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10
People
5
Organizations
4
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes

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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.
Nava Spouse
Married the narrator in spring 1969.
Avraham Arnan Guest/Mentor
Attended the wedding; envisaged the SAS-like future of the unit.
Ahraleh Yariv Military Intelligence Officer
Guest at the wedding; described as a hero of the Six-Day War.
Eli Zeira Military Intelligence Officer
Guest at the wedding; described as a hero of the Six-Day War.
Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel
Became PM after Eshkol's death.
Levi Eshkol Former Prime Minister
Died of a heart attack.
Uzi Yairi Former Commander
His term as Sayeret Matkal commander ended.
Menachem Digli Commander
Successor to Uzi Yairi; narrator served as his deputy.
Yasser Arafat Leader
Mentioned in context of PLO leadership stability.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
Sayeret Matkal
Israeli special forces unit the narrator returned to.
Kibbutz
Community where narrator's family/friends came from.
Fatah
Palestinian political/militant organization increasing in influence.
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization.
SAS
British Special Air Service, used as a model for Sayeret Matkal.

Timeline (3 events)

1967
Six-Day War
Middle East
Post-1967
War of Attrition
Suez Canal
Spring 1969
Wedding of the narrator and Nava.
Israel (implied Kibbutz setting)

Locations (4)

Location Context
Country facing security challenges.
Mentioned regarding the War of Attrition.
Location of skirmishes.
Location of a battle/operation influencing Fatah.

Relationships (2)

Narrator Spouse Nava
We were married there, in the spring of 1969.
Narrator Professional/Military Menachem Digli
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."
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"Menachem Digli was the officer on whom I'd bestowed my stolen Syrian Mercedes at the end of the war."
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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."
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Quote #3

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