Mordechai Gazit died on 29 May 2016, aged 93, sixty-eight years and ten days after he was wounded in the Jewish Quarter. He left behind books, articles and files in archives from which one can learn today about the founding years of Israel’s foreign policy.
His name appears in some twenty documents of the official documentary series of United States diplomacy, from the John F. KennedyPresident of the United States, 1961–1963. Gazit wrote a book on his policy.What they wanted: To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, including at Dimona, and to build ties with the Arab states as well.More on John F. Kennedy in “People and events” → years to the Ford years. A company commander in 1948, director-general of two ministries, political adviser to two prime ministers, ambassador and scholar: few served the state on so many fronts, and for so many years.
And to his family he left the memory of Motke: husband, father and grandfather.
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- Mordechai Gazit — Hebrew Wikipedia Biography
Israel and the world
Family memory and the public record
His life connects the defence of Jerusalem, the development of Israel’s foreign service and the diplomatic effort to reach agreements. Alongside family memories, contemporary documents and testimony offer a way to revisit the events and understand his part in them.