In October 2023, the statement of the former prime minister of Israel often began to be given by network users in connection with an attack on Israel of the Hamas group and the subsequent military response of the Jewish state in the gas sector. We decided to check if Golda Meir said something like that.
The phrase attributed to Golde Meir, after the outbreak of the new war, Israel and Hamas were quoted in many social networks. So, post in the Telegram channel "The city of Zhupov", Where these words are made to the beginning, scored 189,000 views at the time of writing this analysis. A quote on the Internet was mentioned earlier - for example, after the start of the full -scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine in 2022, including in Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter And "VKontakte".
Golda Meir He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974, before that was the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1956-1966). Her government happened to survive two major tragedies in the history of the country. In 1972, Palestinian terrorists They were captured hostage, and then killed Israeli athletes and coaches at the Olympics in Munich. And in 1973 it took place Judgment DayWhen the coalition of the Arab states (Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan) attacked Israel. Golda Meir became famous for her tough position in relation to Palestinian terrorists - in particular, ordered to start the operation "The anger of God", During which the majority of the organizers of the Munich attack were killed.
Golda Meir left behind Detailed memories (published under the name “My Life”), in which it set forth not only its own biography, but also its own system of views, including relations with Palestinian Arabs. But phrases about the world and negotiations, which are often given among her quotes, are not in this book.
However, a very similar quote, although spoken in other words, can be found in materials of the administration US President. On December 19, 1975, Golda Meir, who had already left a big policy, met in the oval office of the White House with President Gerald Ford and the state secretary Henry Kissinger. Ford began a conversation with the words of progress in peace negotiations in the Middle East. By that time, Israel defeated the war day and achieved direct negotiations with Egypt. Golda Meir, in response, began to talk about her concern with the very fact of the dialogue of the world community with the organization of the liberation of Palestine, led by Yasir Arafat, since the OOP stood behind the majority of terrorist attacks against the Israelis. And then she said the following phrase: “We can negotiate with our neighbors. As soon as they themselves want it, we can agree instantly. But we cannot negotiate with terrorists who simply want to destroy us. ”
The earliest of the discovered “verified” the mention of the quote in the wording in which it became popular in social networks is a post in Facebook dated May 12, 2021. After that, the phrase began to diverge on blogs. Probably, initially it was a free translation or retelling of the real words of the Prime Minister of Israel, because in general, the quote, which became viral, corresponds to what Golda Meir said and her political position.
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