European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse By Thomas l. Friedman new York times Ike Many ,.-, to of. Dava been f,.rimijh to a fawning rtej.iirie cover mom to Rai a ,. Scoops in Ihn israeli scandal sheets it is testimony to the complexity of his Peter Namy a the diversity of his career thru he or spun Oil morn than enough grist Lor Allol those Nulland now a new Iru in he Appe my a daughter Raphy by his Lisl _ and by his own admission. Lavonte child. Yael this View of her Tom i lather illuminates the Ipnar ral in n Way thai neither a m r his own biographer Ever seemed to approach my father. His Dauis Hopr is on one hand told / analytical without attempting to cover up any embarrassing War episodes of philandering \. I insensitivity. Out on the other hand it is sensitive in proud nag i for his War Ai peace to get their historical due ii n Clear from both the Book and a Conversa. A with Yael Dayan. Now 1fi years old. That tension Between those same qualities in her lather also characterized the up a i Downs of Iligir own relationship her Book is As much biography As autobiography. A lol has been written about Yael Dayan remarked during an interview in her apartment in a Tel Aviv High Rise building Bui what i can say. Nobody else could say. This was my real motivation Lor writing the Book. I have a Way to introduce a m to his place in history or add to that introduction As it already exists so that he will to remembered in the right for Moshe Dayan. According to his daughter that Means being remembered As an innovator a Soldier s Soldier who hated War. A nation builder the archetypal israeli hero so to speak but also a Man with Many flaws particularly in his relationships with others i think we in Israel have accumulated too Many heroes in too Short a time find i think now history will go through a pour Tous separating them out and seeing who said Yae Dayan a Mother i a two children anti the author of several works of fiction and non fiction in f Rigrish modern Israel should be rather stingy in what it offers its children in the Way of she continued i think David Ben Gurion will remain and Theodore Herzl because of his Beard. But i doubt rial Chaim Weizmann will stay and definitely none of the other1, Pinchas Sapir Levi Eshkol or even gotcha Meir if she were not a woman she definitely would t stay " and what about her lather my lather will slay but on completely different grounds than the others because he was she said. Because he appealed to something different he was like a Western hero. He was Nevet part of a group por Trail. Naughty is having the ability to Lake a Chance to choose your own path. He did thai in peace and he did that in War. He was naughty in an endearing Way. People knew that he was doing things which were nol quite All right like with the archaeological pieces he collected and they admired him Tor it. He was also admired because he was a the same was True in political we she said adding he was almost naughty at Camp David because he really i would not say swindled everybody but because he found versions that could be read in a variety of ways and pull it there Are Many personal histories wrapped together in this Book Israel a Moshe Dayan s. Yael Dayan a and that of her Mother Ruth his first Wile. Among others it is the first time the whole family history has been exposed " she said. Her Book includes a recitation of her lather s various romantic trysts including the one with Rahel his second wife thai ended his 35-year marriage to Ruth. It was to Rahel Dayan that the general left . Y his entire multimillion Dollar Fortune basically excluding his own three children and All his grandchildren. The controversy Over Moshe Dayan s will makes up much of the last two chapters of the Book. She i nol like said Yael Dayan of Rahel Dayan s probable reaction to the Book. It does not Pomay her in a very sym Allelic Light. I think i was very men tic with her considering. Yael Dayan said an american libel lawyer had read Magazine Moshe Dayan in Egypt with i wife Rahel in 1979. Daughter Graphy of Moshe Dayan Yae Dayan the Book particularly the passages relevant to Rahel Dayan. The lawyer said the Book is clean she added i did take out a key Lew sentences alas. It did t change the Basic attitudes Fust some connotations that had to be avoided. Rahel s claim was that i was going to do an injustice to my lather. She was defending him and his image. And there f disagree i Don t believe in covering things up and i would rather it come from me than a cheap scandal Sheet. I think by writing the Book honestly in this Way people will be Able to relate to something that is Teal both Good and bad. A legend which is Hesti disappears a is Moth Dayan had practically no really close male friends in his til time. And Only a Tew close friends. His daughter Sal at his feet and in his command jeep Tony enough to appreciate both the charismatic and unsettling Impact her lather had on others. Almost All the israeli lenders in the last 20 or 30 years had a Dayan Complex she said. To was unexpected intimidating and he made people uncomfortable. I Don t know anyone who could say i was always comfortable in Daya rvs presence definitely not Golda or Eshkol and even his own Peers and younger unless they were entirely subordinate to him. But if they were ministers on the same level they were never comfortable. They were so grateful Lor a smile but they did t know if the next moment to would turn on them. You never knew what to expect. I am sure his women it it wednesday october 23. 1985 the same it was precisely because they were his children she explained that she and her two Brothers were largely immune. His wives his women his Peers All interpreted his Moon s in terms of what would happen to Thorn later she explained. We did t need to. Because no matter what happened he would remain our lather and we his children we could fight Back in 3 Way and my Brothers did they ignored him or they answered him Back or they said to hell with you " nonetheless. Toshe Dayan s relationship with his children was complicated to say the least. His daughter who intends Otten observed inherited much of her father s personality and drive remained close to him throughout his life the same could nol tie said Lor her Brothers Assi and udi who were Ollen estranged of their lather near the end of his Lite the Genera once remarked that if he were Able to live his life Over one thing he would not do would be to have children. I suspect he said this More As a figure of speech or perhaps tins is my excuse to live with Yael Dayan said the lad is when we were a Burden As Lille children he was delighted with us. I think he made this remark in a period in which he was rather disgusted with everything and had become a Pessimist at a certain time he left he was not a Good father and it was nol like he was saying hat he would t choose to have a family but rather that he was nol lit to be a father of a family we Wei is .1 it event thing " the stars and stripes Page 13
