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Index
A
Acre, Fortress of, and executions, 21–25
Aegean Star, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 655
Aerospace industry (Israeli), 454
African policy, 413,
Golda Meir’s, 104–107, 235–236, 306
Agranat Commission, 234
AIPAC, 288
Air Force One, 270, 565
Air France, 303, 304, 305, 306
Akaba Bay, 686
Al-Aksa Mosque, 9, 464
Albert Hall, 701
Algerian FLN, 327, 375
Ali el-Husseini and the Oxford Union debate, 87–90
Ali, Muhammad, 208
Allenby, Gen. Edmund, 202
Allon, Yigal, 154, 158, 159, 251, 280, 304–305
Altalena, 3, 69–72, 71 (photo), 78, 81–83, 189, 384, 700;
cargo of, 82
Altneuland, 105
“Ambassador of the Year,” 195
American Colony Hotel, 202–203, 208, 213
American Life, An, 627
Amin, Idi, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 313, 314
Ani ma’amin, 542
Ani ma’amin (credo of Menachem Begin), 498
Anti-Semitism, 92, 300, 398, 596, 642
Arab Legion, 70, 515
Arab riots of 1936–1939, 17, 53
Arab terrorism, 89, 128, 216, 219, 223, 353, 405, 568, 614
Arabian Nights, 96
Arafat, Yasser, 97, 210, 287, 317, 324, 353, 368, 387, 403, 403, 412, 416, 427, 426, 511, 578, 599, 623, 628, 672
“Area G” (location of archaeological dig), 493
Argov, Shlomo, 603, 604, 606, 607, 614, 617, 673
Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 409
Arnold, Dr., 13
Assad, Hafez-al, 265, 278, 411, 578, 579, 580–581
Assaf (commander of Israeli army base), 523–527, 528
Athenaeum Club, 513, 516–519
Auerbach, Ephraim, 396, 397, 398
Auschwitz, 8, 33, 34, 53, 315, 390, 421, 508, 548, 585, 606, 656, 657, 699
Avner, Mimi, 547, 676, 681, 685; see also Cailingold, Mimi
Avner, Yael, 676, 677
Avner, Yehuda,
aide to Yitzhak Rabin, 249–337; aide to Golda Meir, 199–256; aide to Levi Eshkol, 109–180; aide to Menachem Begin, 341–703; ambassador to England, 509–516, 546–550, 673–675–689; attending meeting with President Johnson in Texas, 165–178; attending Oxford University Debate, 87–96; childhood memories, 6–7; Consul in New York, 166; Counselor in Washington, D.C., 182; death of mother, 41; diary excerpts, 42, 44–46; discussion about Deir Yassin, 93–96; establishing Kibbutz Lavi, 75–85; experience in a tank, 525–527, 525 (photo); first exposure to Begin ideology, 7–8; friendship with Esther Cailingold, 49–60; at Machon, 28, 30 (photo), 31–38; meeting with Margaret Thatcher, 697–703, 698 (photo); membership in Bnei Akiva, 28; presenting credentials to Queen Elizabeth II, 679–682; stint at Foreign Press Bureau, 207; walk with Harry S. Truman, 115–123
B
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 141, 512, 547–548
Bachurim metzuyanim, 676
Bailey, Buddy, 203–204, 207
Balaam, 395, 396, 397, 398
Baldwin, Stanley, 697
Balfour Declaration of 1917, 5, 514
Balfour, Arthur James, 514
Banias, 132
Banjo (nickname for Sir Herbert), 516, 517, 518, 519
Bar Ilan University, 697
Bar Kochba revolt in 133 C.E., 418
Barak, Aharon, 332
Barazani, Moshe, 659, 693
“Barbecue diplomacy,” 169
Barenboim, Daniel, 111
Barker, Lt. Gen. Sir Evelyn, 18, 586
Bar-Lev line, 225
Bar-Lev, Chaim, 225
BBC World Service, 148, 159, 353, 354, 372, 373, 395, 457, 573, 641
Beame, Abraham, 405
Begin, Aliza, 4 (photo), 12, 148, 341, 342, 347, 447 (photo), 628, 652, 654, 664, 671, 694; condolence letter from Jehan Sadat on death of, 664, 666 (reproduction of letter); death of, 657, 659, 660, 662; luncheon with Grace Vance, 434; note to Jehan Sadat, 592; on meeting Menachem Begin, 404; visit to the Kennedy Center, 437
Begin, Benny, 12, 14 (photo), 602, 657, 661, 662, 684, 694
