Golda Meir
Golda Meir was the Iron Lady of Israeli politics years before the epithet
was coined for Margaret Thatcher. She was once described as 'the only
man in the Cabinet.' Golda served as Israel's Foreign Minister from 1956
to 1966 and was called out of retirement, at the age of 70, to become the
new Prime Minister of Israel in 1969.
It marked the high point of a long career
dedicated to the cause of the Labour party's
vision of Zionism.
Definition of Zionism
The national movement for the return of the
Jewish people to their homeland and the
resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the land
of Israel.
She was in all ways a formidable woman: in
appearance she was tall and austere, with the
stresses of a hard life reflected in her face; in
personality, she was honest, straightforward
and single-minded. In the eyes of the world,
she personified the Israeli spirit.
Golda
Meir
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