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Palestine at the age of 12 in 1929, “I didn’t know I was Jewish – I didn’t
know what Palestine was. My mother taught an Arabic kindergarten, just
inside the old city of Jerusalem. We went to a playground on Mount Zion,
provided by a Jew on condition it was for Arabs as well as Jews.
“I was taught Arabic at home… I was born here and I have a right to
live here – the same thing goes for the Arab population. I’ve never been
brought up in a religious home. My grandfather didn’t speak Yiddish, he
came in 1903… Now when I see what’s happening around us, this
frightens me more.”
Ruth Dayan is aristocratic. Her sister Reuma married Ezer Weizman,
Israeli Defence Minister and later President; her three children have been a
Knesset member, a writer and a famed actor. Feminist, patriot, pining for
the “old” Israel, she is a paragon of old age. And if I can be like Ruth
Dayan, I intend to reach my nineties.
Health, Education, Science and Welfare:
Daily News Digest December 4, 2012
Dec 2, 1823: Monroe Doctrine declared
During his annual address to Congress, President James Monroe
proclaims a new U.S. foreign policy initiative that becomes known as the
"Monroe Doctrine." Primarily the work of Secretary of State John Quincy
Adams, the Monroe Doctrine forbade European interference in the
American hemisphere but also asserted U.S. neutrality in regard to future
European conflicts.
The origins of the Monroe Doctrine stem from attempts by several
European powers to reassert their influence in the Americas in the early
1820s. In North America, Russia had attempted to expand its influence in
the Alaska territory, and in Central and South America the U.S.
government feared a Spanish colonial resurgence. Britain too was actively
seeking a major role in the political and economic future of the Americas,
and Adams feared a subservient role for the United States in an Anglo-
American alliance.