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Defender
Of Israel

Jews remember
Kirkpatrick as a
moral beacon at
United Nations.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

New York

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December 14 2006

he was an ardent defender
of the State of Israel in one
of the world's least hospi-
table environ-
ments. But
those who
knew her
say Jeane
Kirkpatrick,
who died Dec.
8, 2006, at age
80, was com- Kirkpatrick
fortable swim-
ming against the current.
She was "very forceful, very strong,
a daughter of Oklahoma; great sense
of humor.," said Bill Bennett, a former
U.S. secretary of education. "She held
her own:'
Although she was a longtime
Democrat, Kirkpatrick was appointed
by President Reagan to serve as U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations, a
post she assumed in 1981 and held
for four years.
Her tenure at the United Nations
coincided with Israel's war in
Lebanon in 1982, a period \Arhen the
Jewish state was particularly isolated
in the international community.
Kirkpatrick's passing elicited a tor-
rent of praise from the Jewish com-
munity. Major Jewish organizations
issued statements remembering her
as a vocal supporter of Israel, both at
the U.N. — where she was America's
first female envoy — and in other
forums.
"She was a great friend of Israel,
of the Jewish people': said Malcolm
Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of
the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn.,
called Kirkpatrick a "clarion voice for
freedom" who lived "a life of a tribune
of democracy."

