Golda Meir - First Female Prime Minister of Israel
She was the first (and, so far, only) woman prime minister to lead Israel and only the third woman in the world to hold the post in any country. She was Golda Meir, a woman to be reckoned with.
Golda Meir Biography
Golda Meir (,Golda Meir Center (Reference on name pronunciation) , , born Golda Mabovitch, 3 May 1898 - 8 December 1978, known as Golda Myerson from 1917-1956) was the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel.
Golda Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on 17 March 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. She was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epithet became associated with British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.Golda Meir, a BBC News profile. David Ben-Gurion used to call her "the best man in the government."Mother of a nation, but not much of a mother Haaretz, 7 July 2008 Meir was Israel's first and thus far only female prime minister. She was the world's third female prime minister, but the first to hold this office without any prior family connection.The female Prime Ministers before Golda Meir were Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Indira Gandhi of India. Meir was often portrayed as the "strong-willed, straight-talking, gray-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people."
Golda Meir Quotes
- Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
- Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
- To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
- We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.
- Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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Israel (, ; , ) officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: , ; , ), is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. The West Bank and Gaza Strip are also adjacent. With a population of about 7.28 million, the majority of whom are Jews, Israel is the world's only Jewish state. It is also home to Arabs, Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Samaritans, as well as other religious and ethnic minority groups.
The modern state of Israel has its roots in the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael), a concept central to Judaism for over 3000 years. After World War I, the League of Nations approved the British Mandate of Palestine with the intent of creating a "national home for the J...
