- Mordechai Gazit
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Mordechai Gazit (Hebrew: מרדכי גזית) was an advisor to Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. He was also Israeli ambassador to France and director-general of the Israeli foreign ministry.[1]
Gazit was a member of the Haganah and fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He received his master's degree in archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
Gazit has rejected the argument that Israel missed an opportunity to make peace with Egypt from 1970-1973 after Anwar Sadat became Egypt's president. He has also rejected the claim that Jordan's King Hussein warned Meir about the impending Arab attack on Israel in 1973.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Mordechai Gazit Returns to Academe The Harvard Crimson, 28 October 1980
- ^ Was There a Warning? Haaretz, 12 June 1998
Selected publications
- Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace (London: Frank Cass, 2002)
- “The Genesis of US-Israel Military – Strategic Relationship and the Dimona Issue,” Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (July 2000), pp. 413-422.
- The Peace Process 1969-1973: Efforts and Contacts (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1983).
Categories:- Ambassadors of Israel to France
- Haganah members
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
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