The girl in the photo is not my wife Margaret, it's
Tovi who comes from Israel. And was teaching me Hebrew at
the time. This photo was taken at a Perth Jewish
Community fund raising function for Israel. The guest of
honor was General Motta Gur who led the Israeli Airborne
troops into Jerusalem when the recaptured it from the
Arabs back in the 60's. He also masterminded the
successful rescue of the Jewish hostages at Entebe,
Uganda.
When Tovi saw him here in Perth, she couldn't believe
it. She said that he is regarded as a great hero in
Israel.
So as not to miss the chance of meeting such a famous
person, I went up to him and shook his hand. He actually
spoke a few words to me, but my Hebrew wasn't very good,
so I just smiled and nodded and looked around for Tovi to
translate, but she had almost fainted at being so close
to the great man, so I just hoped that he didn't think
"Who's this idiot."
