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labor movement in, 80, 166

legal system of, 136, 221, 234–35

map of,
6,
207, 208

mass media in, 19–20, 36, 55, 116–20, 130

national anthem of, 174

national archive of, 239–40

national security of, 19, 26, 69, 135–37, 206–8, 213, 228

nuclear weapons of, 15, 16

occupied territories of, 30–31

peace groups in, 11, 122–23, 165–75

police forces of, 49–50, 67, 88–89, 123–24, 125, 154, 163–64, 167, 171, 173, 175, 176, 181–84, 195–96, 199–204, 209–10, 214–18, 221, 246

population of, 231

road network in, 112

secularism in, 36–37, 162, 188, 191

security services of, 13, 31, 38, 44, 60, 62, 64, 66, 109–28, 130, 131;
see also specific organizations

suicide bombings in, 20–21, 37, 80–82, 130–31, 133, 138, 141, 166, 167, 168–69, 171, 206, 214, 218–19, 222–26, 228, 231, 234, 244

tourist industry of, 93, 98

U.S. relations with, 26, 96, 120–21, 188, 206

women in, 34, 35, 98

work permits in, 82–83

see also specific cities and towns

Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 32, 74–75, 76, 91–92, 125, 155–56

Israeli Air Force, 19

Israel Radio, 14, 49, 170

Israel Television, 117, 119, 144, 155, 163, 164, 165, 177, 180, 198–99, 201–2, 203, 227, 234, 235

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, 111

Jackson, Jesse, 82

Jackson, Michael, 20

Jacob, 61

Jaffa, 64

Jenin, 167

Jericho, 30, 55–56, 59, 76, 89, 92, 96–97, 101, 112

Jerusalem, 10, 44, 48, 61, 89, 111–15, 120, 121, 145, 154–55, 162–63, 222–23, 224, 228

Jewish Affairs Department (Shabak), 135–37, 143–44, 147, 149–50, 151, 152, 153, 195

Jewish Defense League (JDL), 62

“Jewish intifada,” 55

Jewish National Fund, 93

Jewish National Organization (EYAL), 48

Jewish Underground, 45, 103–4, 148

Jews:

Ashkenazi, 35, 50, 64–65, 77, 88

Chabad, 86, 234

diaspora of, 15, 232

Haredi, 35, 36–37, 39, 93, 95, 105–7, 214–15

Mizrahi, 87

Moroccan, 147

Orthodox, 35–36, 46, 62, 63, 148, 192–93, 220, 244–45

prejudice against (anti-Semitism), 3, 49, 76, 81, 143, 163, 192

Sephardic, 87

Soviet, 93, 227

in U.S., 23, 62, 63

Yemeni (Teimani), 35, 88, 100, 150, 151, 173

jihad, 112–13

Jordan, 45, 69–70, 92–97, 113, 118, 131, 191

Jordan Valley, 208

Judaism:

