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leaders and their peoples were
tuilling
to have it. For forty years 1 have been
presenting the subject to the world as
a very simple one. There is a
ca11se
for
every effect. The way of life that will
cause peace is what 1 term very simply
as the "give" way; and the world
insists on living the "get" way.
I was quite impressed by the fact
that when speaking of soldiers risking
their lives for her country, this woman
sees them through a
mother's
eyes. Yes,
Mrs. Meir is common clay- a mother,
a former Milwaukee, U. S. A. school
teacher who loved and taught children.
Yet at the same time she is a capable
executive of firm purpose and uncom–
promising, unbending will against what
she sees is wrong. For with all her
common, down-to-earth qualities is
joined the quality of firmness and
determination.
It seems a pity that President Sadat
of Egypt cannot allow himself the
lu..xury and privilege of feeling free to
rid his mind of prejudice, and
objectively to sit down with this
com–
mon homespun but grand lady and
with open mind come to know her
and realize how easy it would be to
arrange a mutually beneficia!
PEACE
between their nations. But if he should
mistakenly confuse simplicity and
plainness with weakness - or consider
her an "easy mark" to be taken advan–
tage of - he would make a costly
mistake.
But now, what did she say? What
happened in our meeting?
During Our Meeting
lt
has been custom for thousands of
years to present a gift when visiting a
king or ruler. 1 presented Mrs. Meir
with an original crystal sculpture, made
exclusively for her by Steuben. She
seemed very pleased with it, comment–
ing that she did not deserve something
so beautiful. She had received other
pieces of Steuben - one from Gover–
nor Nelson Rockefeller of New York.
1 was accompanied
by
Minister of
Tourism in her cabinet, Moshe Kol,
Mr. Albert J. Portune, Vice President
of Ambassador College for Finances
and Planning, Mr. Charles F. Hunting
of our English campus, Vice President
for Financia! Affairs in U. K., Europe
The
PLAIN TRUTH
June
1971
Ambossoclor
Coll•g•
Pltoto
Israelí Prime Minister Golda Meir smilingly gozes on o gift of Steuben
crystal presented by Herbert W . Armstrong. left to right are Moshe Kol,
lsroeli Minister of Tourism, Stonley R. Roder, chief counsel of Ambassodor
College, Albert
J.
Portune, Vice President of Ambossodor, ond Mr. Armstrong.
Charles F. Hunting, Ambassador Vice President, is not shown - he shot the
picture.
and the Middle East, and with Mr.
Stanley R. Rader, general counsel for
Ambassador College.
Mrs. Meir was already well informed
about Ambassador College, and our
joint-participation in the great archeo–
logical project, and also in Mr. Kol's
international youth movement.
1 asked Mrs. Meir what Ambassador
College could do to promote peace and
understanding in the Middle East.
Israel W ants Peace
The Prime Minister then spoke at
sorne length in answer to my question.
"Wbat Israel wants," she said, "is
really quite simple. lt's as simple as
two plus two equals four. Yet other
nations and other pcoples seem to be
able to understand Einstein's theory of
relativity more easily. What Israel
wants is
PEACE,
and this seems to
others to be so very complicated ... "
Mrs. Meü said that Israel must
remain free and independent within
secure borders in order to continue to
provide a haven for all Jewish people.
"We must be free," she continued,
"to provide a place for people who
have been persecuted thro\\ghout the
world for so many centuries. Only
Israel has been willing to receive with
open arms so many people. from so
many places. In the last 15 years Israel
has received more than 800,000 people
from the poorest areas of Africa and
Asia. They were people who were ill–
fed, ill-clothed, illiterate, in poor
health. Some actually carne from dwell–
ing in caves in Libya.
"And yet," she explained, "with such
human material, Israel has been able
to create useful citizens. They have now
learned a new language. They have
learned to live in a modero society.
They are now well fed,
r~asonably
well
clothed, gaining education. Their chil–
dren will be even better educated, more
useful to themselvet and their new
homeland country, and will live fruit–
ful and fulfilled lives."
When these people- destitute refu–
gees - arrive in Israel, they are imme–
diately housed and cared for. 1 learned
a good deal about this program on my
second visit to this remarkable new
country in 1966. These poverty-stricken
newcomers are given jobs. Often they
have to live in tents at first. But they
are paid, and given instruction on sav-