Alexander Haig was a friend of Israel

When I opened Twitter on Saturday night, I discovered several tweets announcing the death of Alexander Haig. My memories of him are largely as the Chief of Staff in the Nixon White House who coaxed President Nixon through his resignation (who can forget the scene in Woodward and Bernstein's The Final Days in which Haig holds Nixon's hand and prays with him?). But here in Israel, Haig is