Israel Loses excellent Friend Alexander Haig
Haig is generally considered accountable for bypassing then-Secretary of Say Henry Kissinger and airlifting missiles and other army necessities to Israel throughout the 1973 Yom Kippur Conflict. He is also credited with supporting Israel’s counter-terrorism Peace for Galilee invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
Some accounts state, nonetheless, that after Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981, it was then-US Secretary of State Haig who got his boss, then-President Ronald Reagan, to temporarily suspend strategic cooperation with Israel.
Previous Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens, writing in Haaretz, described Haig as “a good friend to Israel – through thick and thin, both at the best of times and through difficult times. He never wavered in his friendship for Israel… Haig's support for Israel was not only founded on the rationale that the United States and Israel had shared strategic interests; it was also tempered by an admiration for Israel's courage in the face of daunting odds.”
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated Haig ''served his state in many capacities for many years, earning honor on the battlefield, the confidence of presidents and prime ministers, and the thanks of a grateful nation.''
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