astrology and, 90, 201

conversion to, 53

God’s commandments in, 49, 94, 98

Hasidic, 86, 114, 161–62, 234, 237

holy days of, 31–32, 33, 34

laws of, 48–49, 54, 78–79, 94–107, 136, 192, 201

messianism in, 43, 47, 61, 68, 160, 188, 243, 254, 257

mysticism in, 84, 90, 104–5, 162, 201

sages of, 105–7

ultra-Orthodox, 35–36, 46, 62, 63, 148, 220, 244–45

Judea, 41–43, 44, 47, 63, 77, 89, 105, 215

Judges, Book of, 39

Justice Department, Israeli, 140, 154

kabala, 54, 162

Kach Party, 35, 47, 48, 62, 65, 73, 74, 80, 137, 139–40, 162

Kaddish, 191

kaffiyeh, 3, 28, 47, 193

Kahalani, Eitan, 137, 172

Kahalani, Yehoyada, 137, 172

Kahane, Meir, 35, 47, 62, 63, 73, 139–40

Kahane Chai, 65, 73, 86

Kalo, Hezi, 64, 133, 135–37, 143–44, 147–48, 150

Karp, Yehudit, 67

Katyusha rockets, 230

Katzav, Moshe, 97

Kempler, Roni, 217, 229

Kennedy, John F., 233, 240, 245, 248–49

Kerem Be-Yavne, 100

keren zavit
(“secluded corner”), 152

Kfar Shmaryahu, 157

Kfar Yona prison, 119

Khan Yunis, 118–19

Kibbutz Shaalavim, 102

Kim Young-sam, 132

King, Larry, 96

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 245

King David Hotel bombing (1946), 45, 206–7

Kings of Israel Square, xi, 3, 165–75, 183, 189, 209, 242

Kiryat Arba, 61, 62–63, 64, 65, 67–68, 73, 75–76, 86, 137, 141, 150, 162, 163, 192

Kiryat Malachi, 234

Kissinger, Henry, 16, 31, 124

kisui tachat,
148

Klausner, Joseph, 178, 179

kolel
(Bar-Ilan seminary), 48–49, 85–86, 99, 149

Kolman, Nili, 100, 167, 168, 201, 221

Kook, Zvi Yehuda, 39

Koppel, Ted, 96

Koran, 63

Korei, Ahmed, 9–10, 193

Kozyrev, Andrey, 29

Kristiansen, Kåre, 124

Kulturkampf, 64

Labor Party, 9, 15–17, 18, 24, 42, 64–65, 68, 69, 80, 81, 166, 170, 211, 214, 228, 248, 252–53

Lahat, Shlomo, 3–4, 166, 168, 170–71, 174

Lahat, Ziva, 170

Lake, Anthony, 27, 180

Lamentations, Book of, 184

Landau, David, 17

Lapid, Mordechai, 63

Lapid, Shalom, 63

Lau, Israel Meir, 50

Lau, Shira, 50

Leah, 61

Lebanon, 68, 114, 117, 125, 143, 166, 230–31, 256

Lebanon War, 166

Lech-Lecha, 5

Levinger, Moshe, 71

Levy, Danny, 119

Levy, Edmond, 221

Lifton, Robert Jay, 72

Likud Party, 32, 42, 46, 69, 90, 95–97, 143, 163–64, 166, 167, 188, 192, 204, 228

Lincoln, Abraham, 245

Lior, Dov, 105, 106–7, 215–16

Lord of the Flies
(Golding), 222

Lotan, Lior, 127

Lydda, 8

M16 rifles, 155–56

Ma’ale Shomron, 140

Ma’ariv,
33

Maccabees, 45

McDonald’s, 20

Madison Hotel, 26

Maghreb, 147

Maimonides, 77

Malta, 167

Mandela, Nelson, 113

Marcus, Yoel, 153–54

Margalit, Dan, 17, 221, 233, 234

Marzel, Baruch, 73, 80

Mate Hamamatz, 97

Mauritius, 45

May, Karl, 36

Mayflower Hotel, 25, 28

Meir, Golda, 31

Melamed, Eliezer, 106–7, 215–16

Mercedes-Benz, 144

Meshulam, Uzi, 88, 89

mezuzot
(scroll cases), 120

Middle East, 10, 16, 22, 31, 191, 226

Midianites, 142

mikva
(ritual bath), 171

Milo, Roni, 209

Milstein, Uri, 142–43

Mimouna, 147

Mitzpe Ramon, 53

Mizrahi, Haim, 52

Moledet Party, 35, 52

monotheism, 61

Mor, Dror, 151, 153, 170

Morocco, 32

Moses, 98

Mossad, 13, 60, 123, 167

Mount Herzl, 138, 145, 191, 208–9

Mount Sinai, 98

MTV, 20

Muslim Brotherhood, 70

Mussolini, Benito, 52

Nablus, 16, 41, 44, 89–90

Naftali, Motti, 168–69, 174, 182

Nagar, Boaz, 33, 38

napalm, 55

National Religious Party (NRP), 69–70, 71

Nativ, 38–39

Nazism, 3, 49, 81, 143, 163, 192

Nekuda,
76, 143

Neria, Moshe-Zvi, 77

Netanya, 138

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 32, 46, 90, 95–97, 125, 143, 163–64, 166, 188, 192, 204, 207, 214, 220, 227–28, 231–36, 245, 252, 265
n

