In spring 1949, before moving to the Foreign Service, Gazit joined Eleazar GaliliHeaded the Maarachot team that researched and wrote the history of the War of Independence.More on Eleazar Galili in “People and events” →’s team at Maarachot, which researched and wrote the history of the War of Independence. A year after the fighting, he was already studying the war he had fought.
A fork in the road
Write history before the smoke has cleared.
Write now
The price: The testimony is fresh, but the wounds, and the arguments, are still open.
Wait
The price: Memory fades, and the witnesses scatter.
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- Israel Ben-Dor — Gazit at Maarachot Biography
Israel and the world
Learning from the battles
The Maarachot team gathered documents and testimony to study the battles and draw lessons from them, passing combat experience to those who followed.