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'''Mordechai Gazit''' ({{lang-he|מרדכי גזית}}) was an advisor to Israeli prime minister [[Golda Meir]]. He was also Israeli ambassador to France and director-general of the Israeli foreign ministry.<ref name=TC/>
[[File:Mordechai Gazit Family Album - Shy Adam.jpg|thumb|Mordechai Gazit]]
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'''Mordechai Gazit''' ({{lang-he|מרדכי גזית}}: September 5, 1922 - May 29, 2016) was an Israeli diplomat. He served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister [[Golda Meir]], ambassador to [[France]], and Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.<ref name=TC/>


==Biography==
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Gazit was a member of the [[Haganah]] and fought in the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. He received his master's degree in archaeology from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref name=TC>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=148029 Mordechai Gazit Returns to Academe] The Harvard Crimson, 28 October 1980</ref>
Mordechai Weinstein (later Gazit) was born in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] to a family of Ukrainian Jews. His younger brother was [[Shlomo Gazit]]. The family [[aliyah|immigrated]] to Palestine when he was a child.


At 14, he joined the [[Haganah]], and completed an officer's course in 1943. In 1946, he was chosen to participate in the first class of the Institute of Advanced Studies, a diplomatic school set up by the [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency]] to train a generation of professional diplomats for the future Jewish state.
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Gazit has rejected the argument that Israel missed an opportunity to make peace with [[Egypt]] from 1970-1973 after [[Anwar Sadat]] became Egypt's president. He has also rejected the claim that Jordan's [[King Hussein]] warned Meir about the impending Arab attack on Israel in 1973.<ref>[http://www.radioislam.org/historia/zionism/hussein_meir.html Was There a Warning?] Haaretz, 12 June 1998</ref>


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Gazit received a master's degree in archaeology from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref name=TC>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=148029 Mordechai Gazit Returns to Academe] The Harvard Crimson, 28 October 1980</ref>
== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}


==Military career==
==Selected publications==
During the [[1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine]], Gazit commanded a Haganah unit that was sent to hold [[Al-Qastal, Jerusalem|Al-Qastal]] after its capture by [[Palmach]] commandos on April 3, 1948. During a lull in the fighting, a Haganah sentry under Gazit's command shot and killed [[Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni]], the commander of the [[Army of the Holy War]]. Gazit personally examined the body and took his papers. Although Gazit's Haganah unit was later pushed out of Kastel by an Arab counterattack, Husayni's death had a devastating effect on Arab morale.<ref>Bell, Bowyer J.: ''Terror out of Zion'' (1976)</ref> He fought in the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] as an intelligence officer and company commander in the [[Etzioni Brigade]], participating in fighting in the [[Jerusalem]] area. He led an effort to resupply the besieged Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City, and was severely wounded in the fighting.<ref>[https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/history/lapidot/28.htm THE BATTLE FOR THE OLD CITY]</ref>
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* Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace (London: Frank Cass, 2002)
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* “The Genesis of US-Israel Military – Strategic Relationship and the Dimona Issue,” Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (July 2000), pp. 413-422.
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* The Peace Process 1969-1973: Efforts and Contacts (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1983)


==Diplomatic career==
In 1949, he joined the Israeli Foreign Ministry and was posted as a secretary at the Israeli Embassy in [[London]]. He later served in [[Yangon|Rangoon]], and in various senior positions within the Israeli Foreign Ministry. He was Deputy Director-General of the Immigrant Absorption Ministry from 1969 to 1970, and ambassador to France from 1976 to 1979.

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Gazit rejected the argument that Israel missed an opportunity to make peace with [[Egypt]] from 1970 to 1973 after [[Anwar Sadat]] became Egypt's president. He also rejected the claim that Jordan's [[King Hussein]] warned Meir about the impending Arab attack on Israel in 1973.<ref>[http://www.radioislam.org/historia/zionism/hussein_meir.html Was There a Warning?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316150120/http://radioislam.org/historia/zionism/hussein_meir.html |date=2015-03-16 }} Haaretz, 12 June 1998</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
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* ''Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace'' (London: Frank Cass, 2002)
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* “The Genesis of US-Israel Military – Strategic Relationship and the Dimona Issue,” ''Journal of Contemporary History'', Vol. 35, No. 3 (July 2000), pp.&nbsp;413–422.
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* ''The Peace Process 1969-1973: Efforts and Contacts'' (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1983)

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Latest revision as of 10:55, 10 November 2023

Mordechai Gazit

Mordechai Gazit (Hebrew: מרדכי גזית: September 5, 1922 - May 29, 2016) was an Israeli diplomat. He served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, ambassador to France, and Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.[1]

Biography[edit]

Mordechai Weinstein (later Gazit) was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a family of Ukrainian Jews. His younger brother was Shlomo Gazit. The family immigrated to Palestine when he was a child.

At 14, he joined the Haganah, and completed an officer's course in 1943. In 1946, he was chosen to participate in the first class of the Institute of Advanced Studies, a diplomatic school set up by the Jewish Agency to train a generation of professional diplomats for the future Jewish state.

Gazit received a master's degree in archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]

Military career[edit]

During the 1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, Gazit commanded a Haganah unit that was sent to hold Al-Qastal after its capture by Palmach commandos on April 3, 1948. During a lull in the fighting, a Haganah sentry under Gazit's command shot and killed Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, the commander of the Army of the Holy War. Gazit personally examined the body and took his papers. Although Gazit's Haganah unit was later pushed out of Kastel by an Arab counterattack, Husayni's death had a devastating effect on Arab morale.[2] He fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as an intelligence officer and company commander in the Etzioni Brigade, participating in fighting in the Jerusalem area. He led an effort to resupply the besieged Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City, and was severely wounded in the fighting.[3]

Diplomatic career[edit]

In 1949, he joined the Israeli Foreign Ministry and was posted as a secretary at the Israeli Embassy in London. He later served in Rangoon, and in various senior positions within the Israeli Foreign Ministry. He was Deputy Director-General of the Immigrant Absorption Ministry from 1969 to 1970, and ambassador to France from 1976 to 1979.

Gazit rejected the argument that Israel missed an opportunity to make peace with Egypt from 1970 to 1973 after Anwar Sadat became Egypt's president. He also rejected the claim that Jordan's King Hussein warned Meir about the impending Arab attack on Israel in 1973.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mordechai Gazit Returns to Academe The Harvard Crimson, 28 October 1980
  2. ^ Bell, Bowyer J.: Terror out of Zion (1976)
  3. ^ THE BATTLE FOR THE OLD CITY
  4. ^ Was There a Warning? Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 12 June 1998

Further reading[edit]

  • Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace (London: Frank Cass, 2002)
  • “The Genesis of US-Israel Military – Strategic Relationship and the Dimona Issue,” Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (July 2000), pp. 413–422.
  • The Peace Process 1969-1973: Efforts and Contacts (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1983)
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