Netanyahu, Yonatan, 95–96, 227

Netzarim, 101–2

Neve Amal neighborhood, 36

“New Middle East,” 16, 22

Newsday,
67

Newsweek,
xi, 237, 244, 245

New York Times,
120

Nightline,
96

nitrocellulose, 55

nitroglycerine, 55

Nixon, Richard M., 16, 31, 233

Nobel Peace Prize, 118, 124–25, 131–32, 133

Nof Yerushalayim, 147

Norway, 143

NOVA,
248

Ofir, Natan, 165

Ofnobank, 34

Ofra, 70

Ohalei Kedar penitentiary, 234–35

Old Testament, 47, 61, 73, 94, 142, 184

Operation Grapes of Wrath, 231

Organisation de l’armée secrète, 93–94

Oslo Accord, 8–14, 20, 22–30, 49, 51, 52, 55, 63, 70, 71, 80, 96, 111, 115, 119, 121, 124–30, 143, 160–66, 211–12, 225–26, 233, 236, 243–44

Oslo II Accord, 102, 129–30, 142, 153, 157, 159, 160–68, 218, 224

Oval Office, 30

Oz, Amos, 10–11, 15, 211–12

Palestine, 8, 45, 50

Palestine Hotel, 92, 116

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 8, 9, 13, 22, 56, 69–70, 80, 82, 111, 117, 119, 121, 143

Palestinian Authority, 55–56, 95

Palestinians:

Arafat as leader of, 8, 9, 13, 59–60, 65–66, 110–11, 116, 225

economic conditions of, 21, 82–83

as foreign workers, 82–83

government of, 22, 31, 55–56

informants used against, 109–10, 118–19, 135, 136–37, 218

intifadas of, 8, 37, 55, 113, 116, 244

as prisoners, 109–10, 115, 119, 120, 122–23, 126

as refugees, 8, 47, 116, 207–8

right of return of, 207–8

separate state for, 31, 69–70, 131, 160, 207–8, 243

settlers opposed by, 51–52, 135–36

terrorist attacks by, 20–22, 25, 33, 109–28, 130, 222–26

see also
Gaza; West Bank

Palmach, 8, 65, 145

Passover, 147

Pazner, Avi, 177

peace process:

Arafat’s policies and, 73–74, 128–30, 193–94

back-channel negotiations in, 204–8, 236

economic impact of, 19–20, 33–34, 56, 212, 213

final accord in, 204–8, 212–13

Israeli support for, xii–xiii, 3, 4–5, 11, 20, 32, 41, 46, 52, 130, 142–46

Knesset support for, 163–64

Likud opposition to, 32, 46, 69, 90, 95–97, 143, 163–64, 166, 167, 188, 192

military opposition to, 55, 75–79, 136, 147–48, 160–61

Oslo Accord in, 8–14, 20, 22–30, 49, 51, 52, 55, 63, 70, 71, 80, 96, 111, 115, 119, 121, 124–30, 143, 160–66, 211–12, 225–26, 233, 236, 243–44

Oslo II Accord in, 102, 129–30, 142, 153, 157, 159, 160–68, 218, 224

Palestinian support for, 20–21, 80–81, 82, 109–28, 130–31, 148, 153

Peres’s policies and, 71, 124–25, 130, 187–88, 191, 204–8, 211–12, 219–20, 225–26

political impact of, 204, 207, 208, 220, 222, 231–36, 252

public support for, xii, 23–24, 32, 129–30, 165–75, 204, 244–45

Rabin’s policies and, 7–32, 73–74, 128–31, 160–61, 165–75, 187–88, 209, 237–38, 243–44

religious opposition to, 69–71, 75–79, 94, 105–7, 136, 147–48, 160–65, 214–16, 244–45

security-for-territory agenda in, 46, 68–69, 130–31, 165, 212, 243–44

settler opposition to, 59–83, 89, 94–95, 97, 106–7, 111–12, 135–36, 141, 153, 154, 160–62, 165, 193, 211–12, 215

