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t's that time of year again,
and once more we present
our traditional annual list
of new names that made the
headlines in Israel during the
past year. Once listed, no
name can reappear, so these
are all relative newcomers to
the big news of the year. Not
all were "heroes" in the usual
sense, but each commanded a
place in the headlines this
year, for better or worse. In
alphabetical order:
Ehud Barak, once hailed
as the boy wonder of the
Israel Defense Forces, this
year was appointed Chief of
the General Staff of the IDF,
after a distinguished career
in many branches of the ser-
vice. He also holds degrees in
mathematics, physics and
systems analysis. One of his
first acts was to proclaim a
sweeping series of economies,
curtailing many activities not
directly connected with
defense.
Rami Dotan, Brigadier
General in the Israel Air
Force and chief of the Pro-
curement Division, was con-
victed of exploiting his posi-
tion to extract bribes and
kickbacks from suppliers to
an amount of over 10 million
dollars. The case sent shock-
waves throughout the coun-
try. He was sentenced to 13
years in prison and dis-
honorably discharged. He
must return all the money.
Saddam Hussein, villain
of the Gulf War, made his
presence felt in Israel not on-
ly via the headlines, but also
through his personal
emissaries, the Scud missiles,
which wrought havoc in
residential areas, but
miraculously caused only one
death by direct hit. At Purim
time he ran a close second to
Haman in popular mention.
Yair Levy, member of the
Knesset, was in the U.S. on a
visit, but found it convenient
to prolong his stay there as
the Israel police awaited his
return to question him regar-
ding financial irregularities
connected with politics. He
eventually came home, claim-
ing he had had health
problems.
Ronnie Liebowitz gained
the grudging admiration of
the whole country for his 22
bank robberies, all carried
out in the same daring man-
ner. The son of wealthy
parents, he rode his motor-
bike up to the doors of the
banks, scooped up the cash
and fled. Finally caught, he
was given a 20-year jail term:
Uri Lubrani, special envoy
of the government of Israel,
has been the behind-the-
scenes key figure in
numerous delicate interna-
tional affairs, but he reached
the climax of his career this
year as the master negotiator
who brought about the condi-
tions and agreements which
made possible the dramatic
rescue of the Jews of Ethiopia.
Binyamin "Bibi" Netan-
yahu, deputy minister for
foreign affairs and former
member of the Israel delega-
tion to the United Nations,
came to the forefront this year
as Israel's most eloquent and
convincing spokesman in
overseas telecasts.
Victor Ostrowsky, a
former union member of the
Mossad, Israel's Secret Ser-
vice, utilized the information
he had gathered while in the
service to publish a book, By
Way of Deception, which pur-
ports to give away delicate
secrets of the Mossad. While
the book was roundly criticiz-
ed for its half-truths, misin-
formation and exaggerations,
enough was revealed to place
in jeopardy the lives of Israeli
agents.
Nachman Shai, spokes-
man for the Israel Defense
Forces, was the man who dur-
ing the Scud attacks told the
Israeli public when to go to
their sealed rooms and when
to don or doff their gas masks.
He was constantly reassuring
the public, and was common-
ly called the Valium of the
nation.
Rehavam Ze'evi, leader of
the Moledet Party, who ad-
vocates encouraging emigra-
tion of the Arabs, was added
to Premier Shamir's Cabinet
this year to offset the power of
the religious members of the
coalition, but his projection in
this was seen by many as
strengthening the right wing
tendencies of the government.
Honorable mention of the
year goes to the pathetic, oil-
bedraggled cormorant, victim
of Iraq's deliberate oil spills in
the Gulf, who dominated TV
screens in Israel and made
the front pages of all the local
papers.
As a memory test, what do
you recall about last year's
names? They were: James
Baker, Mike Harari, Avi
kadish, Rabbi Moshe Lev-
inger, Yehuda Levy, Ami Pop-
per, Rabbi Eliezer Schach,
Avraham Sharir, Ruth
Trabelsi and Rabbi Ovadia
Yosef.
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