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World Mourns Golda By YItihak ShargU and GU Sedan M 'JTA. A -'
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,She<li.'.: '»m. al lh«' dije ol Ml in II A hi re lihf had tH^n UIM1<T Irt'dlnifni ' (or Ivm phdinii. an i IrH'ss dia^ti' !s«|ju, her (ilUMcian disclosed Mrs .Mfir .s coffin was l>l.i< I'll m Ihr KiH'SM'l liuildinK whvn' thou -.iiuN of Israelis am) lon'inn dignitaries ; .1',III lh«-ir final respects .Mrs Meir *as acknnwIeflKed ti.v friends ami foes alike lo have IxH-n one nf ih«' niosl re markable !•• lury ,Sh«' i«.is i)f llM' he iiffiif nf Hrir- " I (jovern mem ri.sii, Ihe ""•" ' (irsi Am 'ccupied I u( l^tMir mil Sh«" was one of ll»inialion ol imle ;"'iii|<ni '• 111 i'*^ In January 1973, ahe was received al th«Vatican by Pofie Paul V'l, the first Israeli head of gnvernriienl toha\e an aildlenee »ilh the I'lifitifl A Valuan statement released l.iici niiii'l Ihat durini! the met-luiK Ihe Pope had rei ailed tlte hi»tor> and sufferings ol lh»Jewish p^'ople "
No National Day No natkinaldayofmoumlng Mas declared. as the law prescribes such detlarallfms only »hen the President Prime ,Vllnlsler or Knes set ,Speaker dies in office Hut Ihe entire ria iirpii *as in mourning n<'verth«-less from the niiiiiient .Mrs Meirs d«'alh was officially an anunced .She passed away al 4 28 p m liKal lime Kriday. a chilly gray day in Jerusalem with inlermitteni ram official mourning Ix'gan al Ihe end of IIM- Sabtialh Th«' Cabinet met in special se.wton and Ihe mmi.slers .stood in siJeiKe to pay their respects lo the former leader Acting Premier Vigael Yadin likened Mrs Meir lo the Hibllcal prophetPKS Deborah in Ihe period of Ihe Judges The broadcast media abandoned Its regu lar urttettiile lor programming appropriate lo
The Wit and Wisdom of Golda NKW Y(iRK (JTA> - Golda Meir wai mX [y an aitute pollllcal leader but alwi n per whorotildm«kFatelilngpoll(K'alp<iji 11^ ol aplKriint She wai alao known for h<-r rapier wll and repartee What follow* u a bneliiclerlKHi K only pvllllral lenders would allow (hemaelvei lo (eel. a> well a* (o think, the world might be a happier plaoa "
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Wr will build lirael with decency and dlR nity. and one day our preaent detraeton will ODine knocking at our door " "l( hatred U abandoned aa a prlndpl* of Arab potltio. everything bccomea potiible again "
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, Recalling her childhood In Czartst Rusaia I bar nmnariM of marauding Ukrainian > aad OMMcki rtdlng Uuwgl) .Icwiiti
iirceU in Kiev an tlii-\ hurtmj duwn huuM•^ untl I'Kii"! i""i '•ill •'• •! shf Hiiiil It there is in. iinf\sar\ III lh<' dl ri ^ (.ikrn fii,iv!>*' this Is "III, frum a iimilar ttymr. Intm a similar expert ence "
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"A (trong people doen not have in demon •trate the jtullreiif il.%'l< Acak people, even when it has (!• <• the jas tice ol It* demanda, naA HUH not done
"No people in the world knowa rollectlve culoglea at well aa the Jews do But wf have no intMtlon of going down In order that M>me may apeak well of ua " ••• il'ontlnued on Page i)
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A Portrait of Golda WASIIINCJTDN, iJTA. The .National Portrait liallery has broken its own rules to put a portrait of (iolda Meir on view "for an appropriate p«"rlod of lime " The fiallery customarily does not hang portraits until lu years after th«' death of the subject " During a visit to the United .States In I97S. Mrs Meir sat for a painting for Ka phael Soyer in a secluded and heavily guarfl*'^! ol'iie in I iiriofi/'ticUl 11 presi
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In a letter in .Sadlk. Soyer wrni. • ii lace strong and wine ami kind Ihere was something deep, symphonic shout that head
an iK-rasinn nf mnuminK Schools devote^ Ihi ris of Mrs Meir'i {•III . o( Israel. b»'l"r^ ilnij .iltiT II ill r .»Kl !• lugN wen-' inasi on all piibll| •'-•' k' ImildinKs (esli.in. end were lanicllfd '1 shops all (ivcr thr i .a. lenterod on "(iolda,' ' her life's work and her liital illm-ss
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Israels national anil pollllcal leade MHJghl lo convey Ihe senlimenis of every Ii raeli in broadcast ami publisheil stalementi President Yll/,h«k .Navon de.vriUil Mr Meir as "a rare leachT' who h.i dl her life lo Ihe Jewish people .H ilj with every Jewish community in iiic v.' "She was loyal to herself and h^-rst'll loyal to the people ol Israel, be said On
Golda Here All «ish I'nv. rei'ords Mrs (, 1 Kiolda .MeirI was in Omaha .I Hill ^' nil She spoke at Ihe Jewish fommumty Center Her topic was on the port ol Tel Aviv, describing Ihe maritime activity Ihere as a way of creating new jot)s for im migrant.4 Al thai lime, she was desrrilied as a "prominent leader of the p'ederalion of Jew ish l^bor in Palestine i Histadrulh i
could differ with b«'r hut one always respected her and in limes of crisis she slo<)<l as a firm cliff in lh<- face of threatening waves .She Identified completely with whatever task she undertook," he said Premier Menachem Hegin in Oslo lo accept the lifTH Noliel Peace Prize, appeared on television Ihere. relayed by satellite to Israel A long lime pollllcal foe of Mrs Meir. Begin declared Ihal she had foughl all her life lor Ihe Jewish people, their re<l«'mption and their future Me recalled her contrlbutioM to the establishment of the State and imted especially her role as Israel s first Ambassador to Moscow where "she brought Ihe word of ZIon lo mil lions of Jews in those days which are remem bered by all. aw' ii-"'- "' ihi.ii^.iiwK ,,( .lews came, with gre.. first Ambassador h- . i.i had once told him Ihat she lold the Jews in the 1'S.SR. "I thank you for having remained Jews ' "She was Israels spokesman lo Ihe na tlons of the world.' Begin said "She always addreaae<l them With faith in Ihe le She was Pre elemlty ol the
mier of thi Premier of the Y'lii.. :..K, achiever»>enl« lo her credit Jewish people ami hii im graved In the h< (C'ni
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