| ABBAEBAN | The first Foreign Minister of the young State of Israel (1915-2002) (4,4) |
| BONGJOONHO | Director of the first foreign-language movie to win a Best Picture Oscar |
| EBAN | Abba **** , Israel's first Foreign Minister (1915-2002) |
| GROMYKO | Andrei, Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union 1957-85 (7) |
| MOLOTOV | Two-time foreign minister of the U.S.S.R. |
| SHAMIR | Yitzhak ****** , seventh Prime Minister of Israel (1915-2012) (6) |
| GENSCHER | Hans-Dietrich ___, Foreign Minister of West Germany from 1974-82 (8) |
| PAUGASOL | First foreign-born player to win the NBA Rookie of the Year |
| ZIONISTS | State of Israel supporters |
| PARASITE | First foreign-language film to win Best Picture |
| MOSHE | ___ Sharett, Israel's first foreign minister, 1949-56 (5) |
| MEIR | One of the founders (and prime minister 1969-74) of the state of Israel (4) |
| EXODUS | Leon Uris' best-selling epic of the founding of the state of Israel |
| MENORAH | The seven-lamp Hebrew lampstand which appears on the emblem of the state of Israel (7) |
| EVANS | Who was Foreign Minister of Australia for the Hawke and Keating Labor governments? (5) |
| NETANYAHU | First Israeli Prime Minister born in the State of Israel, Benjamin ... |
| CHAIMWEIZMANN | First President of The State of Israel (1874-1952) |
| MAPAI | Marxist-Zionist workers party in the early days of The State of Israel (Hebrew acronym) (5) |
| MAPAM | Marxist-Zionist workers party in the early days of The State of Israel (Hebrew acronym) (5) |
| PLO | Organisation founded in 1964 with the aim of removing the state of Israel (1,1,1) |
