by David Landau
in rise to power, n
Netanyahu, Sara, 12.1, 12.2
New Jew, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
New York, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 17.1
Arik’s libel suit and
New York Times, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 12.1, 15.1, 17.1
9/11, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1
Nir, Natke, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1n
Nissim, Moshe, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2n
Nixon, Richard M., 2.1, 2.2
Noble Hearts plan, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Northern Command, IDF, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Nothing but the Truth (Benziman)
nuclear reactor, Iraqi, bombing of, 5.1, 6.1
nuclear weapons, 1.1, 1.2, 17.1
Oasis Casino, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3n, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1
occupation, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
use of word, 15.1, 15.2
occupied territories, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1
first intifada and, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2
Israeli withdrawal from, 4.1, 12.1
second intifada and, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, nts.1n
settlement policy and, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1
oil issues
Olmert, Ehud, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1n, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Arik’s stroke and, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
disengagement plan and, 15.1, 17.1
Greek island affair and
143rd Division, Israeli, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3n, 4.4
162nd Division, Israeli, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1n
On the Banks of the Suez (Adan), 2.1, 2.2
Operation Cast Lead
Operation Defensive Shield, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 15.1, 16.1
Operation Grapes of Wrath
Operation Litani
Operation Peace for Galilee, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2
Operation Pines, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.1
Organization of Islamic States
Orni, Tomer, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Orthodox Jews, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 17.1
see also haredim, haredi parties; Sephardim; ultra-Orthodox parties
Orthodox parties, 10.1n, 10.2, 10.3
Oslo Accords, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1n, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 17.1, app.1
II (Interim Agreement), 10.1, 11.1n, 11.2, app.1
Palestine, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 12.1
Jordan as, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
partition of, 1.1, 5.1
Palestine Mandate, 5.1, 5.2
Palestinian Authority (PA), 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2
road map and, 15.1n, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
second intifada and, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2n, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 13.8
security of West Bank towns returned to, 15.1, 15.2
Palestinian Covenant, 10.1, 11.1, app.1
Palestinian refugees, 1.1, 8.1, 13.1
Camp David summit (2000) and, 12.1, 12.2
“Clinton Parameters” and
G. W. Bush’s views on
infiltration of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
in Lebanon, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1n, 6.2, 6.3, 9.1
Oslo Accords and, 10.1, app.1
see also refugee camps
Palestinians, 1.1, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, nts.1n
autonomy of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 9.1, 10.1
Barak and, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Begin and
in civil war
Defensive Shield and, 13.1, 13.2
disengagement plan and
East Jerusalem and, 9.1, 9.2n
elections and, 9.1, 17.1, app.1
fear of Jewish terrorist attack on
in Jordan, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 9.1
in Lebanon, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1n, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 13.1n
London Agreement and
Oslo Accords and, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2n, 11.3, 11.4, app.1
“principle of separation” and, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2
road map and, see road map
settlements and, 5.1, 5.2
Palestinian state, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 17.1
Arafat’s proclamation of
Arik’s views on, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
G. W. Bush’s views on, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 17.1
Oslo process and
road map and, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
Palmach, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
paratroop brigade, 2.1, 6.1, 13.1
in Yom Kippur War, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
see also Unit 890
Paris, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 12.1, 13.1
terrorism in
parliament, Palestinian, 11.1, 15.1, 17.1
Partition Resolution, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Passok Party
Patroklos
“peace camp,” 8.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1
peace efforts, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 14.1
at Annapolis conference
of Arik, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3; see also disengagement plan
Arik’s transformation and, 11.1, 15.1, 15.2
of Barak, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 13.1, 14.1
Clinton Parameters and, 12.1, 13.1n, 15.1, 15.2
“Geneva Accord” and, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Geneva summit (2000), 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
interim agreements, 2.1, 4.1, 10.1, 11.1n, 11.2, 15.1, app.1
international conference and, see Madrid Middle East Peace Conference (Oct. 1991)
Israeli-Jordanian treaty, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Lebanon War and, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 8.1
London Agreement and
Oslo Accords, see Oslo Accords
“principle of separation” and, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
road-map initiative and, see road map
second intifada and
in War of Attrition, 2.1, 2.2
withdrawal from Sinai and
Wye River Memorandum and
after Yom Kippur War, 4.1, 4.2
Peace Now, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1
Penthouse, 10.1, 11.1n
Peres, Shimon, 1.1n, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1n, 13.2, 13.3n, 14.1, 14.2, 17.1
Arik’s relationship with, 1.1, 8.1, 9.1, 13.1, 17.1
