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Chaim Herzog was a
historic figure.

ERIC SILVER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT

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Jerusalem — Last week Chaim
Herzog, the sixth president of Is-
rael from 1983 to 1993, who nev-
er ceased preaching propriety to
his unruly citizens, died one day
after the police recommended in-
dicting Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu.
Herzog, born 78 years ago in
Belfast, was the most versatile of
Israel's historic figures. The son
of a chief rabbi (of Ireland and of
Israel), he studied Talmud in
Jerusalem and law at London
University. He made his mark as
a soldier — for Britain and for Is-
rael as an attorney, a business-
man, a diplomat, an author,
broadcaster and journalist.

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The late Chaim Herzog

During his spell as Israel's am-
bassador to the United Nations
in the mid-1970s, he printed an
indelible image on the world's
television screens by ripping the
infamous "Zionism equals racism"
resolution to shreds in front of the
General Assembly.
It was a conscious echo of his
father's action, as chief rabbi in
1939, in tearing up the British
white paper that severely re-
stricted Jewish immigration to
Palestine.
In a graveside eulogy on Mount
Herzl, Israel's Ashkenazi chief
rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, praised
him as a bridge between the past
and the future, the sword and the
book, Israel and the Diaspora.
For all his diversity, it was fit-
ting that Herzog was buried in a
military funeral. The marker on
his grave read simply: "Major
General Chaim Herzog."
One of his three sons, Michael,
a colonel in military intelligence,
said: "I am proud to escort you on
your last journey in the uniform
of the Israel Defense Forces."
Although Chaim Herzog spent
barely 20 of his 78 years in uni-
form, it set a lasting imprint on
his personality. ❑

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