony, a moving portrayal of Israel's former prime minister Golda Meir. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving diva: Feldshuh is among a handful of our greatest living stage actresses, and that she was honored for her embodiment of one of modern Jewish history's greatest leaders is fitting.

What to Watch This Weekend: The Incomparable Tovah Feldshuh as Leona Helmsley

According to Monday's report, in the wake of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s, Israel felt that the unwritten understanding struck between President Richard Nixon and Prime Minister Golda Meir in the early 1970s to ensure Israel would never be compelled to denuclearize was insufficient.

Trump Pledges Not to Pressure Israel on Nuclear Issue

Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel By Francine Klagsbrun New York: Schocken Books, 2017, 856 pp., $40.00, hardcover

Fear, Hunger, and Fear

Golda Meir, Israel's first and only female prime minister, has always provoked strong and gendered reactions.