Gideon Lev-Ari interviews Menahem Begin
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Jewish Heritage - Anti-Semitism, Holocaust. Individuals - Anwar Sadat, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, Theodor Herzl, William Rogers, Yasser Arafat, Yitzchak Rabin, Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Arabs of Israel, Fatah, Jewish Majority, Palestinians, PLO, Refugee Issue, Rogers Plan. Security - Army, Fundamentals of Israeli Security, Self-Defense, Six-Day War, War of Independence, Yom Kippur War. States - Britain/England, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Soviet Union (Russia), Syria, USA. Foreign Policy - Cold War, Diplomacy, Fundamentals of Foreign Policy, Israel-U.S. Relationship. Ideologies - Communism, Communists, Right-Wing/Left-Wing. Human Rights - Equal rights. Political Parties - Herut. Jewish Nationality , Nationalism , Opposition An interview Begin gave to Israeli reporter Gideon Lev-Ari during the American "reassessment" of 1975. Begin notes the change in the Arab world's stated demands from the total destruction of Israel to a withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines, but says that the Arab goal of destroying Israel has not changed, only the rhetoric. Begin says there must be a full end to hostilities, followed by direct peace negotiations. Then Israel must give the 'Arabs of Eretz Israel' (Begin's term for the Arabs known as Palestinians living in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria) full cultural autonomy and the option of Israeli citizenship but not national autonomy. The Israel-US relationship will continue to survive disagreements between the two countries. Israel must learn from the Munich agreement not to give in when it is threatened by its enemies and pressured to give in by its friends. In the end, peace will come
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