disengagement plan and, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2
elections and
Kadima and
as Labor leader, 13.1, 14.1n
Lebanon War and, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1
on Lily Sharon
peace efforts and, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 17.1
“Pollard affair” and
as prime minister, 8.1, 10.1, 13.1
settlement policy and, 4.1, 4.2
Sinai War and, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
as vice prime minister, 17.1, 18.1
Perlman, Arnon, 13.1, 13.2
permanent status negotiations, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1n, 15.2, 15.3
Phalange, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
violence and revenge of, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1
Philadelphi road, 16.1, 17.1
PLA (Palestine Liberation Army)
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 13.1
Arik’s recognition of
birth of
Charter of
evacuation of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
in Jordan, 2.1, 5.1, 8.1
in Lebanon, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 8.1, 9.1
Lebanon War and, 6.1, 6.2n, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1
Oslo Accords and, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
peace efforts and, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2
police, 8.1n, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2n, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 16.1
corruption-related investigations and, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3n, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4
disengagement plan and, 17.1, 17.2
, 17.3, 17.4
Pollard, Jonathan Jay, 9.1, 11.1
“Pollard affair,” 9.1, 11.1
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, n
Powell, Colin, 13.1, 13.2n, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
POWs (prisoners of war), 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 6.1n
reprisal actions and, 1.1, 1.2
price controls
Primakov, Yevgeny, 11.1, 11.2
Prime Minister’s Bureau, 7.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
Arik’s stroke and, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Prime Minister’s Office, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2n, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
prisoner release, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1n, 15.1, 15.2
Purkan, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Rabbo, Yasser Abed, 13.1, 15.1
Rabin, Dalia, 2.1, 10.1
Rabin, Leah, 4.1, 10.1
Rabin, Yitzhak, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1
Arik’s relationship with, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 12.1, 12.2
assassination of, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 11.1n, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 17.1
“break their bones” line of, 8.1, 8.2
as defense minister, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2n, 10.1, 10.2n, 10.3
first intifada and, 8.1, 12.1
Hussein’s peace treaty with
Lebanon War and, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1
Palestinian elections and
peace efforts and, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1n, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 16.1n, 17.1, app.1
as prime minister, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1n, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1n, 17.1
resignation of
settlement policy and, 2.1, 4.1, 10.1
Six-Day War and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1, 9.1
Yom Kippur War and, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
Rafah, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 16.1
Rafah Salient, 2.1, 2.2
settlements in, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 10.1
Rafi Party, 2.1, 2.2n
Rajoub, Jibril, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Ramallah, 2.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4n, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 13.8, 15.1
Abu Mazen’s resignation in
muqata compound in, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 17.1
Ramot Hashavim, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Rashid, Muhammad, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 15.1
Raviv, Tuvia, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Reagan, Ronald, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 9.1, 9.2
Shamir and
Reagan Plan, 6.1, 9.1
recession, global, 14.1, 14.2
Red Sea, 1.1, 2.1, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2
refugee camps, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1, 13.1, 16.1
Defensive Shield and, 13.1, 13.2
in Lebanon, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
reprisal attacks against, 1.1, 1.2
see also Kahan Commission; specific camps
religious fundamentalism
reprisals, reprisal policy, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 13.1
Reshef, Ammon, 3.1, 3.2n, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Revisionist Zionist movement, 1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1
underground army of, see Etzel
Reznick, Ran, 18.1, 18.2
Rice, Condoleezza, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1, 18.1, nts.1n
Rivlin, Eliezer, 8.1, 16.1
Rivlin, Ruby, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
roadblocks, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2, 17.1
road map, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, app.1
phases of, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2n, 15.3, 15.4, 17.1
roads, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 17.1
see also specific roads
rockets, 5.1, 5.2, 10.1n, 10.2, 13.1n, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
Rogers, William
Rosh Hashanah
Ross, Dennis, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2
Rubinger, David
Rubinstein, Amnon, n
Rubinstein, Elyakim, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2
Rumsfeld, Donald
Russia, 1.1, 10.1, 13.1, 16.1n
Arik’s visits to
road map and, 15.1, 15.2
Saadat, Ahmed, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Sa’ar, Gideon, 10.1n, 13.1
Sabra and Shatila, 6.1, 6.2
massacre at, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2n, 10.3, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1
Sadat, Anwar, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1
peace efforts and, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Safed, 1.1, 2.1, 6.1, 9.1, 11.1
Saguy, Yehoshua, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
SAM anti-aircraft missiles, 2.1, 2.2, 6.1
