4
Shared Docs
4
Same-Page
4 / 6
Mentions
he fedayeen in Gaza, but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then, in 38 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011509 the summer of 1956, Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, which had been owned by the British and French. Ben-Gurion was emboldened to go war by the fact that both Britain and F
ld War Two-vintage halftracks. Our training battalion was based, alongside the country’s main armored brigade, in a huge, hillside army camp outside Beersheva in the Negev. I knew that our fironut — basic training — would be tough. That was the whole point. But we endured a seemingly endless array of inspec
did, it had to be a step up from what lay ahead of me in the Negev. “Yeah. Sure,” I replied. I heard nothing further in the days after I got back to Beersheva. But at the end of the month, I was ordered to report to a small hut in an army base near Tel Aviv. It belonged to Maka Esser, the personnel departme
he fedayeen in Gaza, but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then, in 38 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027886 the summer of 1956, Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, which had been owned by the British and French. Ben-Gurion was emboldened to go war by the fact that both Britain and F
ld War Two-vintage halftracks. Our training battalion was based, alongside the country’s main armored brigade, in a huge, hillside army camp outside Beersheva in the Negev. I knew that our fironut — basic training — would be tough. That was the whole point. But we endured a seemingly endless array of inspec
did, it had to be a step up from what lay ahead of me in the Negev. “Yeah. Sure,” I replied. I heard nothing further in the days after I got back to Beersheva. But at the end of the month, I was ordered to report to a small hut in an army base near Tel Aviv. It belonged to Maka Esser, the personnel departme
ns of the Egyptians’ increased anti-aircraft capability — even though we’d begun losing planes and pilots to the new surface-to-air missile batteries Nasser had received from the Soviets. And I 108 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011579 could see that a similar myopia, or denial, was affecting the armored corps. On pat
avy losses. Go see Tzipori.” Motke Tzipori was in charge of organizing the armored units. He sent me to Julis, the training base between Tel Aviv and Beersheva, where tanks from maintenance units around the country were being brought. Once they were reasonably operational, and as more reservists arrived from
ns of the Egyptians' increased anti-aircraft capability - even though we'd begun losing planes and pilots to the new surface-to-air missile batteries Nasser had received from the Soviets. And I 108 HOUSE _OVERSIGHT_027956 could see that a similar myopia, or denial, was affecting the armored corps. On pat
avy losses. Go see Tzipori." Motke Tzipori was in charge of organizing the armored units. He sent me to Julis, the training base between Tel Aviv and Beersheva, where tanks from maintenance units around the country were being brought. Once they were reasonably operational, and as more reservists arrived from
Entities connected to both Nasser and Beersheva

Lebanon
LOCATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Barack Obama
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATIONSinai
LOCATION
United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Tunisia
LOCATION
Likud
ORGANIZATION
Ehud Barak
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Jerusalem
LOCATIONthe West Bank
LOCATIONSharon
PERSON
Morocco
LOCATION