c-span: where was moshe dayan? >> guest: moshe dayan was the chief of staff. c-span: where was golda meir? >> guest: golda meir was a labor party functionary. i believe at that time she was the foreign minister. c-span: where was levi eshkol? and who was he? >> guest: levi eshkol was the finance minister. c-span: in '56? >> guest: in '56. c-span: who were some of the other leaders? >> guest: who were around at that time? c-span: yeah. >> guest: abba eban. abba eban was the -- had a dual capacity as israel's ambassador both to the un and to the united states. c-span: was his name really aubrey solomon? >> guest: it was. still is. c-span: he's still alive? >> guest: he is. c-span: he was born aubrey solomon. >> guest: he was. c-span: this is abba eban. >> guest: right. c-span: in capetown, south africa. >> guest: right. and his wife still calls him aubrey. c-span: when did he change his name? >> guest: he changed his name when he moved to israel, as so many people do. most of the people like moshe dayan, david ben gurion, golda meir -- these weren't their origin