Biography of Golda Meir (Meyerson)
In 1924 the Meyersons moved to Jerusalem, and Golda began a series of positions as an official of the Histadrut - General Federation of Labor, and became a member of its "inner circle." Over the next three decades, Golda Meir was active in the Histadrut, first in trade union and welfare programs, then in Zionist labor organization and fund-raising abroad, and later still in political roles. She was appointed chief of the Histadrut's political section - designed to use the Histadrut's growing power to advance Zionist aims such as unrestricted Jewish immigration. When, in 1946, most of the Jewish community's senior leaders were interned by the British authorities, Golda Meir replaced Moshe Sharett as acting head of the political department of the Jewish Agency until the establishment of the state in 1948. From then on she played a part both in internal labor Zionist politics and in diplomatic efforts - including her ultimately unsuccessful secret meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah on the eve of the Arab invasion of Israel in 1948, in an attempt to reach agreement and avoid war. As Prime Minister, Golda Meir concentrated much of her energies on the diplomatic front - artfully mixing personal diplomacy with skillful use of the mass media. Armed with an iron will, a warm personality and grandmotherly image, simple but highly-effective rhetoric and a "shopping list," Golda Meir successfully solicited financial and military aid in unprecedented measure. She kept order in the Labor party between rival partisans of Shimon Peres and Itzhak Rabin. Golda was outspoken and blunt and ignored pressing domestic and international issues. She dismissed minority social activists saying "These are not nice" (Eyleh Hem Lo Yafim) and famously angered Arabs by saying "There are no Palestinians." Ami Isseroff (adapted from Israel Foreign Ministry ) More Israeli and Zionist Biographies The Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Zionism and Israel External Zionism LinksThis site provides resources about Zionism and Israeli history, including links to source documents. We are not responsible for the information content of these sites. These links are NOT intended to be an exhaustive reference about Zionism, but the list will keep growing... Please tell us about your favorite links and we will review them for inclusion. Please do copy these links to your Web site, giving credit to https://zionism-israel.com Zionism and Israel Information Center Thank you. Please link to us and to our Sister Web sites - http://zionism.netfirms.com Zionism Pages and Zionism and Israel On the Web Wikipedia article about Zionism - A comprehensive article including the history of Zionism as well as links to specific topics and articles about anti-Zionism. Zionism - Table of contents at the Jewish Virtual Library Zionism - Definition and Brief History - A balanced article that covers the definitions and history of Zionism as well as opposition to Zionism and criticisms by Arabs, Jewish anti-Zionists. Labor Zionism - Early History and Critique - Contribution of Labor Zionism to the creation of the Jewish state, and problems of Labor Zionism in a changing reality. The US Library of congress has a comprehensive and balanced set of articles about Zionism: Zionist Precursors - US Library of Congress Political Zionism - US Library of Congress Cultural Zionism - US Library of Congress Labor Zionism - US Library of Congress Revisionist Zionism - US Library of Congress Jewish Agency Zionism pages - Links to basic information about Zionism from the Jewish Agency Ambassador Herzog explains Zionism in the UN Advocacy Israel-Palestina - (Dutch) Middle East Conflict, Israel, Palestine,Zionism... Israël-Palestina Informatie -gids Israël, Zionisme, Palestijnen en Midden-Oosten conflict... Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a European perspective - Dutch and English.
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