Samaria, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 16.1n
disengagement plan and, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7
peace efforts and, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1, 10.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1
Sapir, Pinchas, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 8.1n
Sarid, Yossi, 8.1n, 8.2n, 8.3, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1n
Saudi Arabia, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1
Sayeret Matkal commando unit, 2.1, 12.1n, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Scheinerman, Ariel, see Sharon, Ariel
Scheinerman, Miriam
Scheinerman, Mordechai
Scheinerman, Samuil, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 13.1
death of, 1.1, 1.2
Scheinerman, Vera, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 11.1, 13.1
Scheinerman, Yehudit “Dita,” 1.1, 1.2
Schiff, Ze’ev, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1
Schlaff, Martin, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1
Sderot, 2.1, 10.1n, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Sebastia, 4.1, 5.1, 10.1, 10.2
Second Army, Egyptian, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Second Lebanon War
Segev, Shlomo, 18.1, 18.2
“separation, principle of,” 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Sephardim, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1n, 10.2, 17.1
settlement policy, 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2
Camp David summit (2000) and, 12.1, 12.2
disengagement plan and, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7
evacuations and, 5.1, 10.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
freeze and, 5.1, 6.1, 9.1, 9.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
Gush Emunim and, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1, 13.1, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Oslo Accords and, 10.1, 10.2, app.1
protests and, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2
Shaham, Mishael, 1.1, 1.2, 8.1
Shaham, Nisso
Shalev, Chemi
Shalom, Avraham
Shalom, Silvan, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2n, 14.3, 15.1
Shamgar, Meir, n
Shamir, Shlomit
Shamir, Yitzhak, 1.1n, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 16.1, 17.1
Arik’s relationship with, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2
Desert Storm and
Lebanon War and, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1n
Palestinian elections and
peace efforts and, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1
as prime minister, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2n, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1
Shani, Uri, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1n, 14.2, 16.1
Sharansky, Natan, 12.1, 17.1
Sharett, Moshe, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Sharm el-Sheikh, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 10.1, 15.1
Sharon, Ariel “Arik”
ambitions of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 15.1
appearance of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 8.1, 9.1n, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 18.1, 18.2
Arabs as viewed by, 1.1, 2.1, 12.1, 15.1, 17.1
brutality of, 2.1, 8.1n, 8.2, 12.1, 13.1
budget issues and, 10.1, 17.1, 17.2
Camp David intervention of, 5.1, 5.2
as chairman of Likud central committee
charm of, 1.1n, 2.1
, 11.1
childhood of, 1.1, 1.2, 13.1
coalition problems of, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
compromised military career of, 1.1, 4.1, 12.1n
confidence of, 2.1, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1
conflict-of-interest charges against, 7.1, 9.1n, 13.1
cultural interests of, 1.1, 11.1, 13.1
decline in standing of, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
as defense minister, 3.1n, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1
Defensive Shield and, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 15.1, 16.1
disengagement plan and, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2
economic policy and
education of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 13.1
egocentrism of
elections and, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3n, nts.1n
essay and article writing of, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2
facial tic of
family background of
as father, 2.1, 2.2, 12.1
finances of, 2.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1n, 9.2, 13.1, 14.1, 18.1
firings and near firings of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1
first intifada and
as foreign minister, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1
as grandfather, 12.1, 13.1, 18.1n, 18.2
Gush Emunim and, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
in Haganah
hand shaking of
as head of IDF training, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
as housing minister, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
as industry and trade minister, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, nts.1n
as infrastructures minister, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 16.1
injuries and health problems of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.1, 15.1n, 17.1, 18.1
insubordination of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
interviews of, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1n, 10.1, 11.1n, 12.1, 15.1, 15.2, nts.1n
as Jew, 7.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 15.1
Kahan Commission and, 6.1, 6.2n, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 10.1n, 10.2, 12.1, 12.2
in Knesset, see Knesset, Arik in
language skills of, 1.1, 1.2, 11.1
lawsuits of, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
Lebanon War and, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2n, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3n, 9.4, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1, 14.1
lectures of, 1.1, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1
“leftward” turn of
lying and tall tales of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2n, 6.1
manners of
marriages of, 1.1, 2.1
medical records of, 18.1, nts.1n
memoirs of, 1.1, 1.2
military prowess of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
as minister without portfolio, 6.1, 7.1
moderation, perspicacity, and restraint of, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
name Hebraized by
as national hero and legend, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1