immigration to Israel, 4, 7, 23, 36, 54, 84, 140–41, 391
Independence Day, Israeli, 1, 23
Infantry Battalion 9, 238
Inshas Air Base, 135, 145–47, 157
intelligence:
Israeli, 10, 21–22, 48, 58, 66, 71, 139, 186, 209, 231
in plan for total war, 105
Intercept Standby, 134–35, 137, 138, 150–51, 153–56
“in the clear,” orders issued, 309, 311
Iran, 333
Iraq, 24, 39, 40, 88, 293
in Six Day War, 207, 209, 263, 296, 312, 315
in support of Egypt, 3, 6, 24, 55, 62, 75, 127
Iraq Petroleum pipeline, 77–78
Iraq Suwedan (“Monster on the Hill”), 55, 56–59
Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL), 126, 245, 389
Isaac, 2, 252, 381
Ishdud (later Ashdod), 47–48, 56, 57
mukhtar (mayor) of, 58–59
Islam:
converts to, 324
Jerusalem sites sacred to, 253, 268, 294, 319; see also specific sites
Ismailiya, 345
Israel:
allies’ abandonment of, 24, 128
Arab goal as eradication of, 4–6, 9, 15, 74, 96, 128
arms embargo against, 41, 43, 85, 92, 110, 128
constitution of, 391
continuing strife over, 393–94
dedication to serving of, 14–15, 17, 20, 46, 51–52, 57, 67, 73, 119–21, 126, 169–70, 204, 205, 277–78, 347, 352, 355, 390
economy of, 6, 7–8, 26, 65, 246
founding of (1948), 2, 28, 39–40, 76, 82, 366, 391
global significance of, 2, 375–85
idealism of, 58–59
June 1967 map of, xiii
limited military power of, 6, 40, 41, 46, 49, 50, 105, 127–28, 209, 210, 249, 285
May 1948 pre-independence invasion of, 39–40, 45–48, 56–59
M. Dayan as embodiment of, 361–63
nonreligious ethic of, 206, 240, 247
partisan politics in, 75, 126
pioneers of, 50–51; see also specific individuals
political repercussions for, 125
population of, 4, 30, 33
pre-independence heroes of, 50–52
repatriation as dream of, 3, 51, 205–6, 261, 264–65, 326, 378, 387, 391–92
small size of, 4, 8, 28, 124
strategic geographical disadvantage of, 28, 30, 103
symbolic vision of, 205–6
warrior legacy of, 375–85
Israel, Camp, 7
Israel Air Force (IAF), 6, 28, 248, 306
air power of, 108, 109
attack strategy of, 16
Egyptian Air Force compared with, 86
establishment of, 30–42, 43–48, 56–59, 104
in liberation of Jerusalem, 312–15
maintenance crews of, 17, 108
in plan for total war, 103–14
securing planes for, 15, 41–42, 45–46, 56, 85, 106, 109, 152
see also fighter pilots; specific squadrons
Israel Defense Forces (IDF):
autonomy and improvisation encouraged and valued in, 63, 96, 98, 112, 158, 160–61, 180, 204, 219, 225–26, 227, 231, 283, 347–48, 355–56, 357–58, 363
fighting spirit of, 77, 82–83, 180–81, 201, 205, 214, 375
founding of, 77–79
radio station of, 364
recruitment for, 20–21
special forces of, see Sayeret Matkal; Unit 101
training in, 21, 65
unique doctrine and mission of, 27–28, 70, 285, 363
youth of, 19–20
see also commanders, IDF; specific companies
Israeli, Chaim, 366
Israeli flag:
on Dome of the Rock, 379, 386
flown at Western Wall, 325, 389–90
Israel Journal: June 1967 (Y. Dayan), 336
Itur HaGvura (Medal of Valor), 91, 94, 256
Itur HaMofet (Medal of Distinguished Service), 18, 347, 404
Itur HaOz (Medal of Courage), 4, 68, 118, 200, 268, 390, 404
Jabotinsky, Ze’ev, 50–52, 74, 391
“J’Accuse” (Zola), 377
Jaffa Gate, 252, 373
Jazy, Mashour Haditha al-, 209
Jebel Libni, 240–41, 331, 369
Jebel Mukaber, 263
