ISRAEL: DEFENCE MINISTER DAYAN DEFENDS INTERCEPTION OF AN ARAB AIRLINER BY ISRAELI FIGHTER.
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1062908
ISRAEL: DEFENCE MINISTER DAYAN DEFENDS INTERCEPTION OF AN ARAB AIRLINER BY ISRAELI FIGHTER.
- Title: ISRAEL: DEFENCE MINISTER DAYAN DEFENDS INTERCEPTION OF AN ARAB AIRLINER BY ISRAELI FIGHTER.
- Date: 12th August 1973
- Summary: 1. CU s & SVs General Dayan on TV screen giving address in Hebrew, and people watching the set (4 shots) 0.34 2. CU Dayan speaking in English at press conference 2.10 GENERAL DAYAN: "And the information we have is that they were responsible for the last assassination in Athens, and the Arab girl - women -- that was killed in the hijacked Japanese plane was also one of their members. And on the whole we think this is a most extreme, murderous organisation, and the Doctor Habash heading this organisation is responsible for a number of assassinations that took place in the past. As far as we know they plan to go on with it, and we think it is our duty to do whatever we can to stop it, to prevent it. And the interception of the Lebanese airliner yesterday was one part of this operation of ours. For sure it is against the normal law, and it shouldn't be done during normal life-time, and in normal way of life. But what we did yesterday -- and we did it not do it with much pleasure -- was we thought, and I still think so, the better alternative, the better choice out of the two...not to fight them at all." Initials BB/2021 CG/MR/BB/2028 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th August 1973 13:00
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- Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
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