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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- CIA
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- Politician
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- Israel
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- Military
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summary: "Israeli Defense Minister under Begin who negotiated the SIMWA wartime alliance with South Africa and later became President of Israel."
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born: 1924-06-15
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died: 2005-04-24
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location: "Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine"
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[[Ezer Weizman]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] politician and military leader. He served as Defense Minister under [[Menachem Begin]] and later became President of [[Israel]].[^1]
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[[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] urged [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] to sign the [[Camp David summit|Camp David Accords]], which [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] reluctantly did under pressure from [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]. In 1978, [[Menachem Begin|Begin]] dispatched [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] to [[Pretoria]] to meet [[P.W. Botha|Prime Minister P.W. Botha]] of [[South Africa]] to discuss [[Israel|Israeli]]-[[South Africa|South African]] relations. Despite [[Menachem Begin|Begin's]] intentions to downgrade the relationship, [[Ezer Weizman|Weizman]] agreed with [[P.W. Botha|Botha]] on a wartime alliance between the two governments as the price for continuing nuclear tests. This led to the creation of [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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