Ezer weizman quotes about death

Israeli statesman and British chemist (–)

Chaim Azriel Weizmann (KYMEWYTE-smən;^[a] 27 November &#;– 9 November ) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February , and served until his death in Weizmann was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of and convincing the United States government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel in

As a biochemist, Weizmann is considered to be the 'father' of industrial fermentation. He developed the acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation process, which produces acetone, n-butanol and ethanol through bacterial fermentation. His acetone production method was of great importance in the manufacture of cordite explosive propellants for the British war industry during World War I. He founded the Sieff Research Institute in Rehovot (later renamed the Weizmann I

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war: Six days that changed the Middle East

Nasser was gambling for high stakes. Egypt had a modern air force but the army was weak. His generals were well-aware that Nasser's brinkmanship had taken them to the edge of a disastrous war.

International attempts to defuse the crisis had failed. The only idea the Americans and the British had was the so-called Red Sea Regatta, the proposed naval task force that would force open the Straits of Tiran.

But the US and British admirals and politicians hated the idea. They worried it might not work, and that they would be handing Nasser another victory.

On Friday 2 June, Israel's generals put the definitive case for war to the cabinet defence committee. They told the politicians that they could beat Egypt, but the longer they had to wait the harder it would be.

A few days earlier Meir Amit, the head of Israel's spy agency Mossad, had travelled to Washington DC on a false passport, in disguise. He did not want to wait lo

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To lay the foundations of peace, we must protect the story of Israel

Tell our story. Our lives depend on it.

By JOSHUA WEXLER

‘In one room, where they were piled up 20 or 30 naked men, killed by starvation, George Patton would not even enter. He said that he would get sick if he did, so inom made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand bevis of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to propaganda.”Bearing witness to the horrors of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, then-general Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized a dangerous truth; one day there would be those who deny the atrocities of the they are world leaders. From Abbas to Khamenei, they have tried dismissing the systematic murder of six million Jewish people as a fantastic lie. We cannot let all know survivors of the Holocaust. They are our parents and grandparents. They are our friends and our family. We sit with them in ögonkontakt