jeeps, 149, 175, 176, 188, 256, 258, 262, 265, 301, 314, 357
recoilless rifles and, 287–88, 306, 308
in recon, 18, 21, 86–187, 193–96, 200, 206, 214–19, 223, 236, 237, 239, 335, 338–39, 342
Jehoshaphat, Church of, 301
Jeremiah, 316
Jerusalem, 24, 46, 49, 50, 65, 84–85, 119, 128, 142, 205, 209, 239, 373, 392
division of, 28, 253, 261, 264, 269–70, 303, 378
Eilam’s history in, 266
geography and topography of, 252–54, 260, 267, 270, 272, 288, 303
Jordanian occupation of, 1–3, 246, 253, 260
R. Dayan in, 251–54
sacred sites in, 2, 245–46, 261, 264, 268–70, 294, 295–96, 310, 336, 373–74, 392
spiritual symbolism of, 246, 256, 259–61, 271, 295, 336, 392, 396
walls of, 252; see also Western Wall
Zamosh’s history in, 245–47, 271, 320
see also East (Arab) Jerusalem; Old City; West (Jewish) Jerusalem; specific sites
Jerusalem, in Six Day War, 245–328
Arab civilians and homes in, 269, 272, 278, 279, 280, 283, 286–87, 289–90, 298–300, 304–5
breakthrough point in, 266–67, 273–78, 290
defense of, 262–65
enemy strongpoints in, 282–83
Israeli advance in, 280–82
Israel’s victory in, 292
Jordanian shelling of, 251–54
lack of knowledge of, 269–70, 272, 276, 302
liberation of, xv, 3, 64, 68, 316–28
paratroopers in, 255–61, 262, 266–71, 272–91
strategic value of, 263
urban fighting in, 266–73, 282–91
Jerusalem Brigade, 258, 294–95
“Jerusalem of Gold,” 257–59, 261, 336
Jesus of Nazareth, 253, 296, 348
Jewish Legion, 51
Jewish Settlement Police, Mobile Guards of, 78
Jewish State, The (Herzl), 378
Jews:
Ashkenazi, 271
discrimination in U.S. against, 39–40, 43–44
new kind of, 254, 363
Orthodox, 85, 116
persecution of, 58, 261, 377–78; see also Holocaust
Sephardim, 88
Warrior, 375–85
Zamosh on, 386–90
Jezreel, Valley of, 272
jihad, 33
Jiradi Pass, 118, 177, 214–23, 220, 222, 231, 237, 238, 239, 242, 314, 369
Joab, 27
Johnson, Lyndon, 334
Jordan, 9, 15, 24, 39, 55, 73, 88, 205
allied with Egypt, 62, 75, 209, 262, 293, 364
arbitrary establishment of boundaries for, 292–93
defense of Jerusalem against, 262–65
ethnic composition of, 293
incursions from, 23, 26
Israel’s border with, 1, 8, 28, 65–66, 267
military strength of, 8, 153, 209
in Six Day War, 127–28, 143, 153, 160–64, 207, 209, 255, 258
as target of total war, 104
TV propaganda from, 4
see also Arab Legion; Hussein, king of Jordan
Jordanian Air Force, see Royal
Jordanian Air Force
Israel’s attack on, see Moked, Operation
Jordanian Police School, 267, 277, 291
Jordan River, 46
bridges over, 379
Joseph, Eliahu, 403
Joshua, 50, 53, 205
M. Dayan’s regard for, 99, 100, 129–30, 206, 208, 363, 367, 378
Judaism, 386–90
Kabrit, 148, 151
Kadesh, Operation, see Sinai Campaign
Kadesh Barnea, 63, 206
Kahalani, Avigdor, 34–35, 185–86, 188, 190–91, 191, 212, 219–22, 237, 242, 369
Kanor, Zvi “Kantor,” 312
Kapusta, Micha, 268, 300–301
Karmi, Eitan, 133, 136, 138, 150, 153–55, 163–69
Kaye, Danny, 374
Kenan, Buki, 159
Ken-Dror, Yehuda, 94
Kenigsbuch, Shlomo, 195, 197, 199, 201, 239, 372, 403
Kerem Shalom, 18, 19, 177, 207
Kfar Menachem, Kibbutz, 157
Kfar Sava military cemetery, 372
Khan Younis, 118, 177, 184, 185–89, 390
Khartoum, Arab summit at, 393–94
Khrushchev, Nikita, 103
kibbutzim, 4, 55, 65, 248, 296
communal lifestyle of, 7–8, 245–46
