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Extraction Summary
10
People
5
Organizations
4
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book excerpt / memoir (evidence in house oversight investigation)
File Size:
2.3 MB
Summary
This document is page 104 of a memoir (likely by Ehud Barak given the biographical details) stamped with a House Oversight Committee identifier. It recounts the author's wedding in the spring of 1969 and his subsequent return to the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit as a deputy commander under Menachem Digli during the onset of the War of Attrition. The text discusses the geopolitical climate in Israel following the Six-Day War, the rise of Golda Meir, and the increasing threats from Fatah and the PLO.
People (10)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator (Implied Ehud Barak) | Author/Military Officer |
Recounting his wedding and return to Sayeret Matkal as deputy commander.
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| Nava | Spouse |
Married the narrator in spring 1969.
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| Avraham Arnan | Guest/Mentor |
Attended the wedding; envisaged the SAS-like future of the unit.
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| Ahraleh Yariv | Military Intelligence Officer |
Guest at the wedding; described as a hero of the Six-Day War.
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| Eli Zeira | Military Intelligence Officer |
Guest at the wedding; described as a hero of the Six-Day War.
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| Golda Meir | Prime Minister of Israel |
Became PM after Eshkol's death.
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| Levi Eshkol | Former Prime Minister |
Died of a heart attack.
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| Uzi Yairi | Former Commander |
His term as Sayeret Matkal commander ended.
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| Menachem Digli | Commander |
Successor to Uzi Yairi; narrator served as his deputy.
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| Yasser Arafat | Leader |
Mentioned in context of PLO leadership stability.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Sayeret Matkal |
Israeli special forces unit the narrator returned to.
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| Kibbutz |
Community where narrator's family/friends came from.
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| Fatah |
Palestinian political/militant organization increasing in influence.
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| PLO |
Palestine Liberation Organization.
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| SAS |
British Special Air Service, used as a model for Sayeret Matkal.
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Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Country facing security challenges.
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Mentioned regarding the War of Attrition.
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Location of skirmishes.
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Location of a battle/operation influencing Fatah.
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Relationships (2)
We were married there, in the spring of 1969.
I returned to the sayeret at his deputy.
Key Quotes (3)
"It was only weeks after our wedding that I formally returned to Sayeret Matkal."Source
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Quote #1
"Menachem Digli was the officer on whom I'd bestowed my stolen Syrian Mercedes at the end of the war."Source
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Quote #2
"I believed that the new kind of challenges we were confronting... meant that the sayeret would sooner or later have to broaden its reach... to become the SAS-like special forces unit Avraham ultimately envisaged."Source
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Quote #3
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