Begin, Hassya, 390, 661
Begin, Leah, 390, 577, 657, 658, 661, 671
Begin, Menachem, 3, 69–72, 78, 81–83, 189, 384; and Anwar Sadat’s visit to Israel, 457–472; Ben Ze’ev Dov, Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 12; Bible Circle, 395–399; Carter’s perception of, 350; consultation with Burg on IDF incursion into south Lebanon, 603–606; deadlock in peace talks, 473–484; death of Anwar Sadat, 573–588; destruction of Iraqi nuclear reactor, 551–563, 702–703; discussion about Gaza with Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan, and Zbigniew B
rzezinski, 476–481; El Al and Knesset debate over Shabbat observance, 595–600; extending Reagan invitation, 651–652, 654, 669, 671–672, 673–674; feelings toward Germany, 541–550; Halperin, Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 12; intervention of Jimmy Carter, 474–484, 483 (photo); Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty signing, 487–498; Knesset debate with Shimon Peres, 451–456; Law of the Golan Heights, 579–588; Lebanon crisis, 603–638; letter from Gerald Ford, 298–299; meeting with Anwar Sadat in El Arish, 499–502; meeting with Jimmy Carter, 409–427, 428 (photo); meeting with Levi Eshkol, 145–149; meeting with Samuel Lewis, 583–588; meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, 406–407, 407 (photo); meetings with Reagan, 565–565, 569–571, 613–617; 619–624; message from Reagan, 605; 627–629; on Jerusalem, 531–539; on meeting Aliza, 404; open house at residence, 389–393; praise of Levi Eshkol, 181–182; receiving at the White House, 566–568; relations with Jimmy Carter, 367, 370, 371, 373, 388, 402, 403, 404, 405; relationship with Yechiel Kadishai, 381–388; reply to condolence letter from Jehan Sadat, 665; meeting with David Ben Gurion, 149–150; report on Sadat’s visit, 465–466; return of Sinai, 589–592; revolt against British occupation, 7, 16, 20, 66, 78; 79, 81, 83, 435; revolt, Manifesto of, 8–9; Sabra and Shatila, 641–648; State dinner at White House, 429–434; trip to Washington, D.C., 401–424; Sassover, Reb Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 13–16; 14 (photo); visit to Great Synagogue (Jerusalem) on Rosh Hashanah, 642–645
Begin, Ze’ev Dov, 435–436
Beit Hakerem, 40, 89, 96
Ben Amotz, Yeshayahu, 609
Ben Gurion Airport, 224, 270, 282, 304, 305, 315 (photo), 331, 401, 403, 409, 457, 460, 462 (photo), 471, 482
Ben-Gurion, David, 18, 55, 61, 63, 64, 69, 78–79, 81, 82, 87, 93, 103, 109, 141, 145–146, 147, 148, 151, 156, 181, 364, 432; and the Altalena, 81–82; and the election of 1949, 84; meeting with Menachem Begin, 149–150
Ben-Gurion, Paula, 149–150
Ben Ze’ev, Yisrael (pseudonym of Begin), 12
Berger, Marlyn, 278
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 52, 53
Berlin University, 660
Berlin, Isaiah, 91–93, 373–374, 376, 377
Bernadotte, Count, 301
Bernstein, Irving, 541, 545
Betar, 10, 341, 382, 392, 404
Bible Study Circle, 395–399
Big Apple, 405
Blair House, 409, 414, 434, 439, 488, 489, 494
Blount, Elizabeth, 510
Blue Room (10 Downing Street), 505
Bnei Akiva, 28, 49, 72, 84–85, 87
Bob (from Denver), 542
Boleyn, Anne, 510
Book of Books, 68, 395, 402, 424, 491
Book of Isaiah, 490, 609–611, 638, 661
Book of Kings (First), 534
Book of Numbers, 395
Boschwitz, Rudy, 586
Bowles, Camilla Parker, 510
Brandt, Willie, 254, 544
Brezhnev, Leonid, 245–246
Brisk Jewish Community, 542
Britain, Leon, 513
British Foreign Office, 506
British Intelligence Service, 516
British Police Force in Palestine, 26
Broadcasting House, 149
Brown, General George, 274