first, 7, 362, 391
nonreligious, 7, 247
religious, 246, 247, 271
threats to, 41, 46, 119, 213, 351
see also specific communities
“kills,” 13–14, 133–34, 139, 352–53
competition for, 154, 165, 168, 353
King David Hotel, 24, 126, 251, 252, 254
King Talal Brigade, 128, 316, 319
Kinneret, Kibbutz, 4, 99
Kiryat Shmona (City of the Eight), 51, 357
Kissilov, Itzhak, 178, 183–84
Knesset, 27, 113, 253, 254, 264, 288, 366, 391
Kol Israel (Voice of Israel), 4, 31, 34
Kollek, Teddy, 254, 395
Kook, Abraham Isaac, 271
Kook, Zvi Yehuda, 271, 387
Koren, Haim, 32–33, 34
Kornblit, Zvika, 178, 197–98, 215–19, 236–37, 239–40
Kosygin, Alexei, 103, 333–34
Kovner, Abba, 397
Kuneitra, 350, 355, 356, 357
Kuntilla, 11, 209, 335
Kusseima, 62, 63
Kuwait, 62, 128
Labor Party, Israeli, 362
Lamm, Miriam, 20, 20, 149, 150
Landau, Eli, 323, 390
landing zones (LZs), 226, 228
Last Supper, 254
Latrun, 46, 49, 258
Lavi, Haim “Etzioni,” 214, 216, 217, 404
Lavi, Leizer, 283, 304, 328
Lawrence of Arabia, 40
“leading from the front,” 219–20
League of Nations, 84, 252
Lebanon, 24, 39, 40, 119, 128, 129, 208, 293
Lederman, Zvika, 212
Lehi, 204
Lenart, Lou, v, 44
in establishment of IAF, 39–42, 43–48, 56–59, 104
on M. Dayan, 361–63
Levanon, Yair, 274, 321–22, 322, 325, 388
Levushin, Arnon, 157–60
Levy, Reuven, 3, 203
Lewis, Sam, 45
Liberal party, 126
Libya, 24, 128
Life, 179, 327, 364
Líneas Aéreas de Panama, 41
Lion’s Gate, 252, 309, 310, 373
in Old City’s liberation, 311, 316–18, 363, 386, 389
“Vietnam” as code name for, 310–11
Lod, 50, 81
Lod airfield, 7, 8, 9, 24
loess, 60
Long Range Desert Group, 77
Los Angeles, Calif., 45
Maarachot, 80–81
Maariv (“Evening”), 19, 375
Maccabee, Judah, 378
McNamara, Robert, 334
Mafraq, 163
Majdal Shams, 357
Maklef, Mordechai, 65, 81
Malka, Rafi, 322
Mandate Palestine, 40, 45, 46, 55, 77, 84–85, 126, 139, 263, 348, 389, 391
Mandelbaum Gate, 253, 270, 273–74
Marines, U.S.:
Lenart in, 43–45, 58
M. Dayan on, 96, 375–76
Matalon-Barnoach, Neora, 97–100
Matt, Danny, 49, 62, 70, 73, 94, 203–4, 224–29, 231–35, 298, 349, 350–51, 355, 392
Mauritania, 333
Medal of Distinguished Service, 1
medics, 239, 258, 279, 290
Mediterranean Sea, 112, 145, 188, 216
Megiddo, 8
Mendler, Albert, 11
Messerschmitt 109, Israel’s junk version of, 42, 43, 46–48
mezek (mule), 42
Mighty Mouse, 313
MiGs, 6, 13, 86, 103, 133, 147–48, 151, 154–56, 159–60, 163–67, 169, 352–53
Miller, Glenn, 42
Milo, Moshe, 6, 8, 255–56, 258–61, 260, 269, 291, 303, 304, 309–11, 318, 320–23, 325, 388
mines, minefields, 194–95, 200, 229–30, 232, 275, 335, 358
Ministerial Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, 29, 127, 129
Mirages, 15–17, 106, 108, 109, 137, 138–39, 149, 152, 154, 155, 160, 165–67, 169, 248, 350, 352, 354
compressor stalls in, 166
modifications to, 27–28, 110–11
navigation in, 145
piloting of, 142–43, 158
missiles, 142, 155
guns vs., 106, 110
Mitla Pass, 49, 62, 86, 91–96, 98, 225, 249, 256, 268, 287, 332
Mitzna, Amram, 220, 222
moked (focus), 114
Moked, Operation:
basic battle pattern for, 161–62, 167
bureaucratic skepticism about, 113, 134, 136
execution of, 131–72
goal of, 134
ground operation in, 148–49
map of, 132
naming of, 114
planning of, 103–14, 152
strategy for, 103–9, 111
