Who is Golda Meir

Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and kibbutznikit who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was the first woman to become head of government in Israel.

Born in Kyiv in the Russian Empire, she immigrated to Wisconsin, United States as a child with her family in 1906, and was educated there, becoming a teacher. After getting married, she and her husband emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1921, settling on a kibbutz. Meir was elected prime minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as labour minister and foreign minister. The world's fourth and Israel's only woman to hold the office of prime minister, and the first in any country in the Middle East, she has been described as the...
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Azrailforzios: "the occupation forces arrested one of the guards of al-aqsa mosque after he refused to close the doors to the worshipers" zio witch golda "meir?" said " palestine won't get free until the mosques are full of muslims for fajr prayer, i don't see it happening soon!" old sorcerers
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Suppose, my dear, that you were I
And by your side your sweetheart sate;
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Now tell me, dear, what would you do?
I know-and so do you.

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