PROFILE OF BEGIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000100380005-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 25, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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September 25, 1982 7:30 P.M.
Profile of Begin
STATION WJLA-TV
ABC Network
Washington, D.C.
JACK ANDERSON: The man in the world's spotlight this
week is Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. In 1978 he won
the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in establishing peace with
Egypt. Today he stands widely condemned as a warmonger for the
invasion of Lebanon. Many of his own countrymen hold him
responsible for the massacre of Palestinians under Israeli
protection.
What manner of man is Begin? I went to Israel last
month to seek the answer. I questioned some of his intimate
associates. One was Schmuel Katz, a former comrade in arms
who has turned against Begin.
SCHMUEL KATZ: I think that he has -- he has his phases.
He has a good deal of warmth in him, and he can also be very
cold.
ANDERSON: Perhaps the best assessment of Begin has been
compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency. Here's a composite
of this secret psychological profile. Let me read from it:
"Begin is an outspoken and somewhat crude or unrefined
representative of the Holocaust philosophy. He represents the
mentality of those Jews unable to update the Nazi treatment of
their brethren."
Is it possible, some critics have charged, that Begin
has adopted the methods of the Nazis he so bitterly hated?
Here's what Katz has to say.
KATZ: He was particularly concerned about the
possibility of loss of life, loss of life not only of Jews, but
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ANDERSON: Finally, I asked the distinguished Dr.
Michael Maccabee to have his team of psychiatrists and
psychoanalysts analyze Begin. Here is Dr. Maccabee's report:
DR. MICHAEL MACCABEE: Menachem Begin can be understood
as a man who has hardened his heart. He's motivated by hatred
and a sense of self-righteousness. As a leader, Begin's a
brilliant, charismatic speaker. He's brave, belligerent, and he's
autocratic in running things.
The main psychological point about Begin is that a
person who believes that he's sincerely protecting can end up
actually isolating and increasing the threat to those he wants to
defend.
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