success of, 151, 154, 158, 160, 162, 163, 249–50, 346
test pilots for, 109–11
training for, 111–12
momentum of events, 242, 262–65, 295, 363
morale, Israeli, 64–65, 249, 256, 263
boosting of, 280
entertainers in, 368
Moriah, Mount, 2, 252, 257
Moroccan Gate (Sha’ar Mugrabim), 321–23, 389
Morocco, 24, 62
Morrison, Jim, 4–5
Morris’s, 182
Moses, 76, 85, 125, 206, 260, 366
moshavim (cooperative villages), 7, 254
Moshe Dayan: Israel’s Controversial Hero (Bar-On), 382
Mossad, 139
Mount of Olives, 253, 269, 270, 277, 295, 296, 298, 300, 307, 309, 309, 311
Muhammad, Prophet, 141, 253
Muslims, see Islam
Mustangs, 84, 85–87, 89, 226
Mystères, 16, 86, 108, 109, 138, 163, 350
Nablus Road (Shechem Road), 276–77, 279, 282, 286, 291
Nachal, 65
Nahalal, 53, 55, 77, 129, 206, 254, 381–82, 383
Nahal Oz, Kibbutz, 383, 393
Nakhl, 335–36
Narkiss, Uzi, 49, 264, 268, 297, 310, 336, 362, 363, 376
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 12, 17, 30, 56, 127, 128
aggression by, 23–24, 82
allies of, 62, 262
eradication of Israel as goal of, 9, 33, 62, 96
M. Dayan on, 130
pride of, 332�
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in Sinai Campaign, 23, 80, 91, 92, 130
in Six Day War, 150, 188, 208–9, 249, 292, 293, 312, 331, 346, 347
vision of Arab unity, 5, 5, 9, 33, 80, 128, 153, 294
Nathan, Camp, 182
Nativity, Church of, 374
Naveh, Haim, 348, 354
navigation:
in Mirages, 145
night, 21
skill of, 347
Navy, U.S., Sixth Fleet, 333
Nazareth, 348
Nazis, 43, 85, 229
Nebi Yusha, 119–21
Nechemiah House (Bet Nechemiah), 394–96
Ne’eman, Amos, 258
Negev Desert, 41, 55, 75, 112, 115, 294, 313
Neot Midbar (Desert Oasis) hotel, 313
neshama (soul), 387
Netanya, 153
Nevo, Yak, 103–4, 109, 143, 152
Newsweek, 128
New York, N.Y., 39–40, 46, 179
New York Times, 251, 375
night fighting, 50, 64, 65–66, 70, 73, 117, 226, 230
in Jerusalem, 272, 273, 282–91, 300, 306, 316
Special Night Squads, 77–79
by youth, 53–54
“night leaguers,” 343
night nav, 21
Nile River delta, 16, 109, 146
99th Infantry Brigade, 230
Nir, Natan “Natke,” 229–30, 235
Nissenbaum, Ben-Zion “Benzi,” 186, 195, 372, 403
Nissenbaum, Nehama, 372
Nitzana, 10, 60, 76, 224
Noorduyn Norseman, 41–42, 48
oil, 24, 40, 77–78, 163, 264, 333
Okinawa, battle for, v, 39, 43, 44, 58
Old City, 50, 84, 291, 373–74, 396
geography of, 252–53, 270
Jews barred from, 253, 260, 261, 388
Jordan’s occupation of, 1–3, 246, 253
liberation of, 267–68, 271, 272, 300–301, 303–4, 306–11, 309, 316–28, 336, 348, 362
M. Dayan’s dilemma over, 295–97, 310
and momentum of events, 242, 262–65, 297, 363
orders to enter, 310–11, 316, 363
seven gates of, 252–53
operational finality, 141
Operational Training Unit (OTU), 312
Oren, Shlomo, 200
Orr, Ori, 19, 149
in aftermath of Six Day War, 368, 370, 371
in Six Day War, 182, 184, 188–91, 192–96, 212–13, 237–39, 338, 340, 343–44, 364
Ottoman Empire, 84, 252, 293, 391
Ottoman railroad line, 188
Ouragan fighter-bomber, 15, 86, 108, 109, 145
Palace Hotel, 299, 308
Palestine, 40, 41, 141, 204, 293
British Mandate, 40, 45, 46, 55, 77, 84–85, 126, 139, 263, 348, 389, 391
Palestinian Division, 18, 175
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), 294
Palmach, 40, 54, 64, 119, 127, 134, 204