Moshe Dayan unfolded one plan after another for direct action. The first - what should be done to force open blockade of the Gulf of Eilat. A ship flying the Israeli flag should be sent, and if the Egyptians bomb it, we should bomb the Egyptian base from the air, or conquer Ras al-Naqb, or open our way south of Gaza Strip to the coast. There was a general uproar. I asked Moshe: Do you realize that this would mean war with Egypt?, he said: Of course.

Dayan didn't want the government to allow the kibbutzim to build there afterwards - he hoped to trade it back for peace.

Moshe Dayan saw no need for American guarantees of Israel's security and strongly opposed America's conditions i.e. that Israel forswear territorial expansion …

He jumped to the sky with anger about Hebron and the provocation of Levinger that has become such a tragedy.

Dayan didn't want the government to allow the kibbutzim to build there afterwards - he hoped to trade it back for peace.

It is not wise warfare to throw your ammunition to the enemy unless you throw it from the cannon's mouth. But if you can compel the enemy to waste his ammuniti…

One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.