Brzezinski, Tadeusz, 440
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 387, 416, 419, 431; 441 (photo); on dossier about father, 439–441; on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, 423, 425; on US military assistance to Ethiopia, 414–415; talks with Begin, Dayan and Carter, 477–478
Buckingham Palace, 546–547, 548, 679, 690 (photo), 687, 701
Burg, Avrum, 606
Burg, Yosef, 251, 401, 538, 569, 575 (photo), 595, 597 (photo), 643; consultation with Begin on IDF incursion into south Lebanon, 603–606; eulogy for Aliza Begin, 660–662
Bush, George, 700, 701, 702
C
Cabinet Room, Knesset, 156, 303, 332
Cabinet Room, White House, 411, 474, 480, 483 (photo), 565, 568, 569, 618 (photo), 619
Café Atara, 46, 50, 51–57, 64, 66, 196
Cailingold, Asher, 60
Cailingold, Esther, 46, 48 (photo), 49–60, 58 (photo), 97; death of, 59–60; last letter to family, 59–60
Cailingold, Mimi, 51, 60, 97, see also Avner, Mimi
Camel Corps, 506
Camp David, 482, 484, 532, 560, 637
Camp David Accords, 341, 630, 633, 635, 636
Carpenter, Lady, 510–511
Carrington, Lord Peter, 509, 518–520, 534, 699; exchange with Menachem Begin, 506–508
Carter, Jimmy, 319–331, 325 (photo), 335, 336, 341, 349, 358, 366, 375, 387, 465, 468, 570, 475, 560, 568, 569, 584, 624; Camp David summit, 482–483; dispute with Rabin, 324–331; intervention with Menachem Begin, 474–484, 483 (photo); Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty signing at White House, 490–496, 492 (photo); meeting with Menachem Begin, 409–427, 428 (photo); on perception of Begin, 350; on the Geneva Conference, 458–459; and relations with Menachem Begin, 367, 370, 371, 373, 388, 402, 403, 404, 405; report from Begin on Sadat visit, 465–466; State dinner for Menachem Begin, 429–434
Castro, Fidel, 207
Ceausescu, Nicolae, 398, 459
Centurions, 236
Chalker, Tim, 168
Chamberlain, Mrs. Neville, 130
Chamberlain, Neville, 368
Charles Prince of Wales, 510; host of reception for Shimon Peres, 685–688
Cheney, Richard, 562
Chevra kadisha, 139
Cheysson, Claude, 557
Chief of Staff’s 4WD, 524
Chieftain (British tank), 125, 133
Christian Phalangists, 646
Christian Science Monitor, 353
Christie, Agatha, 202
Churchill, Winston, 88, 142, 192, 453, 504, 548, 609
Claridge’s Hotel, 127
CNN, 525
Code of ethics (IDF), 527–528
Cohen, Ben-Zion, 94
Cold War, 560
Cole, Jay, 655–657; see also Kolowitz, Yossel
collective responsibility, 543
Conference of American Rabbis, 597
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 497
Congress of Vienna, 263
Consulate of Israel in New York, 166, 182
Cooper, Gary, 490
Council of Europe, 219–221, 223
Council of Jewish Federations see Jewish Federations of North America
Country Life, 698
Court of St. James, 679
Cranston, Alan, 647
Crimean War, 547
Crusaders, 21, 76, 533
cue cards (Ronald Reagan), 568, 613
“culture of victimhood,” 517
Cunningham, Alan, 64
Cyprus, 170
D
D’Estaing, Giscard, 557
Daily Telegraph, 279
Dan, Uri, 314
Davar, 18, 333
Day of Atonement, see Yom Kippur
Dayan, Moshe, 109, 147, 157, 158, 159, 218 (photo), 237 (photo), 251, 311, 386, 386 (photo); as Foreign Minister, 386, 404, 435, 438–439, 459, 474, 488; exchange with Anwar Sadat, 461; on joining Menachem Begin’s Cabinet, 355–357; on offering to resign as Minister of Defense, 241–242; on support for Minister of Defense, 148–149, 151; on tour of Golan Heights, 236, 239, talks with Carter, Begin and Brzezinski, 476, 478, 481
Dean of Westminster Abbey, 510
Deborah (Prophet), 107, 209
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