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An exclusive interview with Israel's new ambassador
to the nation's capital.

INA FRIEDMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

(the armed under-
ground of the Revi-
sionist movement).
He later enlisted in
the Mossad intelli-
gence service. While
serving in Europe, he
completed degrees
political science and
law at the University
of Paris, followed by a
doctorate in political
science from Geneva
University.
His scholarly bent
notwithstanding (he
has authored fo
books on history and
politics), public life
Eliyahu Ben-Elissar: More diplomat, less h ard-liner.
was an equally natur-
he appointment of Eliyahu al draw. Upon returning to Israel
Ben-Elissar as Israel's next in 1970, he signed up as a mem-
ambassador to Washington ber of the right-wing Herut Par-
came as sweet surprise to ty, served as its spokesman, and
him after a number of bitter became director-general of the
blows.
Prime Minister's Office whet
When passed over as a minis- Menachem Begin took power in
ter in Binyamin Netanyahu's gov- 1977.
ernment and then for a cabinet
The shift to diplomacy came
post, he ran unsuccessfully for soon thereafter, as he shuttled to
speaker of Knesset. Now those Egypt during the negotiations on
(lark days are history and his plea- the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty
sure unmistakable.
and, in 1980, became Israel's first
"I'm thrilled about going to ambassador there.
Washington," he said in an inter-
He subsequently spent 15 year„
view with the Baltimore in Knesset (twice as chairman of
Jewish Times as we talk in his the prestigious Foreign Affairs
flower-laden living room, con- and Defense Committee).
gratulatory bouquets arriving reg-
Trim and spry, Mr. Ben-Elis-
ularly. "Except for one sar seems far younger than his 64
`inconvenience': that I'll be away years. A natty dresser, he emits
from home when such a momen- an aura of Old World charm and
tous process is going on."
suavity that were undoubtedly
Being away from home is a leit- polished during his years
motif of Mr. Ben-Elissar's life. He France. His experience in Egypt
left his native Poland for Pales- left a different, but likewise in-
tine in 1942, at the height of the delible mark.
World War II, by a fluke of histo-
"Patience is the name of the
ry and humanity. The British and game," he said of his lessons
the Germans, he explained, had learned in Cairo. "You don't for-
an agreement on exchanging re- get where you came from, but you
spective citizens stuck behind en- learn to appreciate that not
emy lines.
everybody has to think the wa
"My parents had a friend with you do."
three children who was entitled
Having lived among Arabs, he
to return to Palestine, and two of also believes — and hopes to con-
her children were already miss- vince the Americans — that "I
ing," he explained. "She agreed to know something about the Mid-
take me along, so I went to the dle East, from recent, first-hand
Gestapo, presented myself as her experience."
son, and at the age of 10 had to
And what Mr. Ben-Elissar
start calling a strange woman knows, with deep conviction, is
Mama.
that "There is no 'New Midd e
"I was in a ghetto. I saw the East.' That is a vision which may
Wehrmacht. I saw dogs attacking have become a reality in the mind
Jews. And I was saved on the Urn- of [Shimon Peres], but it never-
schlagplatz [the square from theless remains a dream," he pro-
which Jews boarded trains to Tre- nounced.
blinka]. When I say 'Never again,'
As ambassador, he believes it
I really mean it."
is critical to make that point plain.
In Tel Aviv, he joined the Betar "Americans must understand th
youth movement. By the age of 15, Israelis still fear for their securi-
he was pasting walls with illegal ty, and are still fighting for their
leaflets of the Irgun Zevai Leumi survival, so they should forgive us

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