U.S. support for, 7, 23, 160, 206–7, 220

“peeling off” meetings, 154

Pelossof, Avi, 11, 179

Pelossof, Jonathan, 11, 179

Pelossof, Noa, 11, 132, 179, 187, 191

Pepsi Cola, 20

Peres, Shimon:

advisers of, 187, 204–6, 226–28, 233

Arafat’s relationship with, 212

Assad’s relationship with, 208, 212–13, 220

bodyguards for, 194–95

cabinet of, 205–6

Clinton’s relationship with, 187, 206–7, 225–26

as defense minister, 16, 205–6, 227, 233, 234

as deputy prime minister, 184–85

election campaign of (1996), 204, 207, 208, 220, 222, 231–36, 252

as foreign minister, 16–17, 18, 21–22, 23, 184–85, 207

as “indefatigable schemer,” 16–17

in Jerusalem, 18, 204–7, 219

as Labor Party leader, 15–17, 18, 211, 214, 228

media coverage of, 14–15, 17, 24, 187, 233–34

Netanyahu as opponent of, 204, 207, 214, 220, 227–28, 231–36, 252

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 124–25, 131–32, 133

opinion polls for, 204, 214, 220, 227, 231, 234, 235

peace process and policies of, 71, 124–25, 130, 187–88, 191, 204–8, 211–12, 219–20, 225–26

personality of, 16–17, 226–27

political campaigns of, 17, 205, 222

as prime minister, 184–85, 187–88, 204–8, 213–14, 218–20, 230–36, 243

public support for, 18, 204, 205, 213–14, 220, 225–26, 231

Rabin’s assassination and, 173–74, 178, 184–85, 187–88, 191, 194, 204–5, 213–14, 220, 227–28, 233–34, 248

at Rabin’s funeral, 190

resignation considered by, 17–18

security arrangements for, 136, 137, 189, 194–95, 243

shtetl
accent of, 15

speeches of, 173, 185

Tel Aviv apartment of, 17–18

at Tel Aviv peace rally, 166

terrorism policies of, 218–19, 222–26, 228

Wachsman abduction and, 109–28, 130

at White House signing ceremony, 9, 10–11, 14–22

“Peres curse,” 222

Perry, Jacob, 64, 66

Persian Empire, 61

Pétain, Philippe, 49, 76

petrol bombs, 55

Phalangists, 143

Phoenix Police Department, 246

phylacteries, 196

Pinchas, 142

“pocket, the,” 206–7

pogroms, 76

Poraz, Nir, 126–27

Portugal, 59

Preventive Security, Palestinian, 118–19

Psalms, Book of, 73

Pulsa diNura, 162–63

Pundak, Ron, 23, 130, 208

“purchased” information, 139

Purim, 61, 224

Qalqilya, 130, 140

Qana, 231, 272
n

Quisling, Vidkun, 143

rabbis, 11, 36, 37, 47, 49, 50, 63–65, 75–79, 88, 102–7, 111, 120, 135, 136, 147–48, 160–66, 182, 184, 214–16, 256–57

Rabin, Leah, 4, 11–12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 34, 52–53, 152, 170, 173, 174–75, 177, 178, 179, 180, 187, 189–90, 193, 209, 228, 234, 235

Rabin, Yitzhak:

advisers of, 13–14, 112, 124, 125, 151

in
Altalena
affair, 74–75, 129

Arab opposition to, 151–52

Arafat’s handshake with, 25–32, 46, 47, 105, 110

Arafat’s relationship with, xii–xiii, 10, 25–32, 46, 47, 59–60, 105, 109–13, 128–29, 134, 160, 193–94

at Bar-Ilan University, 71–72

birth of, 8

bodyguards of, 5, 18, 50–51, 54, 147, 152, 155, 165, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174–75, 194–95, 203, 209, 216–18, 229, 239

bulletproof vest worn by, 145, 146, 154, 173, 178, 255

cabinet of, 50, 63–65, 73, 79, 82, 179

Cadillac armored car provided for, 144–45, 147, 154, 155, 164, 168, 171, 172–73, 175–76, 177, 194

in Cairo, 89